{"id":124260,"date":"2019-10-16T13:52:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T17:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/?p=124260"},"modified":"2019-10-16T13:55:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T17:55:59","slug":"faith-lynch-can-hold-a-tune-and-a-pose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/faith-lynch-can-hold-a-tune-and-a-pose\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith Lynch Can Hold a Tune and a Pose"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nPhoto by Alejandrio Martin Lorenzo courtesy of IMG<\/small><\/p>\n

Social media has ushered in a new era of savvy, digital polymaths and model Faith Lynch<\/a> has joined the fray. Born and raised in Texas, Lynch began modeling after being discovered \u2013in true 00s fashion\u2013 at a Wiz Khalifa concert. Soon after signing her contract, she went on to star in everything from Marc Jacobs campaigns to Miu Miu runways. A model, musician, and budding actress the talented triple-threat spoke to Models.com about combining creative endeavors, her advocacy for mental health, and why sexual harassment is still something for fashion to tackle. <\/p>\n

Interview by Amanda Brohman<\/a> | Edited by Irene Ojo-Felix<\/p>\n

First, tell us a bit about your background. I know you were scouted at a Wiz Khalifa concert? <\/strong>
\nIt was right around my 16th birthday. A woman approached me, who I later found out was an agent, and asked me if I had ever thought about modeling. I think a part of [why I said yes] was because I didn’t want to go to school. She took some photos, sent them to her boss and they sent them to IMG here in New York. <\/p>\n

I think by the time that we, as the general public, hear about a model she\u2019s already gained quite a bit of success. But we rarely get to hear what it\u2019s like before success strikes. What were your initial experiences of getting into modeling like? Do you remember what your first impressions of the industry were?<\/strong>
\nI agree I think that it takes work and clients who really stick with you to get your name out there. I got really lucky because my very first job in the industry was for Miu Miu, and a month later I did Marc Jacobs\u2019 Daisy Love campaign. But before that, when I was really getting to know the industry, it was a lot of work and I didn\u2019t know people in these big cities. I worked in Paris for a month, then in London for a month and it was places and people I was unfamiliar with. It was lonely but I wouldn\u2019t have had it any other way. It\u2019s made me appreciate where I am today. <\/p>\n

You recently both starred in, wrote, and performed a song for the latest Polo Ralph Lauren campaign video<\/a>. How did that come about?<\/strong>
\nThat actually came about because of photographer Mark Seliger<\/a>. Mark is part of a band called the Rusty Truck and he\u2019s asked me to perform with them a few times. Probably one or two months before the campaign was shot, the Creative Director of Ralph Lauren happened to be at a show. He introduced himself after and told me, \u201cYou\u2019re great. How can we get in touch about possibly doing something?\u201d My agent later asked me if I knew he was the Creative Director and I said I had no clue! I ended up meeting with photographer and videographer, Matthew Brookes<\/a>. I walked in and he said, \u201cI want you to sit in that corner, and I want you to sing your song and I\u2019ll record it.\u201d<\/p>\n

What has it been like to combine your modeling career with your emerging career as a musician and a performer? Has it been difficult merging those two worlds?<\/strong>
\nI think in a way it\u2019s two worlds but it\u2019s very much the same \u201ccreative industry\u201d. It\u2019s been difficult to make time for music. But I feel like I\u2019m in a place now where I can say that I\u2019m going to book out the next three weeks so I can sit in the studio as much as I can and come back to fashion later. I think that [fashion] now is encouraging being…I don\u2019t want to say this in the wrong way, but being \u201cmore than a model\u201d, having multiple career paths or interests. We now have models who design or actresses who are models, starring in different videos for campaigns. And I think that music is probably is the latest thing to become part of it. <\/p>\n

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