Showing posts with label IN THE NEWS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IN THE NEWS. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
IN THE NEWS- CONGRESSMAN'S DESIRE FOR MODELS
New York Congressman Anthony Weiner is hoping to pass a bill that would open up 1,000 new visa slots for foreign models.
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June 12, 2008 -- NY POST
By: JENNIFER FERMINO
Seems Anthony Weiner is working hard to increase his dating pool.
The New York Democratic congressman, who has wooed a bevy of beauties from the Big Apple to the Beltway, is pushing a bill that would open up 1,000 new visa slots - for models.
"Anytime you can create jobs in New York, you've got to do it," said his spokesman, John Collins.
"The fashion industry is super-important in New York. It'll make it easier for costume artists, makeup artists and set designers to do shoots in New York."Click here to continue reading this article
Monday, April 28, 2008
Black is finally in fashion at Vogue
As seen in: The Independent
By Ian Johnston and Photini Philippidou
Sunday, 27 April 2008
It's an open secret in the fashion industry: black models rarely get jobs on catwalks, in magazines and on billboards. According to executives, they do not inspire women to spend money.
Apart from Naomi Campbell in one Louis Vuitton advertisement this season, it would be difficult to find a single black model in a prominent position in a magazine. Carole White of the Premier Model Agency says she has received casting briefs requesting "no ethnics" and adds: "According to magazines, black models don't sell."
The leading British photographer Nick Knight says: "The fashion industry and the advertising industry are steeped in racism. You just have to look around at the number of black girls you see in ads virtually nil. Among the main fashion brands, they are completely under-represented. It's shocking and atrocious. "... continue reading
By Ian Johnston and Photini Philippidou
Sunday, 27 April 2008
It's an open secret in the fashion industry: black models rarely get jobs on catwalks, in magazines and on billboards. According to executives, they do not inspire women to spend money.
Apart from Naomi Campbell in one Louis Vuitton advertisement this season, it would be difficult to find a single black model in a prominent position in a magazine. Carole White of the Premier Model Agency says she has received casting briefs requesting "no ethnics" and adds: "According to magazines, black models don't sell."
The leading British photographer Nick Knight says: "The fashion industry and the advertising industry are steeped in racism. You just have to look around at the number of black girls you see in ads virtually nil. Among the main fashion brands, they are completely under-represented. It's shocking and atrocious. "... continue reading
Monday, April 21, 2008
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