How Much Can an AVERAGE Model Expect to Get Paid? (PLEASE READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING)

[BetteT]

Editorials are considered a marketing expense ... not income. Not saying that it's the best situation ... but you do it to build your portfolio and resume and for publicity. Makeup/hair artists, fashion stylists and even photographers do it too ... for minimal or no pay ... for the same reason. It's just how the biz works.

With the editorials in your book, you can then hope to attract clients who want high profile models and to be considered for the high paying gigs. Without editorials under your belt, the paying clients are just not as interested in you.

Only the very top people get paid their day rates for editorials (maybe 1 in a thousand) ... becuase they don't need to do them ... they already have their reputation, are in demand and are being offerd the big paying gigs. Sort of a catch 22 ... you get paid for them only if you don't need the money or the exposure .....

 

[Chalice]

Heard on the Runway blog from the Wall Street Journal
September 12, 2007, 9:36 pm
Road to Glamorous Life Sometimes Paved with Free Labor

During fashion week, a typical model might work up to 18 hours a day, running from castings to fittings to shows. For all the long hours and constant chaos, though, most models don’t get paid.
Because new designers often lack funds, models many times work for “trade,” meaning that they will receive clothing from the designer in exchange for their work, or for “image,” meaning that they receive nothing but the addition to their resumes. Douglas Perrett, a casting director who worked for designers Benjamin Cho, Vena Cava and Verrier this New York fashion week, estimates that of over 200 shows each season, only 20 might pay with actual dollars. While an established star like Jessica Stam, the current face of Christian Dior, is rumored to receive over $10,000 per show, rates for models scale down from there. Veterans of two or more fashion weeks might see $6,000 per show while the season’s fresh faces average between $4,500 to $2,000 a show. The majority of models either barter their work for clothes, or do it for free.
Even so, there are no shortage of models willing to strut-for-nothing, betting that their runway turn might catch the eye of a style star-maker. “[Even though] an image show doesn’t pay, it will be good for a girl to say that she did [it],” said Mr. Perrett.
Agencies book models for unpaid gigs on the gamble that their models may become muses for the next generation’s design stars. “It’s important for these girls to have that experience and get their faces out there to these [new] designers, so that [designers] can use them as they become more well-known,” said Sabrina Reinbacher, an agent with Click Model Management Inc.
“Just because it doesn’t pay it doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing,” added Click model Maren Stavinoha, who walked for Benjamin Cho, Rag & Bone and Verrier.
At the end of Benjamin Cho’s show, VNY model Brianne Johnson gushed that “the clothes [in the show] were amazing,” adding that she couldn’t wait to receive one of the designer’s intricate dresses. — Elva Ramirez

 

[*DiamondQueen*]

Thanks a lot for posting this article Chalice!!!
I do lots of fashion shows and still I think sometimes models are so much exploited. sure, for somebody not working as model it might seem different, you might think it's interesting or maybe a chance to walk for any good show. that's right, of course, but in my opinion it should pay too. at least a little. also models have to pay their rent, go to supermarket, make their living....and usually, if you work (no matter in which job) you get your working hours paid.

 

[Chalice]

Which runway shows PAY $$

So who pays cash? The big names like CK, Marc? I am looking through the list of who walked where with different eyes.

The clothes aren't much good in model sizes -- they may not fit in a few years. I hear you usually get the shoes, so that's something.

I guess if your agent wants you to do it, you do it for the PR. Sounds expensive though.

 

[*DiamondQueen*]

It doesn't really depend on the name of the designer but much more on the name of the model. that means- if you're a new face or unknown model you might get little cash for what you do because you need to get more experience/make your name. on the other hand, if you're well-known, you get for whatever you do lots of cash...
i also had the thing that i got paid with clothes, it's cool because you've some funky pieces to wear but for your money extremely bad. (in my case i never sold anything of these pieces because i keep them as kind of memory and like them haha)

 

[Chalice]

So the article is not exactly correct?

 

[Chalice]

But you do get the shoes?

 

[*DiamondQueen*]

the article's right!
in NY only 20 out of 200 show pay and then, if you walk as model in any of these 20 paid (yeey) shows it depends how much you get on how good you're in the business, you know what i mean??
but i also had shows where every model got exactly the same amount of money, but i have to say in these shows weren't any famous faces. so models were all more or less on the same level.

 

[*DiamondQueen*]

about getting shoes/clothes...: it always depends on the shows, that's always different. but as i mentioned before, yeah, i had cases in which i got 'paid' with clothes or shoes....

 

[Chalice]

Do you know or can you guess which shows pay $$?

CK
Marc
Ralph Lauren

 

[Rochas]

marc is paid in clothes^

 

[Chalice]

Lots of interesting info and pictures in this article and three slide shows.

How To Be A Supermodel
Kiri Blakeley 10.03.07
Forbes.com

http://www.forbes.com/2007/10/02/modeling-moss-bundchen-biz-media_cz_kb_1003supermodels.html

...
Once a girl is signed with a big agency (in New York, where the biggest are located, this would include IMG, Elite, Next, Women and DNA), she is sent on what is called "go-sees"--castings for photographers, editorials and runway shows.
During Fashion Weeks in New York, Paris and Milan (held in spring and fall), a model can be sent on as many as a dozen go-sees a day for six weeks. It's this grueling and low-paying internship process that determines whether a model can burst out of the anonymous pack.
Getting cast in an important designer's show, like that of Marc Jacobs or Prada, can instantly launch a career. Not getting cast at all can mean a one-way ticket back home. Depending on her experience, a model is usually paid $250 to $1,200 an hour for runway work. But a beginner model takes home little or nothing. Everything from cabs to airfare to the agency's 10% fees (20% if the girl is still signed with a local agency) is deducted from her salary, and many designers don't pay at all.
"I have no idea how much I make," says newcomer Edythe Hughes, 17, a teen scouted in a Columbus, Ohio, mall two years ago. (Forbes followed Hughes around for a day. See "A Day In The Life of A Young Model.") This season, she strutted the runways in New York for Vera Wang, Rebecca Taylor and Jill Stuart.
Hughes is advanced $150 a week for expenses and probably won't see much more than that. But she doesn't mind: "Before this, I was working as a librarian, making $8 an hour." Last season, Hughes worked as an "exclusive" model for Calvin Klein and banked $9,500 for one show (and 15 hours' prep time). Of that, she thinks she netted about $5,000, but she isn't sure. With luck, Hughes will get a better grip on her finances this year. She's hired an accountant.
Runway may not pay, but it can pay off. It's here that a model can be scouted by the star makers of the industry--editors, photographers, cosmetic company executives.
...
Contract models for larger cosmetic brands are generally paid $300,000 to $2 million a year, depending on exclusivity and the amount of days the model is expected to work. Murphy, who models for other brands, earned an estimated $5 million last year. Rhoda raked in $2 million.
...

 

[cuteshoes215]

how much do you think tanya dziahileva earned this year?

 

[xPedro]

Does anybody here knows which was the show that Gisele earned 250,000 to do?

 

[DevonDevore]

kinda sucks to be a male model haha
i still want to try my luck though :/ maybe ill get lucky and become a sensation? i think ill have it a bit harder though because of my ethnicity (black).
does anyone have concrete proof of how much male models make when they start out?
and how much top models like tyson or mathias makes?
seems like the fashion world doesnt care about male models :/ but they still need em

 

[Deleted member 36123]

$$$

Does anyone know how much a model would earn if they were on contract with Vogue Australia?

 

[iximisspiggyixi]

There is no set, definite price for what a model gets paid...

It changes depending on who the model is, who the client is, who the photographer is...previous experience...etc. Sometimes a model won't work for less than a certain amount if she has a lot of experience and is better known, while a model who is less experienced might take very poor pay for a good job, because they need the exposure.

Anyway, in short, it's sort of impossible to answer your question.

 

[ysljunkie]

Some models get paid in clothes even.

 

[iximisspiggyixi]

^True, that's called "trade".

 

[Chalice]

Does anyone know how much a model would earn if they were on contract with Vogue Australia

Do you mean how much the magazine pays them? Because that sort of editorial work does not pay much by itself, it promotes the model so she will get other high paying work.