So You Want to Become a Model? (PLEASE READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING)

[model_mom]

How old is too old for high fashion models at the NY agencies? Most of them are like 15-16? Is 18 too old?

18 is not to old to be signed by an agency if you have what it takes...if you're 18 and look younger that's even better....if you're 18 and look a lot older ...that's a different story.

 

[model_mom]

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Future Model Management - Milan

One of the most prestigious model agency in Italy. - details
http://www.futuremodelmanagement.com/


D Management - Milan Modeling Agency

Described as the agency of the stars, D Management represents, perhaps the ultimate in the world of modeling. - details
http://www.dmanagementgroup.com


Why Not Model Agency - Milan

Milan agency supplies runway talent and hosts women's and men's portfolios. One of the most important modeling agencies in the industry. WhyNot Models consistently produces superstars. - details
http://www.whynotmodels.com/


Flash Model Management - Milan

Flash Model Management has built a network with the most important model agencies worldwide and our client portfolio includes the biggest names in the industry. - details
http://www.flashmodelmanagement.com


Joy Models Management - Milan

Innovative, competitive, prestigious model agency in Milan. - details
http://www.joymodels.com/


The Fashion Model Management - Milan

One of the most established modeling agency in Italy. The agency is already managing and representing models worldwide. Fashion management represents: Daniela Pestova, Elsa Benitez, Molly Sims, ... - details
http://www.fashionworld.it/


Beatrice Models - Milan

An international model agency based in Milan, Italy. Fashion models represented by Beatrice: Karen Elson, Noémie Lenoir, Stephanie Seymour, ... - details
http://www.beatricemodels.it/


Riccardo Gay Model Agency - Milan

Impeccable Italian modeling agency that continues to maintain a reputation for their professionalism. - details
http://www.riccardogay.com/


not much help as we have no personal experience in Milan but maybe some info you didn't have.

 

[estellaDARREN]

Thank you so much, i still was curious if anyone had stories/experiences to share...

 

[*DiamondQueen*]

The only one which comes immediately to my mind and which I would add is IMG Milan

 

[lilobee]

Hello! I went to Elite NY when I was 14, they seemed to like me but told me I was too young and to come back when I was 16. I am 17 now, and I haven't had the chance to go back. I've got the height and I know almost everything there is to know about modeling, and I'm desperate to go back to Elite to see if they want me. I was just wondering what you guys think of my potential, but...I don't know how to upload pictures...hehe (my avatar is myself tho). Is there anybody who can tell me how to get a picture from my desktop onto this? in url form? Thanks!

 

[Deleted member 106803]

Ahh, I'm doing modelling for a school-based little fashion show.
First walk I got everyone was extremely complimentary, was shocking.
But then I could get into the beat of the music, and only got my walking right on the way back. Irritating.
And how are guys supposed to pose?

 

[BetteT]

Hello! I went to Elite NY when I was 14, they seemed to like me but told me I was too young and to come back when I was 16. I am 17 now, and I haven't had the chance to go back. I've got the height and I know almost everything there is to know about modeling, and I'm desperate to go back to Elite to see if they want me. I was just wondering what you guys think of my potential, but...I don't know how to upload pictures...hehe (my avatar is myself tho). Is there anybody who can tell me how to get a picture from my desktop onto this? in url form? Thanks!

Actually ... we do not allow critiques at all, see post #1 of this thread.

If they told you to come back at 16 ... I would do it ...soon. Do it before you get too old ... you only have a few years. Only they can tell you if you have what it takes. But they normally don't say "come back" if there is not some interest. While there, go to some other open calls .... you never know who might be interested.

 

[lilobee]

Oops. Sorry! I just read the first post and I broke all the rules! sorry again! But thanks for the advice!

 

[thinkbelove]

How old is too old for high fashion models at the NY agencies? Most of them are like 15-16? Is 18 too old?

as long as you look young, you can model at any age in your 20's. looks at magdalena and natalia v and agyness. you just have to have a young face.

 

[kmodel]

I have a question about taxes and insurance. Sorry if it is answered elsewhere, but I can't find the info. My question is this: how do you handle taxes if you are working in various other countries (U.S. citizen)? Do you pay them when you earn that money or does the agency handle it and then charge you? Also what do you do for health insurance when you are working in different countries? Thanks.

 

[thinkbelove]

You can get travel health insurance. I have some for new york for when i'm there because i'm always getting sick in the winter.

 

[wednesdays child]

as long as you look young, you can model at any age in your 20's. looks at magdalena and natalia v and agyness. you just have to have a young face.

^^^ agree... many people think that there are hard and fast rules carved in stone about modelling.... saying things like... you must start by the time you are X old or its too late... or I don't believe X model is 5 7' because agencies only accept people over 5 9" etc etc....

for the majority of time these things are true but they are not hard and fast rules that can never be broken

Katrin Thorman is 21 I believe , and making it big now, Maria Carla has been on the highfashion catwalks for about 10 years it seems, Lara went on to conquer the fashion world after being a catalogue model.. modelling is about individuals and each one is different, each story, each career is different....
it depends on you wether 18 is too old...
as for most of the girls on NY boards being 15-16, I think 18 would be a more likely average.....

 

[BetteT]

Moving the discussion by some models' moms about thier daughters working in Japan to the Model Mom Support Thread , in case you are looking for it.

 

[Fontenrose]

For guys interested in modeling:

nymag.com

The men have always made less than the women, and very few become big names. For most magazine work, models are paid less than $250. Twenty percent of that goes to the agency, which also bills models for their board and expenses. “Sometimes you get charged for things you never thought of,” says Petey, “like $30 a month to be on the website.”

But being straight doesn’t seem to make any difference backstage, where the female models are avoiding the male models like at recess in elementary school. The women are preened over by stylists, surrounded by fashion reporters, while the guys just hang around and smoke. Maybe it’s the discrepancy in income and age—the girls all seem to be highly paid 15-year-olds. “They seem, I don’t know, really serious,” says AJ.

Petey’s been to Paris three times since Fashion Week to do work for Yves Saint Laurent. He also did a Joop! Jeans campaign. “It takes so long before I see the money, though. And with 40 percent for taxes, 20 percent for Ford, who knows how much it will be.”

He sounds a little weary, and lonely. “You get up and get on a plane, go through customs alone, your cell phone doesn’t work, you don’t talk to your friends. I’m in a weird state right now. I’m not sure what I really want.”

rest of article + slideshow

 

[thinkbelove]

that's really sad.

 

[Fontenrose]

It's a bit misleading in the article below to talk about what magazines pay. People think editorial and runway pay, but it's mostly for promoting models. Sometimes the agencies pay (allegedly).

I'd like to know if the (few) money shows were on a budget this year.

Brazilian designer Alexandre Herchcovitz is able to afford to show in New York partly because of his home country's lavish support of the arts. This season's show cost $170,000, around $70,000 of which came from the Brazilian government. I'm always mystified by the huge numbers some designers give as their budget costs for models — Herchcovitz claims he spent $90,000 on models a year ago — and I have to wonder, are they counting the "cost" of the trade they offer as payment to the girls who work the show? Because as far as I can recall, Herchcovitz is one of the many to "pay" in clothes. Not that giving away clothes isn't a cost to a designer, but I don't think it's unreasonable to recognize that providing some of your product for free is a different class of cost than actual out-of-pocket expenditures. --Jezebel

(his model budget two seasons ago was $90,000; this time he paid just under half that amount)

NY Times

 

[.amahlia.]

is there a good chance if you submit photos throught the internet??? or is it better to actually go in person??

 

[yourbestfriend]

is there a good chance if you submit photos throught the internet??? or is it better to actually go in person??

If you send in photos and theyre intersted, you will have to go and see them in person anyways....since thats the case youre better off going in person if you can because they can tell you immediately whether they are truly interested or not.

 

[.amahlia.]

it sucks living on the opposite side of NY. LA doesnt have that many great agencies.

 

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