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First shown on Channel 4 in the UK, back in 2003. I know if you are in the UK and have Virgin digital TV service you can watch the whole series through their TV show archive. Altogether there were maybe 4 episodes - each being 1 hour long (long time since I saw it).
A great documentary about the world of modelling. It follows 3 models who are at different stages of their careers. One is Erin O'Conner who is the established supermodel. Another is Ruth Crilly. She is fairly new and struggling hard to establish herself. The third is a brand new face (forget her name) who is not modelling full time and her mother goes with her everywhere. I think she just does 1 catwalk show in the whole series. The documentary has a little bit about one girl who is what we might call a 'seasonal top model' - who for a while was making big money and appeared in Italian VOGUE, but at the time of filming her career is already over, she has been droppped, and now works as a shop assistant (still very young).
What I like about the series is the long interviews with models and agents. Unlike other fashion films or reality shows, this does not portray the fashion world as some kind of neverending party populated by supermodels and fun. The impression it gives me is of a very unstable and psychologically challenging 'career' which in most cases doesn't amount to much.
here is Channel 4's own synopsis
First shown on Channel 4 in the UK, back in 2003. I know if you are in the UK and have Virgin digital TV service you can watch the whole series through their TV show archive. Altogether there were maybe 4 episodes - each being 1 hour long (long time since I saw it).
A great documentary about the world of modelling. It follows 3 models who are at different stages of their careers. One is Erin O'Conner who is the established supermodel. Another is Ruth Crilly. She is fairly new and struggling hard to establish herself. The third is a brand new face (forget her name) who is not modelling full time and her mother goes with her everywhere. I think she just does 1 catwalk show in the whole series. The documentary has a little bit about one girl who is what we might call a 'seasonal top model' - who for a while was making big money and appeared in Italian VOGUE, but at the time of filming her career is already over, she has been droppped, and now works as a shop assistant (still very young).
What I like about the series is the long interviews with models and agents. Unlike other fashion films or reality shows, this does not portray the fashion world as some kind of neverending party populated by supermodels and fun. The impression it gives me is of a very unstable and psychologically challenging 'career' which in most cases doesn't amount to much.
here is Channel 4's own synopsis
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]We've heard about the glitz and the glamour, the tears and the tantrums - but what's it really like to work at the (kohl) face of the fashion industry?
With unprecedented access to one of London's leading agencies, this series gets the inside story on the world of modelling from the scouts, the bookers and - of course - the models themselves.[/FONT]
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