Tag: models
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UK fines modelling agencies 1.5 million pounds for price-fixing
Britain has fined five modelling agencies and their trade association a total of 1.5 million pounds for colluding and in some cases fixing prices for jobs such as fashion magazine shoots and advertising campaigns. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regulator said the agencies: FM Models, Models 1, Premier, Storm and Viva often talked with…
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Marc Jacobs presents new images from campaign with Kaia Gerber
The Marc Jacobs Beauty brand has unveiled a new image from its campaign with Kaia Gerber, Cindy Crawford's daughter. Wild, feline, and charismatic, the young model has confirmed that she has all of the qualities to follow in her mother's footsteps. At 15 years of age, Kaia Gerber has everything it takes to be a…
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Tokyo holds its first fashion show for Muslim women
TOKYO (Reuters) – Models wearing an array of colorful hijabs walked down a Tokyo catwalk on Tuesday in what organizers said was the first such fashion show for Muslim women in Japan. Floral patterns were among the designs adorning long robe garments and matching headscarves at Japan's first “Muslimah Fashion Show”, which is taking place…
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Ex-leper takes to Tokyo runway to fight stigma
At 83 Miyo Maki had never manicured her nails, thickened and deformed due to leprosy, a disease she was diagnosed with when she was just 10 years old. Later that day, she walked down the runway, wearing a white lace dress and basking in the limelight long denied to her and other leprosy patients because…
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Marc Jacobs apologizes for response to critics of dreadlocks
NEW YORK (AP) — Marc Jacobs has apologized for his response to criticism over showcasing his models in dreadlocks during the final day of New York Fashion Week.
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Fashion Week Watch: Collections by Kanye, Kiley and Kendall
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Fashion Week kicked off a day before its official start with Kanye West debuting his latest Yeezy collection far outside the Manhattan fashion fray and Kendall and Kylie Jenner talking about their own collection.
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Panache updates ‘Modeled by Role Models’ campaign for 2016
Lingerie label Panache has unveiled its latest campaign 'Modeled by Role Models,' celebrating inspirational women from around the world. Among them are Anja Loven, a Danish relief and aid worker who set up the African Children's Aid Education and Development Foundation (ACAEDF), and Eliza Rebeiro, the British founder of “Lives Not Knives,” an organization that…
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CFDA urges New York Fashion Week to show true colors
With New York Fashion Week just days away, the industry has big issues on the brain. The letter, signed by Diane von Furstenberg and Steven Kolb, went on to make a point of asking agencies to take an active approach to recruiting and including models of color in castings. It was granted an official title…