![]() ![]() They can find work as a freelance model, and they can also find other work through modeling agencies as a print model, commercial model, or promo model. Often times they will find work in magazines, music videos, calendars, etc. Glamour models are typically hired to appear in swimsuit, bikini, lingerie, and form-fitting attire.While there are no height or size requirements, glamour models DO have to be at least 18 years old. Models in this category are considered very pretty able to book work simply by being attractive, a nice body, and having a sort of “sex appeal”. GLAMOUR MODEL: Glamour modeling focuses much more on the model’s appeal, beauty, and body than it does anything else. Print models can find modeling work in one of two ways: through a modeling agency, or by freelance modeling. Print models must have an attractive face, good skin, a nice body, and a pretty smile. PRINT MODEL: Print models are used for many different types of publications, such as: magazines, print advertisements, billboards, posters, calendars, campaigns, booklets, flyers, banners. This category of modeling accommodates MANY types of looks: from the girl-next-door, to middle-aged men, to those with very “unique/interesting” faces. Not interested in being a commercial fashion model? No problem. So even if you are DYING to be a fashion model, but simply do not fit the size requirements for mainstream “fashion modeling”, you can still find work and book great jobs as a “COMMERCIAL fashion model”, doing fashion print and things of that nature. There are no height or size requirements to be a commercial model. Commercial models work MANY different jobs, including: print advertisements, catalogs, campaigns, television shows, magazines, trade shows, and much more. They MUST be tall (5’9” and up for females, 5’11” and up for males), slender, have measurements that fit the standard clothing size, and know how to walk the runway.ĬOMMERCIAL MODEL: Most agency models work in this category. RUNWAY MODEL: Models that walk the catwalk or runway a “live model.” Runway models are hired to use their bodies as a mechanism to display the fashion garments of a specific clothing designer. Male models should be between 5’10” and 6’2”. Typically, only female models between 5’8” and 6’1” will find work here. Catalog models are the ones you see in the clothing catalogs, posing in a variety of outfits. Almost all editorial fashion agencies in the US are based in New York, but agencies/jobs can be found in other major cities (LA, Chicago) and overseas.įASHION CATALOG MODEL: Slightly less restrictive than fashion modeling in terms of requirements, but catalog modeling still has rigid standards nonetheless, and is also difficult to get into. You MUST fit the modeling requirements for a “Fashion Model” (listed above) in order to be considered for this category. Model Age Requirement: 18-25 years old.ĮDITORIAL FASHION MODEL: These models are the ones you find in the editorial spreads of pages like Elle, Vogue, Glamour, etc.Shirt size between 15-15 ½ neck, sleeve size between 32 and 34. Model Measurement Requirement: Waist between 29” and 32”.Model Weight Requirement: 140-165 lbs, directly proportional to height.Model Height Requirement: 5’11” to 6’2”.Model Weight Requirement: 105-130 lbs, directly proportional to height.Model Age Requirement: 16-21 years old.Anything beyond that is extremely unlikely to be considered.) (There are exceptions within one inch, and MAYBE two, of this standard. Model Measurement Requirement: 34-24-34. ![]() While there is no universally-agreed upon, OFFICIAL “fashion-industry size-standard”, the size requirements in fashion modeling are TYPICALLY as follows: In addition, there are fashion model “size requirements”, and hardly any exceptions made in terms of that. As a whole, a fashion model MUST be tall, young, and thin. With that in mind, here are the modeling categories at a glance:įASHION MODEL: This category is the most exclusive and most difficult of all categories for a model to get into, much less succeed in. ![]() Some models only fit into one category, while another model may fit into multiple. Here we will describe the many types of modeling you will find in the modeling industry. ![]()
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