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Top 10 Female runway models 2025

According to models.com, magazine covers and campaigns may be overrun with celebrities, but models will always dominate the runways. It takes a special breed of model to walk hundreds of shows per year and connect with the vision of countless designers; but the ones who can pull off this impressive feat hold a special place in the business....

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Fashion Workers Act signed into NY law: What does this mean for the industry?

After what has been a lengthy legislative process, the Fashion Workers Act has officially been signed into law in New York. The bill intends to regulate the modelling and creative industries in the state, specifically tackling “predatory management agencies” that have previously gone unchecked. Set to go into effect from June 2025, the Fashion...

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Models who walked the most SS25 runways

Models Who Walked the Most SS 2025 R-T-W Runways The SS25 runway season saw several notable celebrity cameos, including Alexa Chung at Tory Burch and Miu Miu, Ella Emhoff at Coach, Kylie Jenner at Coperni and Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban and Hilary Swank at Mui Mui. Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban in Miu Miu SS25 Credits: Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban in Miu...

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Fashion AI: Cutting through the fabric of falsity

Spanish fast fashion giant Mango released its new ‘Mango Teen’ advertising campaign last month to much fanfare. At first glance, the advert – featuring a model wearing a colourful cropped top, posed against a desert backdrop – is similar to a plethora of other summer campaigns aimed at teenage girls. But upon closer scrutiny, something else...

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Runway Models Who Walked The Most SS25 Menswear Shows

Creative directors, stylists, hair and make-up artists, lighting directors and design directors: to coin a phrase, ‘it takes a village’ to stage a fashion show. When it comes to which models walk the runway, it’s the casting directors who make the crucial decisions. Although these decision-makers are not household names, they wield great power...

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FW24 Season: Models who walked the most runways

Several sought-after models walked in more than thirty runway shows during the Fall/Winter 24 ready-to-wear season. While they hailed from a wide variety of locales, four of the top ten have roots in one small African nation, South Sudan (population 10 million). Wracked by violence since gaining independence in 2011, life in South Sudan is a far...

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UK modelling agency breaks catwalk taboos

Smashing the fashion world's rigid conventions, UK modelling agency Zebedee has been filling catwalks with a diverse array of models for seven years. On the catwalks at London Fashion Week, which started on Friday, it is now common to see models from all ethnic backgrounds, with minorities now making up around half of shows, compared to 14...

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Not-so-average: Victor Roseboro - Next Model Management Manager & Talent Agent

When asked, ‘who are you?’ Victor Roseboro states that first and foremost he is a son, and a brother to four sisters. “I am a friend to several people that have been great friends to me. I am a spiritual person. I am definitely a giver, a feeler; I am a lover for sure,” said Roseboro. “And currently, I am a model agent.” About this series There’...

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Top 10 female runway models 2024

According to Tagwalk's ‘2023 In Numbers’ report, this year saw 1,014 major fashion shows with 40,484 looks. These numbers bring the importance of the men and women who walk the runways into sharp focus. As stated by models.com, “The runway is the true domain of models - magazine covers and campaigns may be overrun with celebrities, but models...

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Podcast: How to break into the modelling industry and stay succesful

Every fashion week, new faces can be spotted on the catwalk. Models make their debut at major brands, but they do not always return the following seasons. Business of Fashion talks to agent Chris Gay about how the modelling industry is changing and how you can build a career as a model that will last. Source: The Business of Fashion Podcast

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SS24: 10 female models who walked the most runway shows

There is a reason why certain models are asked to walk more runways than others. Just like actors, they must be versatile enough to perform in a wide variety of roles. One minute, you might be dressed in utilitarian garb, the next, an evening gown. As stated by models.com: “It takes a special breed of model to walk hundreds of shows per year and...

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'One day I said stop': Fashion models describe pressure to stay thin

Maud Le Fort won't be seen on the runways of Paris Fashion Week, which kicks off on Monday, having chosen her health over a career on the catwalk. Now in her 30s, Le Fort came to Paris when she was 18 to pursue a career in modelling and was immediately labelled a "commercial model" -- i.e. not thin enough for the top-end fashion shows. "I had a...