Poor Models. Seriously.
As the designers, stylists and editors of Fashion Week pack up to leave New York City today, one group of participants isn’t going anywhere: hundreds of young models, the surplus labor of the fashion industry.
Ten years ago, I was one of them. When I told my dad excitedly that I would be walking in a fashion show — which paid in dresses instead of money — he summed it up succinctly: “That and a buck will get you a cup of coffee.”
Fashion Week, despite bringing over $400 million to the city each year, is unprofitable work for most of the people wearing the designs.… Seguir leyendo »