MODEL

Thursday, 15 October 2020



The fashion industry has long been criticized for its lack of diversity, but Black models are breaking barriers, redefining beauty standards, and making waves on runways, magazine covers, and major campaigns. These trailblazers are not just models—they are cultural icons pushing the industry forward. Here’s a look at some of the most influential Black models who are transforming fashion today.

Thursday, 5 December 2019


Model Alex Szwalek Covers Vogue Japan Wedding Fall-Winter 2019 Magazine Photographed by Lara Jade

Model Alex Szwalek graces the cover of Vogue Japan Wedding Fall-Winter 2019, showcasing an ethereal and timeless bridal look. Captured by renowned fashion photographer Lara Jade, the editorial exudes elegance and modern romance.

Monday, 26 December 2016

Talk about color in a Designer Collection! Balenciaga's Spring 2017 Ready-to-wear Collection was an eclectic mix of bright colors, Amazing Prints, Over sized handbags, glammed up bejeweled pumps, bright neons, Floral Prints and Leather. Trench coats started off the show showcasing the intricate details of the tailored looks being accessorized by oversize Leather Bags with Leather Boots. It was just a mix of bright colors brought forth by Brightly colored Jackets, Tights, and even Trousers. Prints mad their way down the runway coupled by Stripes that were just too elegant. Truly a Spring collection with the Red nylon rainproof parka coupled by Latex and Leather Capes, head scarfs and structured coats. See the Collection below.

Saturday, 17 December 2016

The use of pattern and print is one key way Saab is stretching. He still loves his solid colors for high evening dresses, and there was no shortage of them in this large collection, but the noteworthy pieces had a streamlined, almost minimalist cut about them and were covered in lush, painterly flower prints. Densely embroidered party dresses also looked new. Saab has built his career on embroideries, it’s true, but typically they’re of the tone-on-tone shine and shimmer variety. Rarely, if ever, has he been so exuberant with his use of colorful beads. The evening wear’s Pop sensibility might surprise Saab’s longtime clients, but he’s got his eye on new ones, and he’s likely to find a few with those special beaded numbers. See more

Wednesday, 2 November 2016

Proenza Schouler has something different in mind. At their fall 2016 show each model who was tasked with carrying a bag held it in a very untraditional way.
Shoulder strap bags were worn cross-body style, hitting right under the armpit. They were also folded in half and held lunch bag style. One model even slipped her forearm through the top handle and held it like a clutch.
BY NIKKI OGUNNAIKE

Monday, 20 October 2014


Ále’s Swimsuit Looks–After debuting her clothing line for Ále by Alessandra Ambrosio earlier this year, Victoria’s Secret Model Alessandra Ambrosio takes another step as a designer with her swimwear line. One of the world’s hottest bikini models shows off her stuff in the sizzling hot images. Posing at the beach, the dark-haired beauty reveals her svelte physique in the skin-baring styles.

Gorgeous. What can I say. Candice Swanepoel for Victoria's Secret October 2014 looks amazing as usual. Victoria's Secret have the most exquisite, sexy and glamorous lingerie in the fashion world. A staple must have even if you have to break your bank savings to own one. Every woman deserves to feel sexy and equally a goddess and owning one Victoria's Secret Lingerie would do just that!

Friday, 28 March 2014


Name: Ajak Deng
Nationality: Australia
Mother Agency: FRM Model Management , Victoria Australia
In March 2010 walked for Lanvin, Givenchy, Chloe, Marc by Marc Jacobs and Jean Paul Gaultier.

Angelique “Ajak” Deng, was one of the breakout stars of the SS10 Paris shows, booking Chloe, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Lanvin. An array of editorials has followed — most notably, Interview with Mikael Jansson and V with Amy Troost. Look out for Ajak in the upcoming Fall 2010 Topshop campaign shot by Josh Olins. Born in the Sudan, Ajak now calls Melbourne, Australia home.

Tuesday, 7 January 2014

London Fashion Week has seen a lot of great collections on the runway. The designers have never let us down when it comes to giving the audience great shows that leave the attendees in awe, excitement and grateful that they attended one show or the other. This time I’ll feature Christopher Bailey’s collection for Burberry Prorsum collection. It featured a lot of studs, red leather trench coats accessorized with frilly bags. Gold, brown and animal print was seen on the models as they strutted the beautiful, exquisite 2013 Collection. The clothes are easy on the eyes and to wear. The collection is classy, very trendy for the modern lady and also seriously gorgeous. Enjoy the collection.

Friday, 27 September 2013

Chanel Iman Robinson, known commonly today as simply Chanel Iman, is the youngest and most successful African-American High Fashion Model of her time. The Victoria’s Secret "Angel” is well-known for having positive energy and endless legs that have walked countless runways around the world. 
As a child, Chanel studied fashion magazines, striking poses in front of stuffed animals and throwing dress up parties with her friends. From the earliest moments of her modeling career, she had "it," and it showed. Following her 13th birthday in December 2003, Chanel's aunt brought her to several modeling agencies in the Los Angeles area. The reaction to her talent was immediate, and emphatic. In January 2004, after fielding dozens of offers, Chanel and her family decided to sign with the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency. Just a year and a half after signing, Chanel went on to win third place in Ford's "Supermodel of the World" contest. Although they didn’t know it at the time, the modeling world would never be the same.
"A Model from Day 1" wrote Eric Wilson, featuring Chanel in the New York Times. That was the first of many articles that followed her career foreshadowing pieces in the Los Angeles Times (Image), the New York Post (Page Six) and TIME magazine (where she was featured on the cover of Style and Design).

Saturday, 14 September 2013


 Meet the men who caught Details' eye while walking the runways for the world's top fashion houses.
Name: Jorrit Berndsen
Age: Not Available
Hails From: Netherlands

Wednesday, 10 July 2013


To say that the collection is amazingly breath taking would be an understatement Elie Saab Fall Haute Couture 2013 was spectacular. The clothes were gracious, beautiful and flowed like they were not even touching the ground! I loved all the vibrant colors especially the Ruby-red and the Sapphire. The sequins on the gowns shone brightly making them appear even more beautiful. The draped chiffon gowns were especially the highlight of the gowns in my opinion. Creative.Haute Couture.Breath taking. Lovely. The clothes simply left an impression on me so I had to give you the whole collection. 

Thursday, 24 May 2012

The Candice Swanepoel for Colcci Jeans 2012 Ad Campaign showcased the South African supermodel in a stunning blend of high-fashion denim and edgy street style. Partnering with Brazilian fashion brand Colcci, the campaign exuded confidence, sensuality, and effortless cool.

Friday, 27 April 2012


Adriana Francesca Lima was born on June 12, 1981 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. At the tender age of 13, Adriana entered the Ford Supermodel of the World Contest, where her unique beauty, derived from her Native-Brazilian, African-Brazilian, Portuguese, French, and Caribbean heritage, won her second place. Moving to New York at age 16, Adriana joined the Elite Model Management and further pursued her modeling career, landing a campaign for the fashion designer Anna Molinari's clothing line. However, it was her appearance in several Guess? campaigns that gained her the recognition that catapulted her to her status as one of the world's top fashion models. Since then, she has appeared in campaigns for Anna Sui Jeans, Bebe, Gasoline, Mossimo, Victoria's Secret, BCBG, Keds, and XOXO, and has appeared on the covers of magazines such as Vogue and Marie Claire. She consistently appears in the hyped Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows, gaining recognition as one of the Victoria's Secret's Perfect 10. In her spare time, Adriana dedicates her services to help orphans in her native Brazil. She has appeared in the Italian TIM mobile Commercials.

Friday, 16 March 2012



Indeed Alek Wek leads a glamorous life. She works as one of the top runway models in the world and her features are known worldwide-radiant skin and oval face, close-cropped natural hair and a dazzling smile. Her lean physique is grace personified on the catwalk. The model-recently-turned entrepreneur has created her own line of luxury handbags.
But life has not always been so good. Wek, a member of the Dinka tribe, grew up in southern Sudan in a town called Wau, where militias invaded and clashed with rebels in the 1980’s. Wek’s family, including her parents and siblings were forced to flee their home when she was just 9 years old.
During more strife, when she was a pre-teen, the family fled by plane to London, where she lived the life of a refugee, struggling to meet ends make ends meet, cleaning toilets, and sweeping floors and learning a foreign language. She also struggled with psoriasis, a sometimes devastating skin disease that causes the skin to flake, bump or peel. At times, her mother was forced to use a sharp knife to cut flaking bits from her head to toes.
Life, however, changed instantly when she was discovered by a modeling talent scout at a street fair. Wek tells her literal rags-to-riches story in a candid memoir FROM SUDANESE REFUGEE TO INTERNATIONAL SUPERMODEL: ALEK (Amistad, $24.95). Wek, 30, who lives in Brooklyn, takes time from her busy schedule to talk to Ebony about the book.

Tuesday, 31 January 2012


  • Tyra Banks - first African-American to grace the covers of GQ, Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue, and the Victoria's Secret catalog. Also the host of ANTM

Friday, 27 January 2012

Being a model is a really classy and lucrative career that most girls dream of doing when the grow up. It is all about glamour, travel, meeting important people around the world. Getting to wear designer clothes and mingle with the greats in fashion and the celebrity world. Modelling is all that and more. Seeing your face plastered on huge billboards and having everyone recognize and acknowledge you as you walk by, all those are the perks of being a model.
As much as there is perfection in most of these runway shows sometimes nature decides otherwise because most times you cannot control circumstances, you either fall and stay on the floor or you get up and bravely walk on as if that was part of your show. It sure is a tough job though the world outside is unforgiving when a model makes a mistake.
Mostly its the evil twin in us that relishes when someone who is seen as perfect has a flaw even if the flaw is not their fault, or maybe it's just the realization that we can never be perfect...well unless you go under the knife which can end up disfiguring you more....anyhow that's a vent for another day.
Back to the topic at hand, modelling is tough and needs a person with a tough skin and ability to see the funny in almost all situations even the embarrassing ones, so kudos to those who can withstand the heat and still come out lady like and with some elegance.
Here are some instances of what to consider before deciding to dream about becoming a model.
Editor: fashion geek

Monday, 23 January 2012

The fashion world was ruled by women as almost every product was geared towards the female buyer. From perfumes, the latest designer clothing, handbags, jewelry and even shoes. Advertisements used women to try and lure all people to buy from the beauty industry. Well men have also started to infiltrate the fashion and modelling industry. We even have male supermodels who are highly paid for their advertisements, endorsements and modelling. More designers are getting into designing clothes for the modern man therefore who better to represent the man's brand than the male model. The runway has seen more models participate in Fashion Weeks, Runway Collections form many designers from those who only design for the male customer to those who do both women and men customers. With their chiseled looks and hot bodies, men are becoming more popular in the long time dominated female industry. With the rise of the metro sexual man, male models are ruling the runway.
With Male Models like David Gandy, Sean O'pry, Francisco Lachowski, Marlon Teixeira, Simon Nessman, Garett Neff, Tyson Beckford, Jon Kortajarena, Noah Mills, Babpiste Giabiconi, River Viiperi, Mathias Lauridsen, Tyson Ballou, Will Chalker, Danny Schwarz, Ash Stymest, Mark Vanderloo, Rafael Verga and Andres Velencoso among others, the world of Male Runway Fashion is jus beginning

Monday, 16 January 2012

 The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is an annual fashion show sponsored by Victoria's Secret, a brand of lingerie and sleepwear. Victoria's Secret uses the show to promote and market its goods in high-profile settings. The show features some of the world's leading fashion models such as current Victoria's Secret Angels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Miranda Kerr, Doutzen Kroes, Behati Prinsloo, Candice Swanepoel, Chanel Iman, Erin Heatherton, Lily Aldridge, and Lindsay Ellingson.

American network television broadcasts the show during prime time. The first few shows in the 1990s were held in the days preceding Valentine's Day to promote the brand for this holiday. They were not aired on national television. In 1999 and 2000 the show was webcast. Beginning in 2001, the shows were moved ahead of the Christmas holiday season. Also in 2001, the show made its network television broadcast on ABC, though in all subsequent years, it has been broadcast on CBS.

© John Shearer, WireImage.com
Gisele Bundchen is the highest-earning model in the world.

The Brazilian beauty has topped the list compiled by Forbes.com for the third year running after making an impressive $US25 million ($31 million) from June 2008 to June 2009.

Despite raking in a fortune, Gisele - who married American football star Tom Brady in February - has been hit by the global economic crisis, making $US10 million ($12 million) less than in the previous financial year.

However, the 28-year-old catwalk queen still has lucrative campaigns with Versace, Dior, True Religion jeans and Ebel watches. She also has her own successful shoe line.

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