Tag: models

Three million women tuned in last year. Here’s why.

This was a precursor for what would become the protocol by which models were paid for the rest of the century, but as Natálie [Nickerson] put it to Eileen [Ford] in their late-night Barbizon conversations, the system was back to front. According to Eileen, Natálie told her, “Models were treated as if they worked for […]

Emily Perper is a word-writing human for hire. She blogs about her favorite longreads at Diet Coker. It’s Fashion Week at Longreads. From street sense to the ethics of cool, fashion is a fitting follow-up to last week’s “Believe in Your Selfie.” 1. “Girls on the Street.” (Katie Haegele, Utne Reader, September 2013) Forget Fashion […]