most of these magazines are just male outgrowths of the original magazine, if you're looking for women's magazines, they will often just be the same magazine
Hello /fa/, don't stand up. I'm here to drop some fashion knowledge on you. I think the most common source of comedy I get from my beloved /fa/ is all of your impressions on modeling. I mean I can understand if you want to market yourself to the opposite agency but you all take it to a new level. Let's start out easy eh?
First of all, almost everyone can be a model. All it takes is a douchebag with a camera and suddenly you're a model. However, it takes actual talent to be a "professional model." Those are the guys and girls signed to agencies and the ones who are actually paid. So the next time you see some retarded scenekid/miranda just remember, they really could model. But you can do anything for free if someone is willing to take you. For the most part though a majority of "models" have little or insufficient talent and from this point on I will be referring to professional models.
What makes a professional model? Well it needs to be a profession and while some models can manage this freelance most who can actually command payment are signed to a /modeling agency/.
There is a difference between a modeling agency and talent agency/talent search/model convention/scam. Model agencies are in place to book jobs and find work for the model and then take 20% of everything that model makes but if you're signed to one you have access to all of the high profile jobs unavailable to an unrepresented model.
Clients work through ad agencies who work through modeling agencies any other type of representation is a waste of money.
Modeling agencies have one job and most are based in the big cities i.e. New York, LA, London, etc. In order for you to be a professional model you have to be signed to a modeling agency for all intents and purposes of this FASHION KNOWLEDGE.
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Roxy !!DIPV/OI0f 12/11/08(Thu)23:07 No.593865
So what makes up a professional model? Well it differs depending on gender and this is where /fa/ is very very very wrong. Female models have a very small window of acceptance, female models are expected to have or have close to by one inch maximum deviation a 34 inch bust a 24 inch waist and their hips must measure 24 inches.
The height is the real disqualification here and female models have to be at least 5'9 or they will not be considered competitive. There are exceptions to this rule however you have to be so stunning that this handicap is seen as trivial otherwise you're fucked.
Female model demand shifts from year to year and preferred hair color, eye color, skin color is dependent on the trends of that season. Female models are as young as 16 and are usually done with their career in fashion by 24.
For male models it's much more open, average male model stats are a 33-40 inch chest, a 29-32 inch waist (any skinnier and you're fucked, sorry /fa/gs), and hip size is usually unimportant. That's right /fa/ all of you out there that think that by rejecting exercise like a retarded Vietnamese hooker is the hot thing to do are fairly unfashionable.
Ideal shoe size for male models is a 10.5 and as always minimum height is 5'11 with maximum height usually being 6'2. Male modeling is a little more lenient and is much more accommodating than female modeling, however, male models are paid less. Most male models have longer careers in fashion.
So you think you have what it takes to be a model? What's next you ask? Polaroids. Polaroids simply stated are basic pictures you take of yourself with minimum makeup, styling, clothing, and an absence of photoshop.
Most agencies want to see a "pure" model and will throw out any over produced picture. Polaroids can be taken with any camera they just have to be basic snapshots thus the name "Polaroid."
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Roxy !!DIPV/OI0f 12/11/08(Thu)23:09 No.593872
Once you have your Polaroids you have to print and send them to the agencies you wish to work at (preferably by mail) or submit them at an open casting call. Most of the agencies in New York take up to three weeks to send a response due to the sheer volume they get, most modeling agencies do not send rejection letters.
You should also include your name, address, phone number, measurements, eye color, hair color, and skin color all on an information card they can use to identify you, the potential model.
After you've submitted your Polaroids the agency may contact you again and request more pictures. You have either taken such pictures before you even submit like moi or you have to quickly find a photographer.
There are a lot of model sites online most notably model mayhem. It's a legitimate site that can help you hookup with photographers and always work for TfP (Time for Pictures) as professional pictures are a waste of money at this point. If you are short on effort you can always take more Polaroids, either way send them to the agency.
They will either tell you to submit again later, reject you, sign you, or ask you to come to New York for further inspection. Depending on which you will have to make up your mind as to what you want. Most models with a chance will have their travel arrangements paid for them as the agency is invested in the model.
Now you're signed, presumably, to a major agency in New York or perhaps even a smaller agency in some other city, either way you have work. Most agencies will bring you in and have you go to numerous casting calls for jobs. Most don't pay at all. Modeling is generally profit starved when you first start off. You're expected to purchase a lot of materials you don't have and the agency will forward you most of the money however you will spend most of the money you make modeling paying for.... modeling. Some models resort to moving to New York to model full time. Some models continue on to work internationally, many more drop out. At this point you either persevere or you fail. The International level happens and that's a ballgame I'm not familiar with.
So, that is YOUR FASHION KNOWLEDGE. Use it well /fa/.
Helpful sites that you can look at for all your MODELING NEEDS:
www.models.com www.newmodels.com www.vogue.tv <--- the model.live series www.modelmayhem.com
I was just leaving the Museum of Contemporary Art here in North Miami. A friend wanted to get some food at the nearest Taco Bell. We walked in...There they were. A group of teenagers with HIM hoodies and Tripp pants.
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Anonymous 01/07/09(Wed)15:51 No.662049
i'm wearing lots of black grey white slim fitting stuff etc. some girl commented on my haircut and said something like how well i was pulling off that indie rocker look. i, being a pretentious music elitist, almost raged, but decided to take it as a compliment. recently a friend of mine who has no idea about fashion whatsoever and has to buy stuff with his sister (bootcut jeans, ugly sneakers, black gfx tees, hoodyblazers) asked me why i was always wearing the same stuff. a discussion about having a certain style and staying with it emerged and he was giving me the most stupid arguments and suggested me wearing stuff like he does. i raged haaaaaaaaaaard.
God. It took people long enough. But both have been elaborate trolls.
I even used Miranda's trip with Eyebags for a while.
Anyway, good night /fa/. I'm going full Anon now.
Maybe one day I'll play another role.
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Anonymous 11/11/08(Tue)05:06 No.520522
Mind. Fucking. Blown.
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Anonymous 11/11/08(Tue)05:07 No.520523
T-Rex you should consider a career in intelligence
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Anonymous 11/11/08(Tue)05:07 No.520524
>>520521 You should you total faggot. And you thought you could troll *me* of all people. I have been trolling /fa/ since day one.
I've always wanted to nurture it, at times going out of my way to keep this place on subject of fashion. But /b/ has crippled it to death and now /fa/ is not worthy of my presence. I decided one final curtain call, one final swan song, would be adequate. I'm going to find some other fashion forum to actually post in. At the end of the day, I know my shit. /fa/ has no fucking clue.
SuFu is not that place, by the way. I'm not J. SuFu is even more retarded than /fa.
Rule #1 of fashion - The way you dress is the way you market yourself to the opposite sex.
Take a look at the pic. The young man looks approachable and respectable. BUT OH NOES - HE'S WEARING A GRAPHIC TEE+BLAZER!
Looking like this, the man will get more pussy than all of you put together (btw, I'm taking about ATTRACTIVE women here, nerdy artsy fugly virgin girls don't count :-))
I love how you guys complain about girls not wanting to sit next to you on buses. Have you ever wondered why that is? It's because you look like you're fucking 30. It's creepy.
My advice to you: STOP TRYING SO HARD. I'm not saying everybody go buy ironic tees, Lacoste polos, Hollister sweaters and cargo pants. When you're out shopping, don't think what /fa/ would think. Buy clothes that YOU are comfortable with. Don't feel like wearing a scarf with your peacoat? Don't wear it then. Want to wear light jeans and a graphic tee? Go right ahead.
Just remember - if girls don't want to sit next to you on buses, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG!
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Toucan Sam 10/05/08(Sun)07:36 No.424871
>market yourself to the opposite sex. LOL
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Anonymous 10/05/08(Sun)07:42 No.424886
Haha. No. That guy looks like a geek, girls do not find that attractive unless they're boring.
Okay /fa/. I need your help. I was recently given an allover pokemon jacket for my birthday. Fifty dollars, for a jacket that's like twice my size. Problem is, I don't really know how I can wear a jacket that's so freakin' humongous and out-there without looking like a total idiot. I think it's adorable, and it's really rather comfortable, so I'd hate to just set it aside and never wear it.
So /fa/, I ask you this: Is it possible for a skinny bitch to actually pull off wearing a jacket twice her size? How could one successfully go out in public with an enormous pokemon jacket without looking stupid? I know I'm probably going to get flamed for it being pokemon, but okay. I love you anyway /fa/.
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Anonymous 07/05/08(Sat)00:34 No.254215
only if you wear nothing under it.
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Anonymous 07/05/08(Sat)00:35 No.254218
>>254215 I was considering just sleeping in it actually. It's warm and soft and I've been using it as a semi-blanket until I can figure out what to wear with it.
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Anonymous 07/05/08(Sat)00:36 No.254219
Just throw it on ebay.
I don't see you pulling that off at all, pokemon or not. Clothes that don't fit you, no matter how much you may like them need not be worn.
Thought I would share some nice recipes for better skin.
The best tip is the asprin one. Get a few uncoated asprins and a few dabs of water. Once they have absorbed the water get some honey and a small amount will do. Mix it all together. Leave on 10 min and gently wash off.
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Anonymous 06/12/08(Thu)19:06 No.216268
would like to know if this is for realz or a ben-gay on balls sort of scenario
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Anonymous 06/12/08(Thu)19:10 No.216274
1 apple 5 tablespoons of honey
First peel the skin off. Throw that away and cut the apple into smaller pieces. Mash it together. Add honey. Leave on face for 10 minutes and gently wash off.
This helps with oily skin.
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Anonymous 06/12/08(Thu)19:11 No.216276
>>216268 real, as seen here http://youtube.com/watch?v=3n4dnv3wlSs
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Anonymous 06/12/08(Thu)19:11 No.216278
>>216268 we already had a thread like this, it works.
Asprin is nothing but Sacylic acid, which is what acne medication uses.
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