Thursday, June 26, 2008

Male Models are in Danger!

Wow, women are definitely taking over the modeling world for sure. Women models get paid WAY MORE then male models! Women models are banking in millions of dollars from hosting television shows and being apart of multi-billion dollar lingerie companies. Now a day "the most successful male models earn in the mid-six figure range, maxing out around $500,000 a year."[Lauren Streib of FORBES] The pay for a High-end catalog photo shoot on the average is between $8,000-$15,000 per day and which most likely last one day.
I guess male models really have to step their game up? Well, not that just more men need to shop more. The more men shop, then the more there is a need for men's fashion magazines which allows more male models to work. Not only that but magazine's like GQ needs to stop using so many celebrities. I know celebrities sales current trends, but at the end of the day it's leaving models on the back burner. "Since 2000, just one male model was on the cover of GQ. Female models were on seven covers, and male celebrities were on over 70 covers."[http://www.forbes.com] Come on! ONE MALE MODEL SINCE 2000! Wow, talk about a down fall. But anyways, that is why there are magazine's like "Numéro Homme, i-D, and VMan" just to name a few but not limited to. That, I really do respect and like because they have not yet went with the celebrity trend. Do not get me wrong, I would love to be on GQ, but what I am saying is that male models needs more jobs so we can survive better, so we could be on FORBES up there with Gisele Bündchen.

Well, down below are just a few male models that are ranked as 1 & 2 on FORBES "The World's Most Successful Male Models" list. There are more. I just wanted to give you a idea.

This list is based on advertising campaigns, editorial work and runway experience over the last two seasons...


-Taylor Fuchs
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-Mathias Lauridsen
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Well, congrats to those two for now. I am coming for both of their spots and so are other male models.



I got this story from:

http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/05/fashion-modeling-magazines-biz-media-cz_ls_0506malemodels.html





DDLS
"Your Swagger is the key to leadership"

Friday, June 6, 2008

www.models.com

Models! Models! ALL Models! this is a site where to get all the information on all the top modeling agencies in the WORLD! also the legit agencies too. Models.com was created to give the modeling industry a insight of top agencies for men & women, also to show who are the top models FOR NOW! You may join this site if you want to showcases your portfolio to top agencies but its no guarantee that you will get signed so keep that in mind. Models.com is not just a site for models but its also for photographers, stylists, hair and make-up artists. So check it out and get familiar with those top agencies and your competition.



DDLS
"Your Swagger is the key to leadership"


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www.lookbook.nu

All, I could say is wow! This site is amazing and smart. Lookbook.nu is a site for those who are driven by fashion. People from every inch of the world is on this site! Showcasing their trends and on self swagger. This site is invite only and are for those who are serious about their own sophisticated style. Who knows you maybe on lookbook.nu and see something that you may like. Well, guess what? lookbook has it so where you can findout where to get that trendy item. So all I can say is check it out and if you like what you see then let me know. I will invite you to the site. To sum it all up, it's basically a myspace for fashion driven people.



www.myspace.com/lookbookdotnu







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"The World of Models"

As a professional model and a inspiring designer. I DeVon Drakkar Lane Simmons known as DDLS decided to create this blog site to help those inspiring models; also those who may have questions about the fashion industry from a different point of view. From day to day bases I will try my hardest to keep this blog site fresh with new answers to your problems and also ways on how to get started in the industry. From time to time, I may decide to change the subjects. One day I may decide to blog about designers, models, music, celeb's, beauty secrets and also fitness workouts. At the end of the day this blog site is still based on "The World of Models"

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