I’m back from a long day. Went to work, ate dinner with the bf, and looked for clothes for my next shoot.
Being a model, there is definitely that idea of being superficial and materialistic..and if you really want to delve further; lacking identity.
I say this because, yes - there are standards for models. If you belong to this group you must have A, B, and C.. so on and so forth. When you walk the runway, your designer sets it so that there is a certain style to be maintained throughout his or her chosen group. There is no individuality because your task is to portray something else.
Speaking of certain style, yes, there is the overwhelming element of fashion. It may be seen as shallow and very much of-the-world to follow fashion trends and what not; seeking out the latest styles..what’s old but unique, new but old-fashioned.
Yes. Being a model means that you are very much of-the-world: your life is based on industry and society conforms. Everything is criticized, under scrutiny, and often times made glamorous.
However
.. it is very much like any other job in this world. You take a look at a model and think that they’ve got it easy - they get paid to look beautiful. Ha! That is only grazing the absolute and outermost surface of the whole thing. The hours of work, frustration, deprivation, perseverance, etc etc and beyond that go into this line of work is amazing. This is a profession that is so competitive it’s not even funny. You’re not what they’re looking for, somebody else will be. If you’re not where you need to be, somebody else will be able to seize the opportunities that you could have benefited from.
And what’s funny is, .. that’s how every other profession is.
The graphic designer, the nurse, the real estate agent, the basketball player, the football player, the mom, the dad, the technician, the stylist, the makeup artist, the CEO…all these people someone from the outside looking in, could believe that they’ve got it made, yet fail to realize all the work that went into getting themselves there, or the effort required to keep themselves there.
Final note..let’s not be so quick to dismiss, judge or to assume..what the other goes through, we have no idea.