Tonight at 8pm on Model Talk, I will be discussing some ideas to
WHY YOU DON'T HAVE A MODELING AGENT.
I will be giving suggestions and advice on what you can do to intrigue and keep an agent calling you and what to do in between the silent times.
www.blogtalkradio.com/isobellajade
Isobella Jade
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Why isn't your modeling agent getting back in touch with you?
A girl on Myspace recently asked me about Why her agency isn't getting in touch with her... This was my inspirational and honest reply:
Well....not to be brash but Why would they want to?
Sometimes I don't hear from my agents for weeks, sometimes I hear from all of them in the same week. And the big question isn't Why aren't they promoting me....but instead. " what can you do to get them to promote you?"
Maybe it is you,…not them. Maybe your photos need to be worked on. Maybe they need to see that you have been putting some effort into yourself.
When I am not hearing from agents I do a few things:
1. I email or call them or send them in the mail a card or a letter saying what I have been up to, -it helps if you HAVE been doing something. ( see # 3)
2. I try to update my portfolio, my photos, and I plan and conceptualize a photo shoot for myself. It helps that I have some good photographers handy
3. I try to promote myself, I try to contact brands and magazines, could be local or small and try to get myself some modeling credits or a modeling tear sheet
4. Most of the time if you have a modeling tear sheet, that shows you have worked, and this needs to be in print, in a newspaper or magazines, or in promo material for a brand.- then usually the agency will be more intrigued than you just coming in and showing them your pics and relying on them.
5. Maybe even ask the agency…what do you think I could improve on?
Say “ I am planning a photo shoot to improve my images and I just wanted your opinion on the photos you could use that would be best for you to market me.” I do this often, especially since I have a few agencies and each want different things. I give each different compcards too. ( And yes I pocket this, and it is normal, it is like printing a headshot,…you think ALL casting directors print the headshots for their talent? NOPE!- same thing with modeling cards…you might need to make a few before you get one that works for you. And even so I change my compcard about every 3- 4 months. And by then I am out of cards anyway from all my mailings, castings, and submissions.
6. Once you know what you need to get in terms of photos: Try to meet some quality photographers and by this I mean: Notice photographers shoots for editorials in local magazines or newspapers. Or even call the newspapers and local magazines, ad agencies, and ask who they suggest.
7. Pitch the photographer some of your ideas…don’t be deceived thinking it has to be sexy…usually a simple show of you looking like a catalog or a commercial ad for a handbag company or something will benefit both the photographer and you.- Work with professionals. Not photographers who shoot for a hobby. (you don’t have to be a modeling tease if you don’t want to be.) It might sound corny but go to the phone book, look up photograpy... or google your town + photography. Try to find people who really do create great photos and who really work with brands or magazines. And email or call them and stress your personality, ideas, and be a savvy model with a plan!
( I pitch photographers all the time ideas I have for photo shoots, magazine submissions, and editorial ideas.)
If you want to model, then think about the brands, product you want to model, think about: What photos do I need for this type of modeling, and also how can I go about getting in touch with the brands and magazines and agencies I need to get in touch with.
It takes research and a lot of work.
I submit my photos to brands, magazines, and agencies all the time. I don’t wait for the phone to ring. I freelance with many agencies, and I work with many brands because my photos are very diverse. I can be a hair model, and a lingerie model. I can portray a teenager and I can also be a young corporate professional for a commercial or ad campaign. So each one of these need different photos…it looks like you have some thing to plan and prepare for now!
So ask questions, be busy, and don’t always blame the “other guy” look at yourself and think “what am I doing for my own pursuits?” and “ what am I doing to get this agent more excited about me?” And in the mean time….promote yourself to magazines, brands, and don’t wait.. …I have agencies, I have worked with big brands but I still promote myself as a model every day and never let one person make all my dreams and goals come true…..be smart about your pursuits, be ambitious, and soon you will be learning how to promote, manage and market yourself.
And the agent will be impressed and you might even book some work on the days they aren’t calling. Looks like you have a lot of things to do…so go get em!
Goodluck!
Isobella
Well....not to be brash but Why would they want to?
Sometimes I don't hear from my agents for weeks, sometimes I hear from all of them in the same week. And the big question isn't Why aren't they promoting me....but instead. " what can you do to get them to promote you?"
Maybe it is you,…not them. Maybe your photos need to be worked on. Maybe they need to see that you have been putting some effort into yourself.
When I am not hearing from agents I do a few things:
1. I email or call them or send them in the mail a card or a letter saying what I have been up to, -it helps if you HAVE been doing something. ( see # 3)
2. I try to update my portfolio, my photos, and I plan and conceptualize a photo shoot for myself. It helps that I have some good photographers handy
3. I try to promote myself, I try to contact brands and magazines, could be local or small and try to get myself some modeling credits or a modeling tear sheet
4. Most of the time if you have a modeling tear sheet, that shows you have worked, and this needs to be in print, in a newspaper or magazines, or in promo material for a brand.- then usually the agency will be more intrigued than you just coming in and showing them your pics and relying on them.
5. Maybe even ask the agency…what do you think I could improve on?
Say “ I am planning a photo shoot to improve my images and I just wanted your opinion on the photos you could use that would be best for you to market me.” I do this often, especially since I have a few agencies and each want different things. I give each different compcards too. ( And yes I pocket this, and it is normal, it is like printing a headshot,…you think ALL casting directors print the headshots for their talent? NOPE!- same thing with modeling cards…you might need to make a few before you get one that works for you. And even so I change my compcard about every 3- 4 months. And by then I am out of cards anyway from all my mailings, castings, and submissions.
6. Once you know what you need to get in terms of photos: Try to meet some quality photographers and by this I mean: Notice photographers shoots for editorials in local magazines or newspapers. Or even call the newspapers and local magazines, ad agencies, and ask who they suggest.
7. Pitch the photographer some of your ideas…don’t be deceived thinking it has to be sexy…usually a simple show of you looking like a catalog or a commercial ad for a handbag company or something will benefit both the photographer and you.- Work with professionals. Not photographers who shoot for a hobby. (you don’t have to be a modeling tease if you don’t want to be.) It might sound corny but go to the phone book, look up photograpy... or google your town + photography. Try to find people who really do create great photos and who really work with brands or magazines. And email or call them and stress your personality, ideas, and be a savvy model with a plan!
( I pitch photographers all the time ideas I have for photo shoots, magazine submissions, and editorial ideas.)
If you want to model, then think about the brands, product you want to model, think about: What photos do I need for this type of modeling, and also how can I go about getting in touch with the brands and magazines and agencies I need to get in touch with.
It takes research and a lot of work.
I submit my photos to brands, magazines, and agencies all the time. I don’t wait for the phone to ring. I freelance with many agencies, and I work with many brands because my photos are very diverse. I can be a hair model, and a lingerie model. I can portray a teenager and I can also be a young corporate professional for a commercial or ad campaign. So each one of these need different photos…it looks like you have some thing to plan and prepare for now!
So ask questions, be busy, and don’t always blame the “other guy” look at yourself and think “what am I doing for my own pursuits?” and “ what am I doing to get this agent more excited about me?” And in the mean time….promote yourself to magazines, brands, and don’t wait.. …I have agencies, I have worked with big brands but I still promote myself as a model every day and never let one person make all my dreams and goals come true…..be smart about your pursuits, be ambitious, and soon you will be learning how to promote, manage and market yourself.
And the agent will be impressed and you might even book some work on the days they aren’t calling. Looks like you have a lot of things to do…so go get em!
Goodluck!
Isobella
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Casting this morning: Where actors and Models Unite
The hallway is narrow and the line is long. It looks as if they are giving away “free” something based on the anxious faces of all ages.
They are all White.
Yesterday was Hispanic and tomorrow is African American then the Asian Women and South East Asian and South Asian (from India).
This is a big one.
I reach the end of the line about 100 people back and plop my bag on the floor.
The sounds around me are, “What is this for again?”
“I heard it pays $2000”
“I heard 1600”
( my agent didn't mention a rate to me, but I imagine it is pretty nice and high)
Men with wrinkles, women with fried dyed hair, the blush is really red, their are plump women, a few tall girls but most are just average people with a coffee high spunk.
There is mumble about their latest jobs, and the sounds of “on set, on set, on set round the people in front and behind me. I feel like I am the only girl with a comp card there. Many are actors, some have just gotten off the set of Gossip Girls, some are trying to figure out what it means to being in the “business” and some are bitching about their cell phone breaking and how they were unable to get the castings on their phone through text message yesterday.
We wait.
I listen.
But also read WWD, ( Women’s World Daily).
I am number 356.
I wonder if the casting director will even look at all these photos of hopefuls.
I hate cattle call like castings, I hardly ever go, but it was for a national brand and the chance to book the job is worth it.
They are all White.
Yesterday was Hispanic and tomorrow is African American then the Asian Women and South East Asian and South Asian (from India).
This is a big one.
I reach the end of the line about 100 people back and plop my bag on the floor.
The sounds around me are, “What is this for again?”
“I heard it pays $2000”
“I heard 1600”
( my agent didn't mention a rate to me, but I imagine it is pretty nice and high)
Men with wrinkles, women with fried dyed hair, the blush is really red, their are plump women, a few tall girls but most are just average people with a coffee high spunk.
There is mumble about their latest jobs, and the sounds of “on set, on set, on set round the people in front and behind me. I feel like I am the only girl with a comp card there. Many are actors, some have just gotten off the set of Gossip Girls, some are trying to figure out what it means to being in the “business” and some are bitching about their cell phone breaking and how they were unable to get the castings on their phone through text message yesterday.
We wait.
I listen.
But also read WWD, ( Women’s World Daily).
I am number 356.
I wonder if the casting director will even look at all these photos of hopefuls.
I hate cattle call like castings, I hardly ever go, but it was for a national brand and the chance to book the job is worth it.
Monday, April 28, 2008
What to expect a modeling open call
If you are thinking of going to a modeling open call these are some things to keep in mind.
Photos:
1. Bring photos that are simple, nice headshots, smiling, show energy.
2. Bring a headshot, a body shot, and if you aren't comfortable in a bathingsuit, why not bring a photo of you in a fitness shot. It is better to come prepared than with nothing.
3. Photos should be headshot size 8 by 10, or compcard size, or print up photos 5 x 7 if possible.
What to expect from the agency:
1. Does the agency have proof they get their models work, such as tearsheets on the wall or some sort of credits?
2. Is the agency making you pay for photos and sign a contract before they even try to book you work? - I would NEVER Pay an agency before you get a booked job. Honestly! If an agency tries run out it is a scam and there are plently of other agencies to find! Alot of these -fake- agencies are really money sucking jerks! They call themselves agencies just to scam girls into paying for photos that are not good or printing cost that is TOOO high.
3. I mention a bad experience I had in my bookcalled Almsot 5'4", and I am stressing to you: Do NOT pay for anything you do not trust in.
4. If an agency is legit they will at least take your info, name and photo and give you some tips on how to improve.
In the past, when I was a newbie, I had a really crappy compcard -which I made myself-but the agency took it and gave me tips and advice, the agency was Flaunt Models in NYC, and it felt good to get advice and to know trying is worth it.
As petite models, and aspiring models, we tend to think that modeling means sexy. Modeling means being energetic and Commercial print modeling is what you want to do and if the agency doesn’t mention the words, print, commercial print, or editorials or ad campaigns for print, then don’t waste your time. You want to find an agency that will send you out for jobs that are GOOD for you. Don’t let someone fool you into paying to be fooled.
Don't foget to grab a ROSS Reports, and to start promoting yourself. You don't need an agency to get work on a TV set, or in a magazine. But you have to have a compcard and headshot and be willing to mail it out and research and hustle, the Ross reports is a great tool. Also Backstage.com. But don't get suckered into working with a scam that has only been in business for 5 minutes. Any New agency deserves some research too.. a new agency might accept you but are they legit?
You need to invest in yourself and get a compcard, and you don't have to pay hundreds for photos. Your mother could take them! Honestly just get photos that look like ads, you holding a bag, laughing being you! There is work for a girl who has a nice smile, energy and a real lifestyle look.
Their is NO height requirement to model. So don't be fooled!
Photos:
1. Bring photos that are simple, nice headshots, smiling, show energy.
2. Bring a headshot, a body shot, and if you aren't comfortable in a bathingsuit, why not bring a photo of you in a fitness shot. It is better to come prepared than with nothing.
3. Photos should be headshot size 8 by 10, or compcard size, or print up photos 5 x 7 if possible.
What to expect from the agency:
1. Does the agency have proof they get their models work, such as tearsheets on the wall or some sort of credits?
2. Is the agency making you pay for photos and sign a contract before they even try to book you work? - I would NEVER Pay an agency before you get a booked job. Honestly! If an agency tries run out it is a scam and there are plently of other agencies to find! Alot of these -fake- agencies are really money sucking jerks! They call themselves agencies just to scam girls into paying for photos that are not good or printing cost that is TOOO high.
3. I mention a bad experience I had in my bookcalled Almsot 5'4", and I am stressing to you: Do NOT pay for anything you do not trust in.
4. If an agency is legit they will at least take your info, name and photo and give you some tips on how to improve.
In the past, when I was a newbie, I had a really crappy compcard -which I made myself-but the agency took it and gave me tips and advice, the agency was Flaunt Models in NYC, and it felt good to get advice and to know trying is worth it.
As petite models, and aspiring models, we tend to think that modeling means sexy. Modeling means being energetic and Commercial print modeling is what you want to do and if the agency doesn’t mention the words, print, commercial print, or editorials or ad campaigns for print, then don’t waste your time. You want to find an agency that will send you out for jobs that are GOOD for you. Don’t let someone fool you into paying to be fooled.
Don't foget to grab a ROSS Reports, and to start promoting yourself. You don't need an agency to get work on a TV set, or in a magazine. But you have to have a compcard and headshot and be willing to mail it out and research and hustle, the Ross reports is a great tool. Also Backstage.com. But don't get suckered into working with a scam that has only been in business for 5 minutes. Any New agency deserves some research too.. a new agency might accept you but are they legit?
You need to invest in yourself and get a compcard, and you don't have to pay hundreds for photos. Your mother could take them! Honestly just get photos that look like ads, you holding a bag, laughing being you! There is work for a girl who has a nice smile, energy and a real lifestyle look.
Their is NO height requirement to model. So don't be fooled!
Weds: April 30th Ovational TV: Eve and Marilyn
I discovered an awesome TV channel yesterday called Ovation! It is all about music, people, art and film! I love it.
This Weds this is a segment based on Marilyn and a photographer Eve, a woman, and it is nice to hear and see from a female photographer! Especially one that photographed Marilyn Monroe.
Tune in at 11pm on Weds. To learn more about the network click here:
http://ovationtv.com/
Isobella
This Weds this is a segment based on Marilyn and a photographer Eve, a woman, and it is nice to hear and see from a female photographer! Especially one that photographed Marilyn Monroe.
Tune in at 11pm on Weds. To learn more about the network click here:
http://ovationtv.com/
Isobella
Sunday, April 27, 2008
A few things to try when it comes to marketing yourself
1. Think about where you want to be, what are your goals and plan for the steps it will take to get there. Does it take a certain photo, a certain amount of research, a certain amount of mailing your compcards and headshots?
2. I think alot of strivers forget that there is such reward is research. If you want to get intouch with a brand, with a magazine, it is all available to you- you just have to do some research on the web it even inside the magazine. Being persistant and striving for yourself.
3. If 50 mailers to casting directors equal 2-10 call backs, then you need to mail, mail, mail,
4.and then get busy with something such as finding another way to market youself, such as in magazines, or working with a certain photographer.
5. The best way to get what you want is by being able to chase it, do the work and make it happen.
6. Don't let a No discourage you. You will get a lot in this business.
7. What you show is what you get so work on your photos, your reel, work on how you represent you.
8. Create an email account that is Your Name. Not sugarhotlips@gmail.com
2. I think alot of strivers forget that there is such reward is research. If you want to get intouch with a brand, with a magazine, it is all available to you- you just have to do some research on the web it even inside the magazine. Being persistant and striving for yourself.
3. If 50 mailers to casting directors equal 2-10 call backs, then you need to mail, mail, mail,
4.and then get busy with something such as finding another way to market youself, such as in magazines, or working with a certain photographer.
5. The best way to get what you want is by being able to chase it, do the work and make it happen.
6. Don't let a No discourage you. You will get a lot in this business.
7. What you show is what you get so work on your photos, your reel, work on how you represent you.
8. Create an email account that is Your Name. Not sugarhotlips@gmail.com
How to market yourself as a model
I don't rely on my modeling agent, it is great to have them, but I also am VERY much apart of my own modeling goals. I am always mailing, researching and writing cover letters, printing resumes, and promoting myself.
Alot of girls have this fake perception that once they get the agent ALL IS GOOD, and ALL WILL COME, and I find this to be the wrong mentality. With a manager, agent, and modeling agency, it might feel good, and give you a nice cozy feeling to know someone is one your side, but I never have let one person, or a few take my plans and trust in it 100%. The business just isn't like that. I think of the modeling agent as a tool, a piece of what I do as a model, a piece of my promotion and my own research and hustle doesn't end just because I have an agent.
Just because I booked a job and got a check for $1000 dollars doesn't mean I am settling for that feeling of " ok someone is helping me book modeling work, I can wait now for the phone to ring again."
Being a model in today's world I think means something different than it did in the 1980s and 1990s and even though there are tall giraffes who do not fully understand the 'self promotion thing' I do.
I am always promoting myself, researching, and it is natural now.
Modeling to me isn't about being born lucky. It is about chasing something you want, and like any pursuit or plan, it is hard somestimes, it is a challenge you are trying to over come.
I did it for my modeling, for my book, for pretty much everything I have gained and marketing yourself as a model is really about marketing yourself like a business.
Alot of girls have this fake perception that once they get the agent ALL IS GOOD, and ALL WILL COME, and I find this to be the wrong mentality. With a manager, agent, and modeling agency, it might feel good, and give you a nice cozy feeling to know someone is one your side, but I never have let one person, or a few take my plans and trust in it 100%. The business just isn't like that. I think of the modeling agent as a tool, a piece of what I do as a model, a piece of my promotion and my own research and hustle doesn't end just because I have an agent.
Just because I booked a job and got a check for $1000 dollars doesn't mean I am settling for that feeling of " ok someone is helping me book modeling work, I can wait now for the phone to ring again."
Being a model in today's world I think means something different than it did in the 1980s and 1990s and even though there are tall giraffes who do not fully understand the 'self promotion thing' I do.
I am always promoting myself, researching, and it is natural now.
Modeling to me isn't about being born lucky. It is about chasing something you want, and like any pursuit or plan, it is hard somestimes, it is a challenge you are trying to over come.
I did it for my modeling, for my book, for pretty much everything I have gained and marketing yourself as a model is really about marketing yourself like a business.
The Girl Next Door is selling
The girl next door, the smiling happy go lucky, chilling out with her iPod girl is selling. Alot of models contact me unsure of how to find an agency, what photos to use and wonder if they have the 'look' of a model.
Well number one is: If you don't believe in yourself then don't try anything, believing in what you are striving for is number one. And if you can love it without or without an agent that is best. A modeling agent is a helpful wonderful thing to have. We need modeling agents and modeling agencies because the CLIENTS go to them. And we want to be with the modeling agency so we can hear about the casting and hopfully book the job, but it is possible to skip the middle man in modeling and get in touch with the brands. But you need to have your marketing tools compcard, headshot, portfolio and it is best to NOT send them to your Myspace account, it is better the mail the marketing director, photo editor, research editor, directly to their office. With a note listing your traits and interesting and working with the brand, or magazine.
The girl next door is seen everywhere these days, selling tic tacs, to selling Payless shoes and face creams and cleaners. These girl next doors are not all tall Giraffes, many working models these days are petite. So I would start to take notice of where models of ALL heights are working, watch commercials, pay attention to print ads, and product ads and editorials in magazines.
The reason a petite girl or aspiring model thinks there isn't a place for her in the modeling business is because she hasn't stopped to notice her options. Sometimes you have to create your own career, pursuits, and goals, and make them happen.
The girl next door who is Asian,black, white, hispanic, and indian, is selling. The girl next door is who you should want to be because as a model it is what brands and companies want. The girl with energy, who can sell their product image and as a model you have to be also a saleswoman, and have the ability to promote and represent a product in a natural honest way.
Alot of girls come to me wondering how can I be a model when I am so short? My answer to them is: have you been googling commercial print modeling agencies? have you been researching and really trying? Do you have a compcard? Do you have quality photos that represent the model you want to be? Have you considered modeling for ALL types of magazines and with all types of products. If you are a model you can market many things. Your hands, your feet, your whole self, and you will work with many types of products and you should be able to model that dishwasher, just as well as that lingerie.
Well number one is: If you don't believe in yourself then don't try anything, believing in what you are striving for is number one. And if you can love it without or without an agent that is best. A modeling agent is a helpful wonderful thing to have. We need modeling agents and modeling agencies because the CLIENTS go to them. And we want to be with the modeling agency so we can hear about the casting and hopfully book the job, but it is possible to skip the middle man in modeling and get in touch with the brands. But you need to have your marketing tools compcard, headshot, portfolio and it is best to NOT send them to your Myspace account, it is better the mail the marketing director, photo editor, research editor, directly to their office. With a note listing your traits and interesting and working with the brand, or magazine.
The girl next door is seen everywhere these days, selling tic tacs, to selling Payless shoes and face creams and cleaners. These girl next doors are not all tall Giraffes, many working models these days are petite. So I would start to take notice of where models of ALL heights are working, watch commercials, pay attention to print ads, and product ads and editorials in magazines.
The reason a petite girl or aspiring model thinks there isn't a place for her in the modeling business is because she hasn't stopped to notice her options. Sometimes you have to create your own career, pursuits, and goals, and make them happen.
The girl next door who is Asian,black, white, hispanic, and indian, is selling. The girl next door is who you should want to be because as a model it is what brands and companies want. The girl with energy, who can sell their product image and as a model you have to be also a saleswoman, and have the ability to promote and represent a product in a natural honest way.
Alot of girls come to me wondering how can I be a model when I am so short? My answer to them is: have you been googling commercial print modeling agencies? have you been researching and really trying? Do you have a compcard? Do you have quality photos that represent the model you want to be? Have you considered modeling for ALL types of magazines and with all types of products. If you are a model you can market many things. Your hands, your feet, your whole self, and you will work with many types of products and you should be able to model that dishwasher, just as well as that lingerie.
Friday, April 25, 2008
PODCAST CAMP 2.0 today and tomorrow!
I am heading over to the Podcast Camp 2.0 today!
http://www.podcampnyc.org/about/
Podcamp NYC is an “unconference” focused on educating participants on how to use, implement and share any/all new media tools including, podcasts, videocasts, blogs, Second Life, Facebook, and YouTube. The conference is FREE to attend and you’re a “participant” versus an “attendee” at our event. You also make our conference happen since you register to speak. You can talk about anything you want as long as it focuses on new media.
If you want to learn about podcasting, or share your own experience it is worth a visit today, April 25th and and tomorrow April 26th!
See you there!
Isobella Jade
http://www.podcampnyc.org/about/
Podcamp NYC is an “unconference” focused on educating participants on how to use, implement and share any/all new media tools including, podcasts, videocasts, blogs, Second Life, Facebook, and YouTube. The conference is FREE to attend and you’re a “participant” versus an “attendee” at our event. You also make our conference happen since you register to speak. You can talk about anything you want as long as it focuses on new media.
If you want to learn about podcasting, or share your own experience it is worth a visit today, April 25th and and tomorrow April 26th!
See you there!
Isobella Jade
Why I hate social modeling websites
Well girls!
If you want to model, then do it! Don't let someone else define whether you can or can't but you have to be realistic with yourself. You might not model in major fashion magazines, or on the runway, but that is a small part of modeling anyways, start thinking about ads and editorials and places where you DO fit in! Commercial print modeling is the world you need to know. It is beyond the Internet, it means having marketing tools, compcards, headshot, a portfolio, and it isn't old school, it is the norm, because you wont be saying at a casting, " Check my website!"
Instead you will be handing your compcard and headshot. You will be expected to have these tools.
The Internet can help or hurt your modeling pursuits. Watch what photos you post, and understand that modeling on the web doesn't mean you are modeling with magazines and brands, and isn't that what modeling is?
Don't you have to hold a product to be a model anymore?
Think about the brands you like, ads you see, and models you admire, and ask yourself what is the difference between them and you?
It could be that they are working WITH agencies, and those brands...and you aren't...they have their marketing tools, they are going on modeling castings and auditions and they are actually modeling to get ahead not just for the fun of calling themselves a model.
It really makes me upset when I think about girls who think they are models just because they have a website? I think all of the social web toold are great, Myspace, Facebook, have a website, blog, podcast, I do it! But I think when I see myself in print, when I go to an audition or modeling casting, when I meet with my agent, when I print a new compcard...THAT is really the modeling world.
Think like a business and get where you want quicker! If you want to model in a magazine, then why haven't you mailed your photos to one yet? If you want to get an agency why haven't you researched commercial print modeling agencies? If you want to get ahead...you have to know the difference between modeling Amateurs and really trying to be a model.
If you want to model, then do it! Don't let someone else define whether you can or can't but you have to be realistic with yourself. You might not model in major fashion magazines, or on the runway, but that is a small part of modeling anyways, start thinking about ads and editorials and places where you DO fit in! Commercial print modeling is the world you need to know. It is beyond the Internet, it means having marketing tools, compcards, headshot, a portfolio, and it isn't old school, it is the norm, because you wont be saying at a casting, " Check my website!"
Instead you will be handing your compcard and headshot. You will be expected to have these tools.
The Internet can help or hurt your modeling pursuits. Watch what photos you post, and understand that modeling on the web doesn't mean you are modeling with magazines and brands, and isn't that what modeling is?
Don't you have to hold a product to be a model anymore?
Think about the brands you like, ads you see, and models you admire, and ask yourself what is the difference between them and you?
It could be that they are working WITH agencies, and those brands...and you aren't...they have their marketing tools, they are going on modeling castings and auditions and they are actually modeling to get ahead not just for the fun of calling themselves a model.
It really makes me upset when I think about girls who think they are models just because they have a website? I think all of the social web toold are great, Myspace, Facebook, have a website, blog, podcast, I do it! But I think when I see myself in print, when I go to an audition or modeling casting, when I meet with my agent, when I print a new compcard...THAT is really the modeling world.
Think like a business and get where you want quicker! If you want to model in a magazine, then why haven't you mailed your photos to one yet? If you want to get an agency why haven't you researched commercial print modeling agencies? If you want to get ahead...you have to know the difference between modeling Amateurs and really trying to be a model.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Modeling Quote of the Day: Accepting the No's in your modeling pursuit is a good thing
If you know you will get a lot of No's in this modeling pursuit then you will be able to over come the pitfalls, the days you aren't booking that job you really wanted, and how to get over a casting you didn't get and move on and chase more!
If you are modeling just to feel good about yourself, or feel pretty or liked, then I think you shouldn't model at all. Modeling to me is about chances, it is about staying positive, driven and hungry. And it is a pursuit that doesn't happen easily. It can take mailing 50 compcard until you hear back from one casting director or modeling agency. It can take 10 castings before you even get one call back.
So it is best to expect the NO's, and know this business of modeling involves ALOT of them. It is a competitive business but also alot is possible. Staying ambitious is key!
If you are modeling just to feel good about yourself, or feel pretty or liked, then I think you shouldn't model at all. Modeling to me is about chances, it is about staying positive, driven and hungry. And it is a pursuit that doesn't happen easily. It can take mailing 50 compcard until you hear back from one casting director or modeling agency. It can take 10 castings before you even get one call back.
So it is best to expect the NO's, and know this business of modeling involves ALOT of them. It is a competitive business but also alot is possible. Staying ambitious is key!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Isobella Jade on Maxim radio speaks on Sex, Relationships and pop culture
Hey!
I am looking forward to being a guest tonight on Maxim Radio!
Tune in at 8pm to listen to the segment on Maxim Radio- I will be there for an hour.
www.sirius.com/maximradio
The DeVore and Diana Show!
See you there,
isobella
I am looking forward to being a guest tonight on Maxim Radio!
Tune in at 8pm to listen to the segment on Maxim Radio- I will be there for an hour.
www.sirius.com/maximradio
The DeVore and Diana Show!
See you there,
isobella
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Modeling and friends
I am really glad you read my blogs, but even so it is so important to have friends and support to help you along the way towards your modeling goals and pursuits. People who you can interact with each day. I am so thankful for my friends because during my pursuits I have needed them to stay inspired, and also to learn a thing or two.
Learning about the modeling business is a very tough. Especially if you do not know anyone physically who you can meet with and talk to about it.
The first photographer who gave me advice had a studio on 29th St and I would visit his studio weekly and just going there helped me feel energized and ready to go and he was also very smart. He could give me honest advice and help answer the questions I had about where I wanted to go with modeling.
I feel so lucky for him in my life. And to this day we are still friends.
( i talk about him alot in my book Almost 5'4".)
Also I have a friend who is also an aspiring actress and TV Host and being arounf her is also great because you need people in your circle that are physical, daily and not just on a computer screen. Face to face interaction is how you really make connections and also make friends. These people could also be of an entertainment and arts trade, such as a photographer, a writer, a producer, a director, a painter even. Someone who understands what it is like to strive, to have a goal.
I also love hanging out with my friend who is a handbag designer because while we might not be of the same trade, we understand the struggle, the good times, the work, and the marketing involved and we can talk about it.
Learning about the modeling business is a very tough. Especially if you do not know anyone physically who you can meet with and talk to about it.
The first photographer who gave me advice had a studio on 29th St and I would visit his studio weekly and just going there helped me feel energized and ready to go and he was also very smart. He could give me honest advice and help answer the questions I had about where I wanted to go with modeling.
I feel so lucky for him in my life. And to this day we are still friends.
( i talk about him alot in my book Almost 5'4".)
Also I have a friend who is also an aspiring actress and TV Host and being arounf her is also great because you need people in your circle that are physical, daily and not just on a computer screen. Face to face interaction is how you really make connections and also make friends. These people could also be of an entertainment and arts trade, such as a photographer, a writer, a producer, a director, a painter even. Someone who understands what it is like to strive, to have a goal.
I also love hanging out with my friend who is a handbag designer because while we might not be of the same trade, we understand the struggle, the good times, the work, and the marketing involved and we can talk about it.
Monday, April 21, 2008
interview on Petite Fashionista
I was interviewed by Valery Santillana recently for Petite Fashionista one of my favorite petite stops! I had so much fun answering these great questions for the interview. Enjoy!
Monday, April 14
Isobella Jade - The Interview
By Valery Santillana
On January 26, I visited Petite Fashionista for my daily petite fashion dose. The topic of the day was a letter from petite model Isobella Jade to Christa Jean.
I was intrigued and surprised that out there, was someone whose small voice had been yelling to be heard so much that, eventually she could be seen.
I immediately commenced a search on Amazon for her book “Almost 5’4”, read the available excerpt, and was immediately hooked. Out came the ever favourite credit card because I could not be left hanging. I wanted more.
So ladies, and for any of the gentlemen reading this, I must express that Isobella Jade’s book left such an impression on me that for the first time (or at least a very rare occasion) I feel that I cannot pen down my reactions and thoughts on her book. So here’s my attempt:
She is brutally honest with regards to her beginnings as a model. Quite frankly, even though her beginnings are in the past, I was scared for her safety as she describes some of her experiences with some very shady photographers.
By the same token, she highlights many experiences which demonstrate her independence, and her relentlessness to not let go of her dream, and I can’t help but admire her for this quality.
Isobella Jade is so much fun to read, and captivates in the same manner as she must have captivated some photographers, who finally gave her the modeling chance.
She’s so multifaceted that you just want to know more about her. However, the question is: What kind of questions do you ask someone who has so candidly relayed some of her experiences? Well perhaps the following questions, and then some, as I am sure you too will want to know more about her, and her future endeavors that Isobella Jade kindly shared.
1) What is your view on nudity? Do you consider nude modeling more challenging than with clothing on? Personally I don’t have a problem with nudity, but some would argue that it is not considered “real modeling”, and/or consider it degrading.
I think a lot of petite girls decide that since they can't do fashion modeling, because of the standards, they fall into nude Glamour Modeling. Nudity is different today than it was 50 years ago. The Internet has made it possible for the girl next door to quickly become an amateur photographer's muse and go nowhere. I am very comfortable being nude but when it is done to just be a photographer's tease, or afternoon play thing, then it gets pretty sad. I have experienced both, but there is a fine line between posing nude as a body double for an actress and just posing to call yourself a model.
I think to be nude and working with real brands or even with European magazines is beautiful and I love it when nudity mixes with fashion. I think it takes a lot of confidence for a person to be naked, although I find that sometimes it is easier for me to pose naked than with clothing on. This past Fall I went in the buff on the Stacy London show and then I posed topless for an editorial in Time Magazine there is a great agency in NYC called PARTS Models that I work with often.
2) Throughout the book you clearly describe your passion for modeling. Perhaps you could elaborate more on what modeling means to you. What is it that you want to project through the lens? Is it art? A social statement from a petite model?
At first like many aspiring and curious models I just thought of my ego, and it wasn’t about the brands or agencies, but then it became an obsession to prove I could get an agency, to prove I could get work in a magazine, with brands, I think I was trying to prove it to myself, but also I loved it when I would tell someone that I was a model and rattle off a list of modeling jobs I had done and they had to look down 5 inches at me with shock. I think after you prove to yourself you can do something that is difficult. Even if you only proved it a few times…you want more, you crave it, just to do it again. Also I saw a lot of models at castings and my jobs and I knew I was just as good as them, in appearance and personality, if not better, so that feeling makes me strive. I get bored easy and I get inspired over envy and I love a challenge. And I hope I am making a statement about petite models and that they do have a place in the modeling business. I am not trying to break down fashion walls; I am trying to use what I got and get ahead by being realistic.
3) How do you know what is required in a pose?
I look in the mirror a lot. I do! I practice posing while holding products like handbags, and while wearing shoes, and I enjoy posing in open spaces, compared to cramped locations. I like to stretch out to look longer. I like to tell a story when I pose, I think about creating a scene or a personality. I also watch a lot of movies and watch movement and expression made without words. I read magazines and notice everything. The editorials, the ads, the cover, everything and all kinds of magazines and ads. I try to understand the camera’s perspective.
4. What does a petite model bring to a photo shoot, or any other venue that a plus size and/or conventional model cannot?
We make products look bigger! And the brands love that. Petite models fit into the sample sized six shoes. How many tall girls do you know who are a size six shoe?
We bring smaller proportions which can frame a photo nicely, since you don’t have to crop us as much.
5) In your book you refer to conventional models as “Giraffes”. Can you dispel the myth that you are using the term as a derogatory term? Also what animal would you call yourself?
Well, no matter your height the modeling business is tough. I recently posed with a real Giraffe in Tampa, FL and had an amazing time. A Giraffe watches the whole prairie as the tallest land living animal with a certain self respect and acceptance. I think a Giraffe is an admirable animal similar to the way we all admire conventional cat walking models. The wonder, the awe, the grace. I think of myself as a version of Seabiscuit.
6) You were featured on “Fashion Television” which focuses on high fashion, showcases clips from runway shows from around the world, and gives us the scoop on models and famous designers. How did they get to interview you and why?
Right after I finished writing Almost 5’4 at the Apple Store I got some self earned press from Media Bistro, the producer found me from that exposure and thought my story was inspiring and emailed me and called me, and we set up a date to shoot in NYC. It was a lot of fun and I got to be honest and give a voice to what it means to try to pursue. I think I might be the shortest model ever on FT.
7) Since you started modeling have you seen a change in the fashion industry in respect to petite models?
The fashion world is fun, but at the end of the day we all just want a nice pair of jeans to wear, and I think the commercial modeling world is opening up and the retail world is changing, look at Dove, Payless, Old Navy, and even shampoo brands are getting more fashion forward, but I think in the next five years the commercial print world will show more black models, and plus size models will start to appear more in ad campaigns. As for the petite models: When a size 10 kids isn’t appealing then I will know the world is really changing!
8.) What are your future plans and goals?
Well, currently I am devoting time to my modeling blogs and modeling podcast called Model Talk, www.blogtalkradio.com/isobellajade and I recently signed my book to a publisher in the U.K for 2009 distribution. And I am thinking about a film based on the book, and also I have started the storyboard to create a comic based on the book as well.
9.) Any modeling plans, updates or new pursuits:
After I wrote the book at the Apple Store, I did a string of modeling jobs. I have fit modeled for Teen Vogue, I was the lead in the My American Heart music video, I shoe modeled for Marshall’s, I was featured in an Urge commercial on MTV, hand modeled for Bon Appetit magazine twice, shoe modeling for Brown Shoe and White Mountain Shoes, featured on TLC, leg modeled for Bath and Body Works, editorials in Luna magazine, Bon magazine, Mac Directory magazine, and can be seen in the April 2008 issue of Nylon magazine. For my goals are based around how I would love to be the face of a shoe ad campaign. And it isn’t only about me anymore: I now represent a painter named Anthony John Gray through Harkrider Fine Arts.
10.) What is your favorite thing to model?
Shoes! High ones!
Monday, April 14
Isobella Jade - The Interview
By Valery Santillana
On January 26, I visited Petite Fashionista for my daily petite fashion dose. The topic of the day was a letter from petite model Isobella Jade to Christa Jean.
I was intrigued and surprised that out there, was someone whose small voice had been yelling to be heard so much that, eventually she could be seen.
I immediately commenced a search on Amazon for her book “Almost 5’4”, read the available excerpt, and was immediately hooked. Out came the ever favourite credit card because I could not be left hanging. I wanted more.
So ladies, and for any of the gentlemen reading this, I must express that Isobella Jade’s book left such an impression on me that for the first time (or at least a very rare occasion) I feel that I cannot pen down my reactions and thoughts on her book. So here’s my attempt:
She is brutally honest with regards to her beginnings as a model. Quite frankly, even though her beginnings are in the past, I was scared for her safety as she describes some of her experiences with some very shady photographers.
By the same token, she highlights many experiences which demonstrate her independence, and her relentlessness to not let go of her dream, and I can’t help but admire her for this quality.
Isobella Jade is so much fun to read, and captivates in the same manner as she must have captivated some photographers, who finally gave her the modeling chance.
She’s so multifaceted that you just want to know more about her. However, the question is: What kind of questions do you ask someone who has so candidly relayed some of her experiences? Well perhaps the following questions, and then some, as I am sure you too will want to know more about her, and her future endeavors that Isobella Jade kindly shared.
1) What is your view on nudity? Do you consider nude modeling more challenging than with clothing on? Personally I don’t have a problem with nudity, but some would argue that it is not considered “real modeling”, and/or consider it degrading.
I think a lot of petite girls decide that since they can't do fashion modeling, because of the standards, they fall into nude Glamour Modeling. Nudity is different today than it was 50 years ago. The Internet has made it possible for the girl next door to quickly become an amateur photographer's muse and go nowhere. I am very comfortable being nude but when it is done to just be a photographer's tease, or afternoon play thing, then it gets pretty sad. I have experienced both, but there is a fine line between posing nude as a body double for an actress and just posing to call yourself a model.
I think to be nude and working with real brands or even with European magazines is beautiful and I love it when nudity mixes with fashion. I think it takes a lot of confidence for a person to be naked, although I find that sometimes it is easier for me to pose naked than with clothing on. This past Fall I went in the buff on the Stacy London show and then I posed topless for an editorial in Time Magazine there is a great agency in NYC called PARTS Models that I work with often.
2) Throughout the book you clearly describe your passion for modeling. Perhaps you could elaborate more on what modeling means to you. What is it that you want to project through the lens? Is it art? A social statement from a petite model?
At first like many aspiring and curious models I just thought of my ego, and it wasn’t about the brands or agencies, but then it became an obsession to prove I could get an agency, to prove I could get work in a magazine, with brands, I think I was trying to prove it to myself, but also I loved it when I would tell someone that I was a model and rattle off a list of modeling jobs I had done and they had to look down 5 inches at me with shock. I think after you prove to yourself you can do something that is difficult. Even if you only proved it a few times…you want more, you crave it, just to do it again. Also I saw a lot of models at castings and my jobs and I knew I was just as good as them, in appearance and personality, if not better, so that feeling makes me strive. I get bored easy and I get inspired over envy and I love a challenge. And I hope I am making a statement about petite models and that they do have a place in the modeling business. I am not trying to break down fashion walls; I am trying to use what I got and get ahead by being realistic.
3) How do you know what is required in a pose?
I look in the mirror a lot. I do! I practice posing while holding products like handbags, and while wearing shoes, and I enjoy posing in open spaces, compared to cramped locations. I like to stretch out to look longer. I like to tell a story when I pose, I think about creating a scene or a personality. I also watch a lot of movies and watch movement and expression made without words. I read magazines and notice everything. The editorials, the ads, the cover, everything and all kinds of magazines and ads. I try to understand the camera’s perspective.
4. What does a petite model bring to a photo shoot, or any other venue that a plus size and/or conventional model cannot?
We make products look bigger! And the brands love that. Petite models fit into the sample sized six shoes. How many tall girls do you know who are a size six shoe?
We bring smaller proportions which can frame a photo nicely, since you don’t have to crop us as much.
5) In your book you refer to conventional models as “Giraffes”. Can you dispel the myth that you are using the term as a derogatory term? Also what animal would you call yourself?
Well, no matter your height the modeling business is tough. I recently posed with a real Giraffe in Tampa, FL and had an amazing time. A Giraffe watches the whole prairie as the tallest land living animal with a certain self respect and acceptance. I think a Giraffe is an admirable animal similar to the way we all admire conventional cat walking models. The wonder, the awe, the grace. I think of myself as a version of Seabiscuit.
6) You were featured on “Fashion Television” which focuses on high fashion, showcases clips from runway shows from around the world, and gives us the scoop on models and famous designers. How did they get to interview you and why?
Right after I finished writing Almost 5’4 at the Apple Store I got some self earned press from Media Bistro, the producer found me from that exposure and thought my story was inspiring and emailed me and called me, and we set up a date to shoot in NYC. It was a lot of fun and I got to be honest and give a voice to what it means to try to pursue. I think I might be the shortest model ever on FT.
7) Since you started modeling have you seen a change in the fashion industry in respect to petite models?
The fashion world is fun, but at the end of the day we all just want a nice pair of jeans to wear, and I think the commercial modeling world is opening up and the retail world is changing, look at Dove, Payless, Old Navy, and even shampoo brands are getting more fashion forward, but I think in the next five years the commercial print world will show more black models, and plus size models will start to appear more in ad campaigns. As for the petite models: When a size 10 kids isn’t appealing then I will know the world is really changing!
8.) What are your future plans and goals?
Well, currently I am devoting time to my modeling blogs and modeling podcast called Model Talk, www.blogtalkradio.com/isobellajade and I recently signed my book to a publisher in the U.K for 2009 distribution. And I am thinking about a film based on the book, and also I have started the storyboard to create a comic based on the book as well.
9.) Any modeling plans, updates or new pursuits:
After I wrote the book at the Apple Store, I did a string of modeling jobs. I have fit modeled for Teen Vogue, I was the lead in the My American Heart music video, I shoe modeled for Marshall’s, I was featured in an Urge commercial on MTV, hand modeled for Bon Appetit magazine twice, shoe modeling for Brown Shoe and White Mountain Shoes, featured on TLC, leg modeled for Bath and Body Works, editorials in Luna magazine, Bon magazine, Mac Directory magazine, and can be seen in the April 2008 issue of Nylon magazine. For my goals are based around how I would love to be the face of a shoe ad campaign. And it isn’t only about me anymore: I now represent a painter named Anthony John Gray through Harkrider Fine Arts.
10.) What is your favorite thing to model?
Shoes! High ones!
How to Model with Brands? Or at least get a meeting!
Tomorrow I have a meeting with a lingerie company and I got the meeting by looking in WWD in the Classified section. I notice brands and get the contact information and ask if they need a model. I send a nice photo that matching the type of modeling job I am trying to get. ( I send a nice scam of my body compcard that showed my legs and body.) The biggest thing when approaching brands is to ask for the person who makes marketing and model decisions. And to not be afraid to take a chance for yourself.
Same goes for any brand or product, most companies have websites and most brands wll at least direct you or lead you to the right person and then you can send a nice photo.
PHOTOS are a big thing, if you are sending your photos ANYWHERE, to an agent, to a brand, to a magazine you should make yourself look as honest as what you really look like, you should be sending photos that represent the style of the brand. You shouldn't dwell too much on it, but you should be picky about what you send, because first impression is important.
For a petite girl, I would say: the more commercial, the more energy and the more personality you show in your photos the better. To get modeling work as a petite model it involves having more personality than pouty lips and the same pose sometimes.
Same goes for any brand or product, most companies have websites and most brands wll at least direct you or lead you to the right person and then you can send a nice photo.
PHOTOS are a big thing, if you are sending your photos ANYWHERE, to an agent, to a brand, to a magazine you should make yourself look as honest as what you really look like, you should be sending photos that represent the style of the brand. You shouldn't dwell too much on it, but you should be picky about what you send, because first impression is important.
For a petite girl, I would say: the more commercial, the more energy and the more personality you show in your photos the better. To get modeling work as a petite model it involves having more personality than pouty lips and the same pose sometimes.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Modeling as a Business-self serving can lead you to magazines and brands
My modeling pursuits mean that I read alot, I google alot and I email alot. Just by reading Women's Wear Daily. I have discovered some brands that might need models, just by reading about the changes in a brand. Usually if the advertising changes in a company, so do the models!
Doing some research on google an get you a long way!
Doing some research on google an get you a long way!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
trying to find petite fashions at the Palisades Center but first The GPS screws me over
After getting very lost in NJ, because I really had no idea where I was going and was battling thee GPS, finally I made it to the Palisades Center in Nyack, NY. Inside I was surprised at how many retail stores have survived and also Exist, I was very impressed with Old Navy’s bathing suits and the one piece suits are on my mind, I am most likely heading back there next week for a bathing suit.
The Gap also shocked me with some cute bathing suits and I was also shocked and delighted to see some smaller bra sizes and bathing suit sizes as well.
Steve and Barry's had some cute dresses for 8 bucks!
I bought a knitt red/orangy dress at Forever 21 which I Love for about 22 bucks!
Aldo Accessories looked good and I hope they expand to more locations.
I was pretty pissed when a shoe I really really really wanted at Macy's wasn't available in my size, but that is life..you win some and you lose some sometimes.
The Gap also shocked me with some cute bathing suits and I was also shocked and delighted to see some smaller bra sizes and bathing suit sizes as well.
Steve and Barry's had some cute dresses for 8 bucks!
I bought a knitt red/orangy dress at Forever 21 which I Love for about 22 bucks!
Aldo Accessories looked good and I hope they expand to more locations.
I was pretty pissed when a shoe I really really really wanted at Macy's wasn't available in my size, but that is life..you win some and you lose some sometimes.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Shoes take up alot of what I own...Shoe modeling
I love shoes. But wearing high heels isn't so good for my feet. As a shoe model and a size 6 shoe I am giving advice tonight on how to be a shoe model.
Tune in!
www.blogtalkradio.com/isobellajade
Tune in!
www.blogtalkradio.com/isobellajade
I am looking in my closet...Places for petites to consider...
In NYC here are some places I shop and usually I find good things for a girl of my size, under 5'4" also I need the price to be right! Toobad there isn't a Target in NYC, it would be great if there was one smack in Time Square or near 34th St! ha. For now these come to mind when I look in my closet.
Steve and Barrys
http://www.steveandbarrys.com/
Manhattan Mall
6th Ave. & 33rd St.
New York,NY
10001
T:1-877-762-9444
H&M
I usually stop by the one on 7th and 34th.
MANGO
I enter on Prince Street usually
Forever 21
For me an xs usually fits
6th Ave and 34th
Kenneth Cole
I love it. And I catch the sales!
http://www.kennethcole.com/
Old Navy
Their xs is nice sometimes.
Armani Echange
I hate logos but I do love this brand, wish the legs of the pants were a little shorter though!
http://www.armaniexchange.com/
Express can be too big
Gap too big
...and I really love vintage dresses and clothing. I love it because it is a way to find small sizes.
Steve and Barrys
http://www.steveandbarrys.com/
Manhattan Mall
6th Ave. & 33rd St.
New York,NY
10001
T:1-877-762-9444
H&M
I usually stop by the one on 7th and 34th.
MANGO
I enter on Prince Street usually
Forever 21
For me an xs usually fits
6th Ave and 34th
Kenneth Cole
I love it. And I catch the sales!
http://www.kennethcole.com/
Old Navy
Their xs is nice sometimes.
Armani Echange
I hate logos but I do love this brand, wish the legs of the pants were a little shorter though!
http://www.armaniexchange.com/
Express can be too big
Gap too big
...and I really love vintage dresses and clothing. I love it because it is a way to find small sizes.
Having trouble finding decent petite clothes
While brands like Talbots run into trouble, it makes a girl wonder what is happening to retail. Where will we shop when we are older. Right now H&M and Forever 21 seem to be powerhouses in terms of selling to the yougner generations but for the more mature shoppers there is less and less to pick from!
Even myself feels weird about the retail world and growing up but the retail is not.
In my 20's I always thought I would wear Express jeans proudly but I don't...and the other day when I asked my friend "where did you your jeans?" She said, " www.dELiAs.com"
Then she added " Alloy" is also where she shops.
We are not teens and we don't want to dress like a teen but we are still shopping where they shop. I wonder when I am 35 where I will shop. If i will still be loving L.E.I. and Plastic, Armani Exchange?
Being a size zero doesn't help. It is hard to find something that fits all around. I can pull off some jeans with my high high heels...and I kinda like the 70's long jean look but still. (Well, Thank god for high heels that allow me to wear my long legged jeans!)
I guess it is because I am short legged! And the brands for woman do not fit me, always need a hem. And although I can pull off the teen jean well, I am not in mood to be hit on by teenage boys and sometimes I don't want to wear the tightest jeans on the block and I want something that speaks to my age and personality... it is hard to find.
Sometimes for inspiration I stop by petitefashionista.blogspot.com/
Even myself feels weird about the retail world and growing up but the retail is not.
In my 20's I always thought I would wear Express jeans proudly but I don't...and the other day when I asked my friend "where did you your jeans?" She said, " www.dELiAs.com"
Then she added " Alloy" is also where she shops.
We are not teens and we don't want to dress like a teen but we are still shopping where they shop. I wonder when I am 35 where I will shop. If i will still be loving L.E.I. and Plastic, Armani Exchange?
Being a size zero doesn't help. It is hard to find something that fits all around. I can pull off some jeans with my high high heels...and I kinda like the 70's long jean look but still. (Well, Thank god for high heels that allow me to wear my long legged jeans!)
I guess it is because I am short legged! And the brands for woman do not fit me, always need a hem. And although I can pull off the teen jean well, I am not in mood to be hit on by teenage boys and sometimes I don't want to wear the tightest jeans on the block and I want something that speaks to my age and personality... it is hard to find.
Sometimes for inspiration I stop by petitefashionista.blogspot.com/
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