Changing Role of Models
Changing Role of Models
The start of the 1980s saw the rise to stardom of some supermodels; they were fabulously beautiful women and all of them gained great power and recognition in the fashion and modelling industry. It was for the first time that the fashion models were becoming more famous than the fashion designers; in a way, just as recognizable as many Hollywood figures and stars. With this newfound stardom occurred the concept, for the first time in the history of fashion industry, that a model can enjoy the ability to control her career. They were no longer just some living and breathing mannequins. These models were charting their own destiny and course, and in the process had become multi-tiered brands in due course of time. Although the era of true supermodels has passed, the repercussions it had on the careers of many fashion models and the fashion industry as a whole
