Was Melania Trump a high-end and successful model?creative-director for a well-known fashion house. I asked her this same question.
My daughter has been a fashion professional in NYC for 25 years. She has booked models for fashion magazines and was a fashion editor and stylist for many years. She has worked with all the great fashion photographers and served as a designer and
This is what she told me: She remembers Melania Trump from when she was just starting out as being very nice and easy to work with. That most of her fashion work was the more tedious type — like catalog work. Unknown models are treated like shit bythe industry, she said. They often posed for photographers they met on set once a shoot was over. The “porno” type photos would not be unusual for young models trying to break-in to the industry. Modeling is hard work and not very glamorous. They get
Melania had a reputation for NOT being a party girl; she wasn’t a “rager” and was not a drug user. Consequently, she could be counted on to show up for work and behave professionally on set. This is something bookers look for when casting a shoot.
Contrary to what many people outside the fashion industry think, Trump Model Management represented professional models who were in demand. Melania Trump did lower-end fashion and advertising photo shoots before she became involved with Trump. Herrelationship with Trump ended what might have been a successful modeling career.
However, what she told me about Trump and the fashion industry is interesting. She said he was known as a creep and a sleaze. That dating or being seen out with him was not helpful for a girl’s career. It labelled them as party girls. She said whenmagazines or agencies sent young women to work with Trump on a project, they were explicitly advised to NEVER, under any circumstances, get into an elevator or go into a room alone with him unless they wanted to be sexually assaulted. The fashion
Was Melania Trump a high-end and successful model?creative-director for a well-known fashion house. I asked her this same question.
My daughter has been a fashion professional in NYC for 25 years. She has booked models for fashion magazines and was a fashion editor and stylist for many years. She has worked with all the great fashion photographers and served as a designer and
This is what she told me: She remembers Melania Trump from when she was just starting out as being very nice and easy to work with. That most of her fashion work was the more tedious type — like catalog work. Unknown models are treated like shit bythe industry, she said. They often posed for photographers they met on set once a shoot was over. The “porno” type photos would not be unusual for young models trying to break-in to the industry. Modeling is hard work and not very glamorous. They get
Melania had a reputation for NOT being a party girl; she wasn’t a “rager” and was not a drug user. Consequently, she could be counted on to show up for work and behave professionally on set. This is something bookers look for when casting a shoot.
Contrary to what many people outside the fashion industry think, Trump Model Management represented professional models who were in demand. Melania Trump did lower-end fashion and advertising photo shoots before she became involved with Trump. Herrelationship with Trump ended what might have been a successful modeling career.
However, what she told me about Trump and the fashion industry is interesting. She said he was known as a creep and a sleaze. That dating or being seen out with him was not helpful for a girl’s career. It labelled them as party girls. She said whenmagazines or agencies sent young women to work with Trump on a project, they were explicitly advised to NEVER, under any circumstances, get into an elevator or go into a room alone with him unless they wanted to be sexually assaulted. The fashion
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