Is modelling on the catwalk different from magazine work?
Modelling on the catwalk is completely different to modelling in a studio for a magazine, for example. It’s a completely different vibe. You have to impress a live audience when you’re on a catwalk. You have to walk in a certain way and hold yourself in a certain way. There were many girls we represented who just weren’t very good on the catwalk at all. In the old days, until probably the late 80s, the girls didn’t cross over. You had catwalk girls, you had print girls for the magazines and you had catalogue girls. Now everybody crosses over and does everything. Catwalk has become a little less refined that in used to be. All that poise and elegance of the 50s isn’t as relevant today as it was then. When you go to see a catwalk show, people want a frame of reference. You want to see the girls that are in the magazines now. It’s a very different discipline, because if a model is on a photo shoot, she’s the star of the shoot. She can get there a little bit late if she wants to, or she ca
