Called “the American Venus,” she was a model immortalized by sculptors, her image remaining visible in monuments across New York City. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Models (Professional)”
Will the Fashion Workers Act End Exploitation in the Fashion Industry?
By Gotham Rex on April 29, 2022
The Fashion Workers Act, a bill working its way through the New York Legislature, takes on a largely unregulated industry. Source: New York Times
How Lauren Chan, Model, Spends Her Sundays
By Gotham Rex on February 11, 2022
As Fashion Week approaches, Lauren Chan manages to fit in some self-care and family time, with some 1980s tunes thrown in. Source: New York Times
Ivy Nicholson, Model and Warhol Factory Star, Dies at 88
By Gotham Rex on November 4, 2021
She blazed through 1950s Europe as a top fashion model and then became a part of the 1960s Warhol crowd in New York before falling on hard times. Source: New York Times
Seeing New York Fashion Week
By Gotham Rex on September 17, 2021
After a long pause, it feels (a little) like old times. Source: New York Times
Former Supermodel Accuses Elite Model Agency Executive of Rape
By Gotham Rex on August 13, 2021
Carré Sutton accuses a former executive at a modeling agency of sexual assault, and a second employee of enabling the attacks. Source: New York Times
Overlooked No More: Hettie Anderson, Sculptors’ Model Who Evaded Fame
By Gotham Rex on August 12, 2021
Her image has been rendered on gold coins and monuments around the United States. But little is known about this Gilded Age model. Source: New York Times
Paulina Porizkova on Instagram, Aaron Sorkin and Aging
By Gotham Rex on May 15, 2021
The veteran supermodel is contesting the will of her late husband, Ric Ocasek — and writing herself a splashy new chapter. Source: New York Times
Barbara Stone, Modeling Agent to American Beauties, Dies at 87
By Gotham Rex on May 14, 2021
At Stewart Models in the 1960s and ’70s, she specialized in fresh-faced American blondes and played a key role in the careers of Cheryl Tiegs and Cybill Shepherd. Source: New York Times
Alexander Wang Responds to 'Grotesquely False' Assault Allegations
By Gotham Rex on December 31, 2020
“I never engaged in the atrocious behavior described,” Mr. Wang said, after a model alleged he was groped by Mr. Wang, setting off a wave of accusations against the fashion designer. Source: New York Times
Alexander Wang Responds to Assault Allegations
By Gotham Rex on December 31, 2020
A model alleged he was groped by Mr. Wang, setting off a wave of accusations against the fashion designer. “I never engaged in the atrocious behavior described,” Mr. Wang said. Source: New York Times
‘We Fascinated Them’: Shailah Edmonds on a Golden Era of Black Models
By Gotham Rex on June 12, 2020
In 1970s Paris, all the top designers wanted to hire dark-skinned women. Then fashion moved on. Source: New York Times