From the girls and the boys and from their parents. Three days after it happened, I went home to 1,300 e-mails. “To get these e-mails from these boys and these girls is really devastating. He said he would hear about sexual harassment and how a haircut destroyed a girl’s sense of self-esteem, and the agency dropped her. You always hear an isolated thing.…You hear the stories and I was getting stories about stylists and a couple of photographers,” he said.

Especially with these test photographers and those that kind of prey and take advantage of these girls. “I discovered in speaking with other agents and other girls, I started to hear more stories like this.…It was in the air, and we knew it. He said he got e-mails from girls saying that a stylist touched her. He said he received almost 10,000 responses in the first two hours about abuses models had endured in their careers. When James Scully, a casting director, posted on Instagram in February allegations that models were being abused during a Balenciaga casting, it set off a firestorm.

While we have not been specific on sexual harassment, our Health Initiative is committed to the notion of a healthy mind in a healthy body, and there cannot be one without the other. I do think it important that we expand our Health Imitative guidelines to be more specific on harassment and it is something we will do.” I believe we’ve been able to impact positive change with our work. In recent years we have encouraged more diversity on the runway as part of our fashion week outreach to the industry. “We started the CFDA Health Initiative in 2007 to address eating disorders and underage models. I also applaud the Model Alliance and their efforts,” he continued. “ CFDA puts its support behind Cameron and others who are speaking out. Unsafe environments should not be tolerated and abusers should be reported,” said Steven Kolb, chief executive officer of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. All models deserve the right to feel safe and respected.

“I think what Cameron is doing is very important. Russell advised her 89,300 followers, “If you have been a victim of rape or assault 24/7 support is available from ,” referring to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.Įxecutives at The Lions Model Management LLC, which represents the 30-year-old Russell, did not respond to a request for comment, nor did Russell. Gucci President Marco Bizzarri Makes Personal Donation to Emilia Romagna FamiliesĪnother commenter described how at the age of 17, midway through a normal shoot, she was “basically forced” to take her clothes off to get in the shower so the photographer could take photos and he took advantage of her in many ways.

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