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Anna Bayle seeks to answer the question that has been wandering around in the depths of my mind (and this blog as well!)  “Where have all the models gone?” gives us a perspective from a model’s point of view.  Why do fashion magazines focus so much on actresses and celebrities nowadays?  Not that models aren’t celebrities, per se, but that is their area of expertise and they are the ones who should be on the front covers of magazines, right?  Here are Anna’s thoughts:

“...I think, when a model starts earning more than fashion editors…it’s a problem. When a model becomes more important and gets more press than the designer showing…it’s a problem. So what is the state of fashion shows now? - Very young girls with developing personalities showing $80,000 garments. 'Walking zombies' is the phrase I always hear. I believe the fashion world is refusing to give that power to the models right now because the models (and their agents) have abused their celebrity.”

So, my understanding is that the fashion industry is filled with people who have big egos and nobody wants to give up the power to another. Of course, I’m generalizing here, but you get my drift.  Yes, I hope that this is just a phase that the fashion industry is going through.  I wish Cindy Crawford, Brooke Shields, or Anna Bayle would come back to the front cover of Vogue or Harper’s Bazaar J

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