This is a really great article by my friend and client Lisa. It’s an eye opening look at the disparity between the financial information available to models from their agencies and other more structured and mainstream work environments. Moreover, it is a quick look at how young, impressionable girls are often dismissed as stupid and irritating for asking questions in an institution where potential exploitation is already a weighty cost. 

The Model Alliance is a not-for-profit organization that provides a platform for models and leaders in the fashion industry to organize to radically improve the conditions under which models work. Founded in 2011 by Sara Ziff, with the support of fellow models and the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, the Model Alliance is an industry group working to establish fair labor standards for models in the U.S.