Profession fashion model

Fashion and other models wear and display clothing and accessories and pose for photographs, film and video, advertising, still photography or for artistic creation.

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Personality Type

• Enterprising / Artistic

Related professions design

• Fashion designer
• Fashion stylist, clothing advisor
• Furniture designer
• Illustrator
• Industrial products designer
• Multimedia designer
• Package designer
• Tailor, seamstress

Knowledge

• Photography

  Art and practice of creating aesthetically appealing images by recording light or electromagnetic radiation.

• Make-up techniques

  The various techniques and tools for applying make-up.

Skills

• Attend castings

  Go to castings in order to promote yourself and show your abilities.

• Develop professional network

  Reach out to and meet up with people in a professional context. Find common ground and use your contacts for mutual benefit. Keep track of the people in your personal professional network and stay up to date on their activities.

• Maintain personal hygiene standards

  Preserve impeccable personal hygiene standards and have a tidy appearance.

• Pose in front of a camera

  Perform poses in front of cameras in order to advertise products. Listen to the directions of the photographer or director.

• Show intercultural awareness

  Show sensibility towards cultural differences by taking actions which facilitate positive interaction between international organisations, between groups or individuals of different cultures, and to promote integration in a community.

• Promote yourself

  Market one's own strengths in terms of skills and knowledge.

• Maintain an artistic portfolio

  Maintain portfolios of artistic work to show styles, interests, abilities and realisations.

• Harmonise body movements

  Harmonise body movements in accordance to rhythm and melody, aestetic or dramatic concept, dramatic pace, etc.

• Ensure cooperation among production, costume department and make-up department

  Work with the staff responsible for costumes and make up in line with their creative vision and obtain directions from them about how make-up and costumes should look.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB