Ever wondered what models get paid to do a fashion week? Along with a rather disheartening story about the Givenchy Autumn / Fall 2010 casting, Page Six names a figure:
Givenchy is a bad fit for models
French fashion house Givenchy is in hot water with top modeling agencies after booking girls for “exclusives” for its Paris fashion week show Sunday night — only to cancel on five of the models less than 24 hours before.
“They booked these girls and told them they weren’t allowed to walk for other designers,” says one agent. “They don’t even offer an ‘exclusive’ fee — just 1,500 euros and press.” The night before the show, Givenchy abruptly canceled five girls, claiming in an e-mail to bookers that the label had “fit issues” with them.
“It was total B.S.,” says our source. “We had one girl who flew to Paris all the way from Argentina. It was too late for them to get new gigs, and they had to pay for their own hotels. I’ve never seen something so unprofessional and arrogant.”
A rep for Givenchy didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Via Page Six.
