Models (Professional)

August 21, 2020

The Pandemic Diary of Naomi Shimada, a Model Returning to Work

Like many, the model Naomi Shimada has been using the extra time at home during the pandemic as a chance to pause and reflect on what […]
July 24, 2020

He’s 83, She’s 84, and They Model Other People’s Forgotten Laundry

TAICHUNG, Taiwan — At Wansho Laundry in central Taiwan, most dirty clothes dropped off to be steamed or washed or dry-cleaned end up right back in […]
June 22, 2020

11 Things About Naomi Campbell

There are so many Naomi Campbells, you never know which you will get. There is goddess Naomi, whose verified superpowers (ask any eyewitness) include an ability […]
June 12, 2020

‘We Fascinated Them’: Shailah Edmonds on a Golden Era of Black Models

At a piano bar in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, just before night life shut down across the city, a 71-year-old former model named Shailah […]
January 23, 2020

Gaultier’s ‘Children’ Are Happy for Him

PARIS — In the hours after the model Coco Rocha danced an Irish jig on the runway Wednesday night, several people approached her to compliment the […]
January 19, 2020

Fighting Back With Color

PARIS — “Fashion week is like the playoffs, like a championship,’’ the musician Quavo said as he made the rounds here this week. “There are some […]
January 14, 2020

Olivia Palermo Got a Lot Out of That Internship

In 2018 Olivia Palermo hired a social media agency to help build her online following. She already had five million followers on Instagram. That agency noticed […]
December 6, 2019

The Topanga Tea Ceremony

LOS ANGELES — A reasonable question one who has never attended a tea ceremony might have in advance of attending their very first tea ceremony is: […]
December 4, 2019

The Quiet Return of Bruce Weber and Mario Testino

Man About Town, an independent but increasingly influential fashion magazine that publishes twice a year, shows nearly as much skin as it does clothing. In one […]
September 10, 2018

6 Models to Watch This Season

A roundup of the most intriguing fresh faces — some making their runway debuts during the spring 2019 shows, others a few seasons in.