It is a new year, and we have high hopes for 2016! To kick off this year's Major Moment Monday posts, we have this behind the scenes picture from Ali Stephens' shoot for Italian Vogue. Nothing makes us more excited than seeing one of our models having continued success, and Ali booking an editorial in Italian Vogue is major. We discovered Ali years ago, launched her career, and seeing her career longevity just proves the potential that we saw in her when we scouted her. Congrats Ali, we can't wait to see the editorial when it comes out.
A model's polaroids are every bit as important as her book. The book shows potential clients what you can look like (with wardrobe/hair/makeup) but the polaroids show what you actually do look like. With digital polaroids a model wears minimal makeup, hair is simple, and the wardrobe is basic. We ask models for polaroids for pictures all the time, so we thought it would be helpful to see some of our models' more recent polaroids. Also, looking through these pictures we are in awe of how stunning our models are. We really do have some of the best models in the industry in our Pulse family, and we are so proud!
Are you all familiar with Badly Drawn Models? Lisbon-based artist, Sean Ryan, has become a pop-culture phenomenon by posting his sketches of models, designers, and other celebrities online. Some of his most popular subjects include Cara Delevingne, Coco Rocha, Karlie Kloss, Jourdan Dunn, Alessandra Ambrosio, Lily Aldridge, Candice Swanepoel and the list goes on and on. Basically its now come to the point that being one of his drawings is a sign that you've "made it" in the modeling world. These drawing have been getting a lot of press lately, most notably in the Huffington Post, Elle Magazine, Refinery 29, i-D Magazine and Buzz Feed.
In a collaboration with an editorial in the latest issue of Open Lab Magazine, two of our models got side-by-side sketches by Sean Ryan himself! Georgia Weeks and Hazel Eakman have now joined the club of models that have been immortalized (badly), and we think it's awesome. Their sketches can be found on the Open Lab Instagram.
Ali Stephens, a model we discovered years ago, has also been sketched and is included on the Badly Drawn Models Instagram page. Ali is one of the most successful models we have ever managed, and it doesn't surprise us to see her on this page.
We are loving these images from Ali Stephens' latest editorial for Manifesto Magazine. The editorial is titled 10 Hours, but we love that it looks like it could be 10 hours from quite a few different decades. Ali is one of our most successful Pulse Management discoveries, and it makes us happier than words can say that we are still have updates for you about her incredible career.
Pulse Management discovery, Ali Stephens looks incredible in this campaign for Herve Leger. The campaign is for the line's Pre-Spring 2015 collection, and they couldn't have picked a better model for the brand's notoriously form-fitting clothing. When we scouted Ali she was a cross-country runner for her high school in Salt Lake City, and look at her now. All those runs have paid off for you Ali, because you look just as amazing now as you did when we found you almost eight years ago!
Spring is rapidly approaching and seeing these pictures is making us excited for Spring fashions! For today's Major Moment Monday, we are looking back on when Ali Stephens was featured in the Spring 2013 Advertising Campaign for Nine West. You may have noticed that Ali is regularly featured in our Major Moment Mondays, and it is because her career has been so incredible. We scouted her, and then developed her into the major model that you see today! We are so proud of her and her career, and being a part of it has been one of our most major accomplishments to date.
Happy Monday everyone! For today's MAJOR MOMENT MONDAY we are sharing with you Ali Stephen's recent editorial for Elle Bulgaria. This editorial was published in the November 2014 issue, and I don't need to be able to read the text on the page to know that these images are all pretty major. We discovered Ali in her hometown in Utah, and its amazing to see her in an editorial for Elle Bulgaria. Her career has been incredible to say the least, and we are happy that she is still going on strong. Keep up the good work Ali!
For today's Major Moment Monday, we are going back to April of 2008. Vogue Paris did an editorial on the top models in the industry and it was photographed by none other than Scott Schulman, the Sartorialist himself! The models selected for this editorial, are still some of the biggest names in the modeling world including: Angela Lindvall, Coco Rocha, Doutzen Kroes, Natasha Poly, Raquel Zimmerman, and Sasha Pivovarova. Not one but TWO Pulse Management discoveries were included, Ali Stephens and Hye Park. We discovered both Ali and Hye in Salt Lake City, Utah and launched their careers. Its pretty amazing to think these two models from Utah, ended up being included in an editorial for Vogue Paris, with the top models in the entire world. If that's not major, I don't know what is.
Recently Forbes Magazine published their annual article ranking the Highest-Paid Models in the world. While it is easy to be enticed by hearing about their multi-million dollar fortunes, it is important for potential models to know that these women are the exception, not the rule. Forbes teamed with VFiles to create the below video explaining more about the financial side of the modeling industry. Models can quickly go into debt when they are starting because their agencies are paying for a lot of things in their behalf, but they expect to be paid back out of your future earnings. This is why it is so important to have experienced model management guiding your career.
At Pulse Management, we keep in mind our model's financial situations and we enough experience in the industry to know what jobs to advise our models to take to earn them money, but not to diminish their editorial possibilities. For example, a catalogue job for Walmart may pay big money, but the top tier of fashion jobs (Vogue, Fashion Week Runways, Luxury Advertising Campaigns like Chanel, Prada, etc.) are not going to hire a model who previously worked for Walmart. We send our models overseas so they gain experience, are guaranteed our negotiated sum of money, and then they are still seen as desirable for the high fashion jobs we pursue. It takes a long time to understand this industry enough, and we have learned the ropes in our 20+ years of business.
This is not to say that you cannot be successful in the industry. Quite the contrary actually, we have managed or currently manage some of the top models in the industry (Ali Stephens, Hannah Holman, Hye Rim Park, Tori Praver, Liz Kennedy, Natalie Keyser, etc). We know how to become successful because we have done it with our models time and time again. Whether you are signed with Pulse Management or not, we feel a responsibility to educate those who want to be in the modeling industry about these things, so you do not become a victim of a greedy agency who doesn't care how much debt you ring up while they attempt to get you work. Hopefully this will help some of you!
It has been awhile since we have posted about Ali Stephens. We discovered Ali, launched her career, and we continue to be impressed by the success Ali has earned. Ali lives in her native state of Utah, with her husband, but because of the career she has and the jobs she has done in the past she gets flown out to jobs she is requested for. Not a bad way to live!
These pictures are from the cover of the Sept/Oct 2013 issue of Mojeh Magazine, and the accompanying editorial found inside the magazine. Ali looks as amazing as ever, and looking through these pictures we are so proud of this model that we plucked from the mall in Utah and introduced to the world.
Oh Boy! is the title of the editorial that ran in Glamour France in May 2013. Looking through these pictures, Oh Boy! is right. Ali Stephens is looking as incredible as ever in this editorial. We love the styling of these photos, the clothing is obviously inspired by menswear, but there is still a feminine softness to the clothing that make a wonderful juxtaposition. Ali has come a long way in her modeling career since we launched her, and we are so proud of the longevity of her career. Keep up the good work Ali!
