Professional Association for Fashion Models

This study examined the desirability and potential effectiveness of the establishment of a professional association on the order of the Actors Equity Association to represent the interests of fashion models in the United States. It was hypothesized, thus, that both the professional and the personal interests of fashion models could be protected and promoted through the establishment of a professional association. It was further hypothesized that the level of professional performance by fashion models would improve when the interests of fashion models were being protected and promoted by a professional association.

Each of hypotheses implied the development of a significant level of control for fashion models through the development of a professional association to represent their interests. This aspect of the hypotheses was assessed through the qualitative analysis of information gathered through library research.

For such a professional association to be both desirable and effective, however, it is also necessary for it to be perceived as a feasible solution to the problem by the players in the industryfashion models, modeling agencies, and employers of fashion models. To assess this aspect of the a1

hypotheses, a data collection questionnaire was administered to a stratified random sample, which was comprised of equal numbers of fashion models, representatives of modeling agencies, and representatives of fashion model employers.

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