Development · 7 min read
The first eighteen months of a modelling career
What actually happens between signing and a first season — testing, book-building, market timing and the unglamorous parts nobody posts about.
Nothing happens quickly, and that is the point
A new face signed in March is unlikely to walk a major season that year, and any agency promising otherwise is selling something. The first eighteen months are testing, building a portfolio that says one clear thing, learning how a set runs, and being introduced to the right five clients rather than all fifty.
Testing is the whole job at this stage
Test shoots are where a book gets built and where a model learns their own angles, range and limits. We fund and arrange testing — the model's job is to turn up prepared, on time, and open to direction.
Money, contracts and clarity
Every represented model gets the commission structure, usage terms and payment timelines in writing before they sign anything. If a clause is not clear, we rewrite it in plain language. That is not a courtesy — it is the minimum standard of professional representation.
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