How Fashion Magazines Can Help With Your Modeling Wardrobe

Fashion Magazine Trends

Even if they are working in commercial or beauty work, most female models have some degree of interest in fashion, from just wanting to stay “modern”, if not quite up to date, to those of us with more than a passing fancy, wanting to know what the latest must have items are.

If you're a woman or teen model with a passion for fashion, fashion magazines offer a world of window shopping right from a cozy chair at home. If it's a rainy day, so much the better!

Too Many Ads?

Some people – un-fashionistas – complain that there are too many ads in fashion magazines. However, those of us who are into fashion, want to buy or at least see what these ads are selling.

Therefore, to the fashion-conscious model, ads become content! Some of these ads have pull-apart pages revealing a whiff of the latest designer fragrances, while others contain tiny tubes of lotion. Now who wouldn't enjoy an ad like that?

The Advertisements For Designer Fashion Clothing Are A Delight To Catalog Models

Ads for designer clothing can provide little mini fantasy vacations, allowing you to imagine wearing that to the beach while vacationing in Greece.

Want To Be Hip For Your Next Fashion Photo Shoot? Look At The Fashion Magazines First!

Fashion magazines do show what's on the cutting edge of fashion, and if you can't quite afford to buy these originals, at least you know the style will be coming down the line to a regular department store soon.

Get The Latest Fashion Trends From Magazines

If you study fashion magazines, you begin to get a sense of how trends work. For example, in the latest issue you see that silk scarves are everywhere, used as fashion accessories tied about the neck, as belts and headbands. All you need to do to get a jump on this trend is stock up on scarves, finding your own imaginative way to make a fashion statement.

Find What Your High Fashion Supermodel Mentor Is Up To

You'll also find interesting features in fashion magazines, such as interviews with your favorite supermodels, articles on the latest hair styling products and hair styles. Makeup is always a popular topic for female models. Lipstick colors change by the season, as do eye shadows, as manufacturers vie with one another to produce color combinations suited to the newest clothing colors.

Shoes, handbags and jewelry are also seasonally directed, with heel heights going up and down, handbags getting bigger, then smaller and costume jewelry changing on a monthly basis.

Costume Ideas For Your Photo Shoot? The Fashion Magazines Have 'Em!

Even the costumes you see in fashion magazines which you know you wouldn't wear on a bet, but you might just wear in your private model photo session are still entertaining as you peruse the photo, wondering who besides the model could pull this off as regular street wear.

Pages And Pages Of Female Fashion Model Ideas Just By Looking At A Magazine

Did I mention that most of the big name fashion magazines are hundreds of pages per issue? Yes, indeed, you've got at least an afternoon's worth of entertainment ahead of you, and you're likely to learn at least a few new fashion tidbits for modeling you lacked before!

I always encourage my new female fashion models to browse through the magazines for pose ideas, outfit tips and lighting effects in order to learn how professional models do it. There is always room to learn something new!

Bob Pardue