Visa applications to compile and cross our fingers for, flights to book from Shanghai and Kaliningrad and Paris, lodging situations to configure and Craigslist pages to scour—this is behind-the-scenes New York Fashion Week preparation from a modeling agency perspective. Glitz and glam are missing by a long shot. Not to mention it is all on the lowest possible budget, because while the models ultimately pay for these things, the agency fronts the full cost. All this even before the runway show castings begin and before the models know how much, if any, work they will get.
