Career Research Report on Modeling in the Fashion Industry

This career research report focuses on the modeling profession in the fashion industry. It examines the trends impacting the industry, the skills and knowledge required for modeling, and provides an evaluation of the profession. The report also includes a job advertisement for a modeling position.

Career research report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION.............................................................................................................3
General trends which will impact on your chosen profession/industry....................................................3
The skills / knowledge and experience required......................................................................................4
EVALUATION...........................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................7
APPENDIX.................................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Clothing has been large business for United Kingdom. In this present time, there are more
than 555,000 people are to be employed in the fashion industry in United Kingdom. Many of the
jobs in the fashion industry are in retail sale of clothing. There has been chosen career is
Modeling. In this report, I am going to examine the trends which effect on the Modeling career.
The skills as well as experience needed for the specific career will be describe in a detailed
manner (Bertola and Teunissen, 2018).
ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION
General trends which will impact on your chosen profession/industry
The fashion sector is ferociously competitive even through there are large number of the
brand on high street than before. K fashion has special strength and spirit that explodes the
world's imagination. The original features and expertise found in the UK, from advanctional
trails to the high quality of its celebrity designers, allow this one of world's most prominent
fashion centers. UK fashion is internationally recognized, from highways to high seams, which
transforms British innovation into a diverse global economy. Many of most popular brands are
from UK and young designers realize that they will have to be innovative and commercial in
order to succeed. London Fashion Week media coverage alone is equal to or greater than the
main news (Goworek and et. al., 2018). There are some of the general trends which impact on
fashion industry mention below:
Strong roots and Values- The close bond among developers and retailer is a big strength
of UK fashion industry. Catwalk-cascade patterns and developments on British high streets are
generating an industry that stretches several billion pounds. Reflecting such trends, British
highway offers a large audience fashion awareness and makes retail fashion part of innovative
industry. UK stores were the world's first to offer highway designer collections, making fashion
high end democratic. A quarter of a million visitors find shopping their primary reason to visit
the United Kingdom every year. Great Britain is a leading center for the manufacture of high-
quality textiles and clothing (Han and et. al., 2017).

Educational Excellence- Britain's continuing success depends on the form of training
and Skills Company requires of future generations. The UK has solid, internationally-renowned
fashion colleges. The sector has clearly labeled or awarded the coveted Technical Skillset Ticks
for the strongest best fashion courses. United Kingdom graduates are in charge of some of the
biggest brands in the world.
Disruption of payments- Banks and exchanges have been monopolizing the way people
collect and spend money for decades. This shifts, and will see "the loss of interest itself in the
years to come. For example, the French fashion magazine L'Officiel has developed its very own
virtual currency and website to compensate customers for their feedback and enable them to use
virtual tocens in their magazines on items. When capital becomes less tangible and more digital,
other companies and brands undergo these closing value environments-they become banks with
their own currencies (Pal and Gander, 2018).
Commercial mindset- UK fashion is internationally recognized, from highways to high
seams, which transforms British innovation into a diverse global economy. Many of popular
brands are all from the UK because young designers realize that they will have to be innovative
and commercial in context to succeed. London Fashion Week media coverage alone equates or
goes beyond big news as well as international sporting events, with annual growth. See this short
series of high-profile events with fashion designers in the UK.
The skills / knowledge and experience required
Under this, the chosen career is modeling. Modeling is career which needs no level or
credential in particular. This will boost the chances of becoming fashion designer if model
receive a related degree. The related degrees in fashion, jewelry design, fashion
merchandising and photography involve associates or bachelor's programs. Model will cultivate
other skills like flexibility, strong social networks as well as a great sense of competence.
Model will not have to have a full chance in the fields of modeling. Initially, small items like a
small TV commercial or a basic function for show companies may have to be started
(Papahristou and Bilalis, 2017). Related to this, there are some skills and knowledge required for
modeling career mention below:
Skills

Communication- As model, it is necessary to face the cameras on constant basis. Model
should be comfortable with itself as well as communicating with the photographers. In context to
this, the photographers may ask to change the poses or try various style. For the modeling,
listening as well as communication skills are necessary.
Fitness- A model is booked as it suits the appropriate form, but because it has experience
with physical activity and therefore can make poses appear real. Just picture someone who has
never held golf club against anyone who has. Obviously, no model knows anything about all
physical activities, and this pays to also be involved in certain sports. Sportspeople prefer to be
fit, outgoing, and trust their bodies and how they travel (Pedersen, Gwozdz and Hvass, 2018).
The more people learn about the world of fashion, more probable person is to pursue not only
different niche positions, but a diversified career in modeling.
Photography- To succeed in print ads, a model has to be photogenic. Model must be
mindful of the way photographers communicate, switches positions and embraces whatever style
or expression photographers want.
Stamina- Models should be able, particularly if they operate on the outside, to withstand
different working conditions and hours. Generally, they model clothes from the next seasons;
models may, for example, wear bikinis at cold temperatures (Rashid, 2017).
Networking- In this, looks and the talent are necessary for the models but networking is.
Developing the connections with the photographers as well as agencies is important for the
models. Have professional demeanor on job as well as remember to polite. The better reputation
of the model could help in stay busy as well as get the more jobs.
Time management skills- Schedules of models can usually be daunting, particularly
during the week of fashion. Models must be able to handle time well because that doesn’t miss
customer appointments (Vanderploeg, Lee and Mamp, 2017).
Knowledge
Formidability- Models operate in a very competitive world where every day minute
errors are magnified. Therefore, to withstand ridicule or harsh criticism, they grow a thick skin
(Yang, Song and Tong, 2017).

Discipline- Models still look fantastic and perform well under tremendous pressure. They
must have a professional military diet as well as an intense gym system, to meet the demands of
day.
EVALUATION
Modeling is very interesting job role. Modeling is an art of the learning how to move,
how to walk and also show off the clothing to best possible manner to assist create demand for it.
Most significant factors in success of each model are personal characteristics. The main qualities
required to be a model is good skin paired with brilliant hair. When the potential consumers are
through model they mainly imagine themselves in output. I like this profession because I like to
face the camera and give the different poses which suits on my personality for this job. I like to
attract the people and also faced the many people and present the costume in a better way in front
of the people. Modeling is related to the fashion industry because there are many fashion
designers who design the different designs and the patterns of clothes and for present them in
front of the people or also aware about the new designs I used to be present them and also taken
the appreciation. There are many modeling such as shoes for men, television, common sports and
other. I will get to meet the different kinds of people in the career of modeling. It is prosperous
area but it is necessary to have the qualities and skills to be a model. Modeling is one of the high
status works and it is regarded as the glamorous work mainly for the women. I used to choose
this modeling career because it takes hard work and also determination if I want to make it as a
career. In this, I will learn the number of skills when modeling as hobby like developing,
confidence that will help me in give all opportunities that come my way in future. It is a big
opportunity to me to have the modeling career because I have better communication skill, better
presentation skills and time management skills and the knowledge about the fashion industry. In
this manner, I am better than the others. In the fashion industry it is an emerging job role and it is
beneficial for the future. This helps in providing the better opportunity in future. Providing
training to models is better opportunity. As I will get the better experience about the modeling in
future and this is easier to trust someone that is speaking from personal experience. I used to
connect with the senior models and also take the opinion from them about the modeling.

REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Bertola, P. and Teunissen, J., 2018. Fashion 4.0. Innovating fashion industry through digital
transformation. Research Journal of Textile and Apparel.
Goworek, H. and et. al., 2018. Managing sustainability in the fashion business: Challenges in
product development for clothing longevity in the UK. Journal of Business Research.
Han, S.L. and et. al., 2017. Standard vs. upcycled fashion design and production. Fashion
Practice, 9(1), pp.69-94.
Pal, R. and Gander, J., 2018. Modelling environmental value: An examination of sustainable
business models within the fashion industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 184, pp.251-
263.
Papahristou, E. and Bilalis, N., 2017. Should the fashion industry confront the sustainability
challenge with 3D prototyping technology. International Journal of Sustainable
Engineering, 10(4-5), pp.207-214.
Pedersen, E.R.G., Gwozdz, W. and Hvass, K.K., 2018. Exploring the relationship between
business model innovation, corporate sustainability, and organisational values within the
fashion industry. Journal of Business Ethics, 149(2), pp.267-284.
Rashid, A., 2017. The impact of country of origin on retail and wholesale brands in the UK
fashion industry. The University of Manchester (United Kingdom).
Vanderploeg, A., Lee, S.E. and Mamp, M., 2017. The application of 3D printing technology in
the fashion industry. International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and
Education, 10(2), pp.170-179.
Yang, S., Song, Y. and Tong, S., 2017. Sustainable retailing in the fashion industry: A systematic
literature review. Sustainability, 9(7), p.1266.

APPENDIX
Job Advertisement for Modeling Career
Job Location: 102, James road, UK
Job Description: model
Gender: Female
Age: 25-35 years
Package: Negotiable
Job date: 16 July 2020- 14 August 2020