Kheeda A. CruickshankLIB 100, M11Professor KahnResearch PaperSpring 2014The Truth Behind the Fashion IndustryThe fashion industry can be described as a glamorous world with flashing cameras, beautiful models strutting down the catwalk, in stunning and grandiose designs. . What really goes on behind the dressed doors of fashion is just an illusion compared to reality. Beautiful people, stylish clothes, and timeless sophistication make up the fashion industry's illusion of glitz and glamor, but behind the curtains, countless models and designers are constantly falling victim to this industry's ever-changing wrath . Fashion can be defined as a popular trend especially in clothing styles, ornaments or behavior. A model is a person who poses or displays for artistic, fashion, or other product and advertising purposes. Models are primarily used to promote products focused primarily on clothing and accessories. The two main types of models in the fashion industry are commercial modeling and high fashion modeling. High fashion models typically work for campaigns, designer collections, and magazine editorials for high fashion designers. Modeling, also known as "catwalk modeling", presents fashion and is usually done by high fashion models. In my research paper, I will mainly focus on the effects of high fashion models based on unregulated industry standards. When you go to work based on the work you do, there are always complaints from an angry co-worker or a demanding and frustrated boss who has had a bad morning. It's considered verbal abuse if your boss tells you that you're getting too fat or too ugly to work the register. You can file a suit against it, but the case will go through and you'll get all your...... middle of paper... on it, which then frustrates the designers. Poor labor practices within fashion also contribute to this industry's flaws. Some modeling agencies are being scrutinized for having a “rapacious attitude toward vulnerable young models who lack professionalism,” NYtimes.com. Some New York modeling industries such as Elite, Next, Wilhelmina and Ford are accused of price fixing. They cheat the models out of their commission, their weekly earnings. According to the Guardian, three models recently filed a lawsuit against their agency Next for allegedly withholding seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars from their earnings. Sara Ziff, a former Next model, said she left the agency because of their "opaque accounting." She was later paid the unpaid balance that the agency had neglected to pay her because her lawyer had threatened legal action..