Skills & competences

Description

Fashion and other models wear and display clothing and accessories and pose for photographs, film and video, advertising, still photography or for artistic creation.
Tasks include -
(a) dressing in sample apparel of new or current styles or of type wanted by customer;
(b) walking, turning and posing to demonstrate, to best advantage, style and characteristics of garments, fashion accessories and other merchandise;
(c) posing as subject for sculpture, painting and other types of visual art;
(d) posing for still photography for magazines and other advertising media;
(e) posing for television, video and cinema commercials and other productions.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Advertising model
- Artist’s model
- Fashion model
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Actor - 2655