![]() A judge granted a temporary restraining order on Tuesday. ![]() Women Management (and its parent company Elite World, which is unaffiliated with defendants) is asking the court to bar its ex-employees from working with Elite and interfering with their contractual relationships, and is seeking unspecified monetary damages. ![]() “It is highly disturbing, but perhaps not surprising, that two years into the #MeToo era, a model management business like ENY exists.” “Some of the older men who currently lead ENY have engaged in sexual relations with the models they represent, and otherwise condoned, facilitated, or knowingly turned a blind eye to similarly exploitative conduct,” it is alleged in court papers. One more jab comes in the allegation that Women Management labels itself as a female empowerment agency, “driven by a vision of female empowerment and protecting models in an industry that has historically been exploitative of women.” The lawsuit says Elite is the antithesis, historically hiring men with a “sordid past,” citing an instance in 2005, when Florida developer and Elite owner Eddie Trump (no relation to the president) hired John Casablancas, who had been sued in 2002 by a model for sexual misconduct when she was 15. He added a “key man clause” that allowed models to end their contract if half of Women’s managers left. The suit claims the “mass exodus is part of a coordinated scheme to destroy Women” and that the defendants - who include former Women Management CEO Dejan Markovic - have tried to “sabotage Women from within” as models are “being illegally lured away.”Īnother defendant, Sergio Leccese, allegedly changed some of the models’ contracts to allow them to cut ties with Women and sign with Elite instead, just one month before Leccese left Women for Elite himself. The company argues that leaving and joining Elite violates its employees’ agreements, which don’t allow them to work for a competitor for six or 12 months after leaving Women Models. Whether they were sharing the spotlight with Miley Cyrus (agender beauty Juno Mitchell) or landing a coveted exclusive, these were the season’s standouts.Mickey Gets a Manga Makeover in Disney and Tommy Hilfiger's 100th Anniversary Collection They were scholars (elegant Oxford grad Elisa Mitrofan), artists (Hong Kong–bred stunner Eliza Rutson), and hometown heroes (spirited Texan Millicent Rodges), all of whom made the collections exciting and fun. The young people who made an impact during fall’s collections had personality and charm to spare. After all, you don’t become a household name without having that first opportunity to shine. The next generation of superstars was also angling for their moment in the spotlight. ![]() Whether it was established talents like Paloma Elsesser and Jill Kortleve bringing much-needed body diversity to the runways of Europe, or returning favorites like ’90s beauty Sibyl Buck walking alongside her daughter, many of the month’s most powerful moments involved the people who populate the catwalk. In a season filled with celebrity cameos, street casting, and immersive “tableau vivants,” models still managed to make an impact. There was plenty to talk about on the runways during the fall 2020 collections. ![]()
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