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Modeling industry activist calls for inquiry into how agencies ‘facilitated Epstein’s abuse’

Sara Ziff, founder of Model Alliance, said business leaders need to be hauled before House oversight committee

The Guardian - US

Faith Kates: the woman who introduced models to ‘dear friend’ Jeffrey Epstein

Former talent agency boss had closer relationship with sex offender than thought, and supported him after 2009 arrest

The Guardian - UK

Calling all fashion models … now AI is coming for you

As fashion brands create AI ‘twins’ with models’ permission, some believe this is just another form of exploitation

The Guardian - UK

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‘People thought we liked being touched and grabbed’: a former Abercrombie model recalls brand’s dark days

Kai Braden was a shirtless greeter during the brand’s mid-aughts peak. Twenty years later, his advocacy has helped secure first-of-their-kind protections for fashion workers

The Guardian - US

More than 200 fashion models urge New York governor to sign bill of rights

Alessandra Ambrosio, Christy Turlington and others ask Kathy Hochul to sign Fashion Workers Act in open letter

The Guardian - US

The latest industry upset with the use of AI: Fashion

It wants regulation to protect models so brands, agencies don’t use AI to create digital replicas without consent.

Al Jazeera

Model says her face was edited with AI to look white: ‘It’s very dehumanizing’

Shereen Wu says leading designer uploaded altered picture, amid fears AI could ‘turn back the clock’ on progress in the industry

The Guardian - US

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Why did models protest the Karl Lagerfeld Met Gala theme?

Model Alliance headed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art a day before the gala to protest the theme

Evening Standard

Former model accuses onetime Harvey Weinstein associate of sexual assault

Fabrizio Lombardo was head of Miramax Italy, an European branch of the film company cofounded by Harvey Weinstein.

WEKU

Harvey Weinstein and former Miramax executive Fabrizio Lombardo accused in new rape lawsuit

NEW YORK — A former Miramax films executive was accused of the 2001 rape of a 19-year-old model in a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit, with convicted predator and co-defendant Harvey Weinstein called out for turning a blind eye to his colleague’s behavior.

Tribune News Service

Computer-generated inclusivity: fashion turns to ‘diverse’ AI models

Fashion brands including Levi’s and Calvin Klein are having custom AI models created to ‘supplement’ representation in size, skin tone and age

The Guardian - US

Proposed New York law aims to protect fashion models from exploitation

The Fashion Workers Act would curb abuses ranging from enforced financial dependency to sex trafficking

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