Dazed tackles the hot button of sexual harassment in the fashion industry, following Cara Delevingne speaking out on the matter. An anonymous male model comes forward to share his experience with inappropriate situations. The former model shares, “During one shoot for a magazine I was asked–quite unnecessarily–to strip down to my underwear so that the stylist could ‘look at my body objectively’. Later on that shoot, I was disallowed from wearing underwear under a pair of tight trousers–the stylist then proceeded to put his hand down those trousers to ‘adjust the fly’.”
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Reflecting on other experiences, he recalls, “On other shoots, there would be men present whose role was unclear. They would stand, leering at me and the other male models present when we were being dressed or having our hair and make-up done. At the end of the day, they would seedily ask if we ‘would like to come for drinks.’ A question which, according to my more seasoned colleagues, translated as ‘would you like to fuck?'” Read more at DazedDigital.com.
