Christians & Modeling

[Andres]

I like even less to see a man so wrapped up in his own beauty.

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

Whenever one of these modelling or fashion threads come up, I feel compelled to show off my modelling photos. I can't help it. One of my besetting sins is vanity. The first one was from long ago in my pagan days. The second is more recent. Although the photos have more than 20 years between them, you will see my signature collar configuration.

why are you always dirty? oh and thanks for making the pics a little larger. I almost couldn't see them.

 

[JBaldwin]

If we're talking high-fashion/couture type modeling, I don't know how a young Christian woman (or man, but to a lesser degree) could be truly successful in the industry without doing things that would severely violate Scripture and/or conscience.

Ditto. A friend's mother used to model for either LL Bean or Eddie Bauer, and she told me that it used to be that being a model was being "a clothes hanger." That is, that it wasn't really supposed to be about you or your looks, but about showing the clothes. I think that philosophy of modeling would be something a Christian could do. It seems like that is an extremely rare attitude now.

The one reason we allowed our daughter to model for my sister is that the clothing they had (vintage) was so small it would not fit on a dress-maker's form. At the time our daughter wore a size 0, and all the small clothes fit her.

 

[dane_g87]

lol thanks for the much appreciated responses

 

[Zenas]

Lawyering must be very, very different up in the Pacific Northwest. The only opportunity I have to get that dirty is during a site inspection or a visit to a client's trainyard.

 

[raekwon]

Originally Posted by raekwon
If we're talking high-fashion/couture type modeling, I don't know how a young Christian woman (or man, but to a lesser degree) could be truly successful in the industry without doing things that would severely violate Scripture and/or conscience.

I'm not even sure if it's less so for a man.
Judging by any fashion photos I see, the posing of young male models can be every bit as suggestive and inappropriate, - sexist or not, I like even less to see a man so wrapped up in his own beauty. The whole thing reeks of unmanliness - the only Biblical parallel that springs to mind is Absalom, and look where it got him.. .

The reason I said "to a lesser degree" for men is that there may be less pressure on them than women -- in general -- to sleep around, develop eating disorders, or delve into drug use in order to get to the level of "success" they're aiming for.

 

[VictorBravo]

The second shot is rather frightening - you have a chain saw in your hands? Is there eerie music playing in the background? Skreetch! Skreetch! Skreeetch!

Actually, it was a fairly benign diamond circular saw for cutting tile and reinforced mortar backing in a shower. Noisy, though.

why are you always dirty?

That's not real dirt--that's makeup. One of the burdens of professional modelling. . . .

 

[JennyG]

Originally Posted by raekwon
If we're talking high-fashion/couture type modeling, I don't know how a young Christian woman (or man, but to a lesser degree) could be truly successful in the industry without doing things that would severely violate Scripture and/or conscience.

I'm not even sure if it's less so for a man.
Judging by any fashion photos I see, the posing of young male models can be every bit as suggestive and inappropriate, - sexist or not, I like even less to see a man so wrapped up in his own beauty. The whole thing reeks of unmanliness - the only Biblical parallel that springs to mind is Absalom, and look where it got him.. .

The reason I said "to a lesser degree" for men is that there may be less pressure on them than women -- in general -- to sleep around, develop eating disorders, or delve into drug use in order to get to the level of "success" they're aiming for.

yes, I see. I understood it differently!

 

[Berean]

Could I use that for my avatar?