The term 'model' originally meant a person who posed for artists.
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“Model” long referred to someone posing for painters, sculptors, and later photographers—well before runway modeling became an industry. Fashion modeling professionalized more strongly in the 20th century, alongside magazines and couture houses.
🤯 "The term 'model' originally meant a person who posed for artists. Now it means “survives on coffee and compliments.”"