Tonight, blonde bombshell and one half of the Almighty Haleb Ship Ashley Benson stepped onto the red carpet in a silver stunner that made us all look like the IRL version of the heart eye emoji.Metallics were all over at the Teen Choice Awards, but Benzo's look totally stood out with flirty 3D roses and loop detailing straight out of the 1960s.
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The chic modern mini might also be giving you major deja vu. Fellow red carpet slayer Kendall Jenner wore this same dress back in February on the Michael Kors Fall/Winter 2016 runway at New York Fashion Week.
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So who wore it better? Answer: THE LIMIT DOES NOT EXIST.
By the time your tween enters the fourth or fifth grade, she may take a new interest in her clothes, hair and even in her accessories. Tweens are very style conscious, and you can help your daughter conquer tween style challenges with a little advice and a few tips. The tips and advice below should help.
Helping Your Daughter Find Her Look
Older girls no longer want their mothers shopping for their clothes.
This may hurt a parent a little, but it's really a positive sign that your tween is developing her own tastes and personality. Allow your daughter a little freedom to choose her own clothes -- making sure that her choices match your expectations as well as any school dress codes that apply. To learn about what tween girls are wearing, subscribe to a tween magazine or check out styles at popular tween stores such as Aeropostale, Delia's, Hollister and Kohls. You might even consider buying a book about fashion and style that would help your daughter learn more about the topic. A Smart Girl's Guide to Style (American Girl) is a great resource for tween girls who want to learn more about different styles, how to find bargains, how to mix and match and have fun with it all.
Make fashion fun by taking the time to educate your daughter about clothing stylesand even the names of these styles. Show her the difference between a pull-over and a cardigan.
Explain the difference between a puff sleeve and a cap sleeve. You can even spend time researching different styles that were popular when you were a tween, to give your daughter an idea of how styles have changed, and how some styles have remained the same.
Teach your tween how to mix and match her clothing so that she can make the most of the clothing budget.
Begin with a few basic pieces, such as a skirt and two pairs of jeans. Then show her how her look can change with different tops and accessories. Share those tips you rely on, such as how a belt can define your waste, or how you can make your legs look longer with the right pair of jeans.
You can help your daughter find her fashion look by first evaluating her personality. Is she an outdoor girl? Does she love to play dress up? Try to help her find a style that works with her personality, and explain the difference between a casual outfit and an outfit that's appropriate for a more formal event or a school dance. In addition, show her how she can easily change the look of an outfit by adding a scarf or jacket, or by accessorizing with necklaces and jewelry.
Understanding style and fashion is only a part of the learning experience. Your daughter is old enough to begin taking an interest in caring for her clothes and accessories. Explain how to properly launder her clothing, and preserve her clothes so that she doesn't have to constantly replace them.
You might consider reorganizing her closet so that she has specific spaces for her shoes, purses, scarves, necklaces, hats and other accessories.
It's important to note that while fashion can be a lot of fun, clothes don't make the person. Make sure your daughter understands that her personality and the way she treats others is far more important than the clothes she wears, or the bags she carries. And every girl should know that a positive attitude and a smile are the very best fashion accessories a girl can have.
Middle school is a time of change for your tween. She's no longer a little kid, but she's slowly becoming a young adult. As you may have guessed, fashion is a big part of the middle school experience.
Tweens want to be fashionable and they don't always know how to break away from the crowd and develop their own sense of style. Some tweens may follow the crowd through every trend as it comes up. This can put a big dent in your family's budget if you allow it to get out of control.
Parents need to help their tween find a balance when it comes to their clothing choices. You want your kids to feel comfortable around their friends, but you can't spend a fortune keeping up with all of their desires. This is a good opportunity toteach responsibility and good decision making while having fun!
The tips below will help you guide your tween towards a fun fashion experience during the middle school years.
Middle School Fashion Tips for Tweens
Have fun! The key to making a fashion statement and to have fun with clothes is to remain true to yourself. If your daughter has always been a Tom Boy, she shouldn't try to remake herself into a Girly Girl just because of peer pressure.
Encourage your tween to experiment a with her traditional wardrobe a little at a time. At the same time, make sure she knows that her clothing should reflect her personality.
Follow the rules. Middle schools often have dress codes, and certain styles might not be allowed.
Be sure your child finds out what the school dress code is and sticks to it.
There's nothing worse than being singled out at school because of a fashion faux pas. The student handbook will likely explain the school's policy on clothes and fashion.
Accessorize. If you want to sum up the secret to making a fashion statement, you can do it with one word: accessories.
Accessories are a great way for your tween to sport her personality and sense of fun, without having to replace her entire wardrobe. Purses, scarves, belts, backpacks, headbands, socks and jewelry can help your tween add a little bling to her existing wardrobe without spending a lot of money.
Putting a portion of the clothing budget towards accessories is not only a fashionable win, but a financial win as well!
Don't spend a lot.Fashion trends come and go, especially in middle school. It really doesn't pay to spend a fortune on clothes because what's in one season will be out the next.
Shop for bargains and don't buy anything unless you're sure your tween will really wear it. It wouldn't hurt for your child to contribute a portion to her clothing bill, from allowance money to babysitting earnings. That way, she might be tempted to take better care of her clothes and to wear them.
Seek out trends. Middle and high schoolers are fairly knowledgeable when it comes to fashion and they know what's in style.
But you may not.
Seek out teen magazines so you can understand the look your daughter is striving for.
Visit clothing stores online to get a sense of what middle schoolers are wearing today.
Jeans and T-shirts never go out of style, and they can be a good canvas for your fashionable tween. Just accessorize them a little to add personality and style.
Mistakes happen. Tweens make mistakes and fashion is no different from any other aspect of their lives.
You may insist that your daughter can't walk in 7-inch heels, but she insists she can. That is until she goes to the spring dance and realizes she can't!
Some children need to learn lessons the hard way and that can be hard to watch. Just try to make sure her mistakes aren't too costly and that she actually learns from them. The next time there's a dance, she'll opt for the 2-3 inch heel instead.
Are your children undeniably beautiful and love the limelight? Are they always ready to strike a pose anytime and anywhere? It's possible that they can be Singapore's next top models! Find out how to get your child into modeling and on a runway ramp in no time!
When it comes to modeling, children are hired for TV, print ads and even runway jobs just as much as adults are. But what does it take for a child to be a model? More importantly, how does a parent get kids into modeling? We’ve got you covered with this 5 step guide:
Call it unfair or biased but your children need to be cute, attractive or possess a unique face in order to become a model. To get kids into modeling, they must have a nice smile with dazzling set of teeth, great skin, and innocence. While chubby or fat children are also hired to do specific roles on TV or print ads, it is those children who are small or medium built who are frequently in demand.
Personality
No matter how beautiful and cute your children are, they won’t be handpicked if they are shy, stubborn and unfocused. To get kids into modeling, they must be alert, well behaved, good at following directions and gregarious. Beautiful children, who are naturally happy and smiling, will always make great models just because of their wonderful aura. A talented and beautiful child is always sought after more.
Get kids into modeling
No matter how bad parents want to get kids into modeling, it will be all in vain if the child doesn’t want to be in the limelight. To become a successful model, children must have that inner drive to succeed and be famous. If your kid loves to be in front of the camera and in front of many people, then you definitely have a future supermodel/actor in the making.
Set expectations
Modeling jobs don’t come in the snap of a finger unless you are very lucky. Your children need to undergo several go-sees and interviews to be able to land one modeling job. This is a lot of work that takes devotion, passion and patience. To get kids into modeling, you need to set their expectations. Explain to them how hard it would be especially in the beginning. If they still want to become a model, then support them.
Photos
In order to get kids into modeling, they must have lots of photos. Professional photos aren’t really required. Stick to candid photos that are beautifully captured in natural lighting. Make sure you have full body photos as well as headshots/close ups. Steer clear of makeup, costumes (unless required), and fashion accessories. Send your children’s photos to agents by stating your intent. Never pay anyone since modeling agents only make money once your children start working.
To get kids into modeling, you must also prepare them for rejection. Your children will be subjected to careful scrutiny and could even receive harsh criticism and rejection at some point. Do not take it personally. Some agents may just be looking for a different face or certain look. Your child may even be too cute compared to what the agents are looking for. Curb insecurities by always assuring your kids that they are perfect just the way they are.
Pushing open the door to the Bizzykidz Child Talent and Model Agency, I get hit, not by the smell of baby sick but by a tsunami of Flower Bomb by Viktor and Rolf. In other words, I smell Debi Clark before I see her.
The engine at the heart of tonight’s Tiny Tots Talent Agency on Channel 4, Clark is as perfectly groomed as the tubs of plastic lavender on the tables around her. Sitting at her desk by the domed space that doubles as both the reception and the photography studio, Clark answers phone calls with the flick of a long, pink, plastic nail, barely breaking breath. I feel like I’m watching a humming bird, if humming birds wore pastel lipstick and leopard print cardigans.
“My daughter Sadie was a baby model,” says Clark, pointing at the heavily-pregnant woman with perfect eyebrows behind the reception desk. “I was a single parent, on benefits. We did a job in July and when I called the agent in December explaining that we hadn’t been paid, and I could do with the money for Christmas, she shut me down, saying I’d just have to wait. It made me want to set up my own agency – I knew I could do better.” Clark had previously worked as an air stewardess, in a hat factory, on a market stall, and she’d driven around the country selling encyclopedias at army bases. “I had £200 to my name,” she says. “So I went to a friend who was a photographer, got this book together then flirted and begged the men at the printing shop to photocopy it.”
Debi surrounded by her clients. Photograph: Channel 4
Back in 1996, she sent the catalogue to every casting agency she could find – unaware that unsolicited books were not the norm and that she was breaking one of the unwritten rules of child modelling. And yet, it worked. “I was in my car when the phone rang. I pulled over, and this snotty woman told me she wanted two of the boys from my book for a job.” The job turned out to be for the Munch Bunch yoghurt boy – and so Clark’s career as a talent agent began.
Speaking to her, two things become quickly apparent. First, this is a woman who understands children. Not in the soapy way many adults think they “get” children. But as a business woman, adept at spotting the tiny nuances – the difference between a six-year-old and a five-year-old girl, how to make an 11-year-old boy laugh and a baby clap, how to navigate adolescent awkwardness and encourage someone to get a more commercial “look”. I watch her explain to a girl called Teyha – whose face is on the company homepage and printed on every Bizzykidz mug around the room – that growing out her fringe will make her more attractive to clients “going for that straight-haired, wispy, Kate Moss look”. I’m amazed at the easy way she talks to girls about their image – not twisted up in the political complexity of feminism and fame, as I am when talking to my little sisters.
The second is Clark’s belief that anything can be turned into a business. “I honestly don’t know why people don’t have jobs,” she tells me. When she sold makeup at Luton airport she would go out, as soon as a flight delay was announced, and start hawking lipsticks to every bored, waiting passenger she could find. She is good with people. She can spot opportunity. She’s ahead of the game; BizzyKidz had a website back when most agencies were still dealing in faxes. “My nickname’s ‘Sorted’,” she says, her smile revealing a perfect white picket fence of teeth. “Any problem? It’s Sorted. I just get it done.” With 1,300 children on her books, it’s hard to argue with her.
Teyha’s mum, Mel, has travelled from North Essex to Clark’s studio to get her update photos done – an annual necessity when your face and body are changing at the speed of a bullet train. The photographer asks if there are any outfits Teyha would like to try. “A hot dog costume?” suggests Teyha, half-nervous, half-knowing. The room erupts in laughter. “You want to be a hot cookie, not a hot dog!” says Clark, rushing to answer yet another phone. Does Teyha have to worry about things like diet, I wonder? Exercise? Keeping picture perfect? “Oh no, none of that,” replies Mel, leaning back on the black leather sofa. “If she wants it, she does it. If she doesn’t, then she doesn’t.” Mel is admirably far from my (albeit cliche) impression of a pushy, fame-hungry model mum. Teyha, she says, sees modelling as a means to an end – she wants to be an actor; to explore characters, get into films, try on different personalities as well as different clothes.
Another mum, waiting for her baby’s closeup, tells me she’s making the most of maternity leave to build up her daughter’s portfolio. The child in her arms turns to me, her eyebrows arched in almost-mock concern, before squealing with laughter and slapping her chubby hands together. She loves it, her mum tells me, pulling up a pair of white frilly socks to meet those near-edible knees. Who am I to argue?
Walking out of the studio, I think about BizzyKidz – about the whole notion of child talent. Is it strange to show children that they can make money from their looks before they’ve even had a chance to make money from how they think? Is it a parent’s duty to help their child achieve their ambition, or to protect them from public scrutiny? Watching the show, it’s clear that for many young people modelling, acting, posing and uploading your face to the internet is as everyday as homework and playground races. But are we right to push children into the shop window of commercial contracts, to turn under the hot glare of directors, talent scouts and managers in the hope of slicing out some fillet of brilliance for public consumption? Perhaps. If it makes them happy. If it does no harm.
I look up, and realise I’m walking past a takeaway called Kebabies. I start to laugh. I suppose we’re all selling something.
The Tiny Tots Talent Agency starts tonight on Channel 4 at 8pm.
Forget Cara Delevingne and Karlie Kloss, there are a whole host of fresh new fashion faces on the scene who are quickly becoming the toast of the modeling industry - before they've even reached their twelfth birthdays.
According to an article by Jane Ridley at the New York Post, these mini models are now among some of fashion's highest-earning stars, with many commanding six-figure sums for one television commercial and up to $1,500 per day for editorial work.
Take 11-year-old Ekaterina Samsonov. Despite her young age, Ekat - as she is known to her friends - has already appeared in campaigns for the likes of J Crew, DKNY, Macy's and JC Penney, earning a reported $50,000 in the last year alone.
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Pint-sized star: Ekaterina Samsonov has already modeled for the likes of DKNY, J Crew and Macy's
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Like father, like son: Hudson Kroenig, son of Chanel model and muse Brad Kroenig (right, with Hudson, in January 2013), has already modeled for Chanel (left), Dolce & Gabbana and Fendi
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High earner: Lily Chee has raked in $12,500 this year thanks to her work with the likes of Nike and Levi's
And as if that wasn't enough, the pint-sized fashion star has also landed herself roles in two upcoming movies. The first, Anesthesia, which also stars Kristen Stewart, is due out later this year, while indie drama The Ticket is set to hit screens some time in 2015.
Then there's Hudson Kroenig, the six-year-old son of Chanel model and muse Brad Kroenig and his wife Nicole.
Hudson made his catwalk debut alongside his famous father in the Chanel S/S ’11 show and since then has gone on to appear in campaigns for Fendi and Dolce & Gabbana. He has also appeared in the pages of Harper's Bazaar and W Magazine.
While Hudson's annual earnings are kept a closely-guarded secret by his parents, it's thought that he is most likely to be one of the world's top-earning child models, thanks in large part, no doubt, to his impressive fashion heritage.
MONEY MATTERS: WHICH MINI MODELS EARNED THE MOST LAST YEAR?
1. Ekaterina Samsonov, $50k
The 11-year-old had a bumper year thanks to campaigns for J Crew, Macy's and JC Penney - to name but a few. She also earned an unspecified five-figure sum for her work on a Nutella commercial for network TV that took a day to film.
2. Baylor and Hudson Cryder, $45k each
Both Baylor, 10, and Hudson, 7, have well and truly earned their place among fashion's elite, after landing jobs with the likes of Ralph Lauren Children, J.Crew and Oscar de la Renta Kids.
3. Lily Chee, $22k
After being discovered by a Whilemena Models scout while shopping with her dad, 11-year-old Lily has worked with Nike, Levi's, Kohls, Uniqlo and Ralph Lauren.
4. Julian O’Neill, $12,500
Despite his young age, seven-year-old Julian has already worked with a huge number of high-profile brands, including Hanna Andersson, Euroclub Kids, Roberto Cavalli Kids, Vogue Bambini and Toys R Us.
5. Hudson Kroenig, unknown
While six-year-old Hudson's exact earnings have not been revealed, insiders believe that the Chanel campaign star is likely to be one of the highest-earning mini models around.
And while Ralph Lauren model Lily Chee took a slightly different route into the industry - she was discovered by a Whilemina Models scout while shopping with her dad Max two years ago - that hasn't stopped her from amassing an extensive portfolio of editorial work which includes campaigns for Nike, Levi’s, Kohls and Uniqlo.
The 11-year-old's modeling has earned her $22,000 in the last year - a figure which looks set to keep rising if her popularity continues.
There are also a number of sibling mini models currently scaling the fashion ladder.
Baylor and Hudson Cryder are two of the most popular child models currently working in the industry and the pair have achieved the type of success that many adult models can only dream of.
Baylor, 10, recently appeared on the front cover of Vogue Bambino, while Hudson, 7, was flown out to the Bahamas in order to appear alongside British socialite India Hicks in a Ralph Lauren shoot.
'It was crazy,' mother Mary said of the whirlwind trip during an interview with the New York Post. 'But most of the work is in and around New York City.'
Sisters Emilie and Alexandra Su lead a similarly jet-set lifestyle. The duo regularly appear alongside each other on high-profile campaigns around the world and have recently worked with the likes of Saks Fifth Avenue, Target, Uniqlo, H&M, GlaxoSmithKline and Nickelodeon.
Thankfully for the pair, their mother, Jayne Choi, is incredibly supportive of their early career path.
'I love the confidence [that] modeling has brought my daughters,' she told the New York Post. 'They have good manners and the poise and focus [that] you need in this industry.'
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Sister, sister: Emilie (right) and Alexandra Su have both appeared on giant billboards in Asia
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Family ties: Brothers Hudson (left) and Baylor Cryder are two of the top-earning child models in the business
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Model behaviour: Julian O'Neill is a rising star in the child modeling industry and has already appeared in a 12-page spread in Elle
According to renowned children's photographer Lee Clower, it's not the parents' opinions who matter when it comes to child modeling - but rather the young fashionistas who are doing the work.
The New-York based snapper's work is regularly featured in Vogue Bambino and PetitePARADE magazines and he has worked on numerous occasions with many of the world's leading young models.
He told MailOnline: 'The most important element of a star kid is that the kid wants to be there at the shoot, not that the mom wants the kid there.'
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