Naomi Campbell stumbled into a modeling career, earning icon status both on and off the runway. On MasterClass, she shares the lessons she learned as a model to help you find your confidence and stride in everyday life.
Overview
Syllabus
- Meet Your Instructor
- Supermodel and icon Naomi Campbell shares highlights from her career and the famous Black models who helped pave the way.
- Casting Calls and Beyond: Navigating the Modeling Industry
- Naomi gives an overview of the modeling industry and shares tips on how to get an agent, handle contracts, pull together a model bag, and more.
- Campaigns and Editorials: Building a Versatile Lookbook
- Naomi reflects on some of her most memorable fashion spreads and touts the importance of being a chameleon when building your portfolio and your career.
- Posing: Telling a Story With Your Body
- Before Naomi knew how to pose for pictures, she used her dance training to tell a story with her body. In this lesson, Naomi teaches you how to look good in pictures and boost your confidence by overcoming your fear of posing.
- New Faces: Photo Session
- Student models demonstrate their posing skills in a session with Naomi and photographer Joseph Degbadjo
- Catwalk: Finding Your Stride
- In this lesson, Naomi breaks down the runway and how she developed her own signature walk. Plus, she gives tips for how to keep going no matter what.
- New Faces: Runway Walk
- Naomi watches aspiring models walk the runway and provides constructive feedback on how they can improve their technique.
- Bonus: Mentoring the Next Generation of Fashion
- Naomi has made it a personal mission to create space for diversity and inclusion in the modeling industry. In this bonus lesson, she gives guidance to four up-and-coming models trying to launch their careers in fashion.
Taught by
Naomi Campbell