Extracts from the interview :
“Billed as a full-service talent management and fashion consulting firm founded by Bruno Jamagne and Federico Denti in 2008, WM is a primary example of key players in the modeling industry attempting to rethink and innovate the very idea of model management. As such WM positions itself as a multiple-service proposition by combining a model management department and a consulting bureau offering celebrity-focused services and brand management facilities. Most interesting of all is the ultimate thrust of the company which is aimed at “becoming the unique and inevitable link between fashion and entertainment.”
Even then much of the early industry buzz on WM has been through its ability to break new girls onto the Paris market via exclusive runway engagements like the one scored by Johanna for Balenciaga FW 09 and Elena Ivanova for the Givenchy SS10 show. With visibility like that, WM was bound to draw a circle of potential alliances around its emerging girls but it was the full spectrum of the company’s service (and its idea of 360° service) that prompted OTM to conduct this dialogue with Mr Jamagne. This is his perspective…”
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