East Asian markets are rife with opportunities to make quick cash by performing questionable acts at night clubs. Most models will avoid these clubs and their promoters, but some will take the opportunity to make some under-the-table money without the agency taking commission.<\/p>\n
But this week at the Whitney Museum\u2019s annual gala and studio party, nude models were front-and-centre.<\/p>\n
WWD.com reports:<\/p>\n
A quartet of handsome bellboys, \u00e0 la Vuitton fall 2012, received guests at the entry of Skylight at Moynihan Station. Inside, purple streaks of crisscrossing strobe lights beamed. \u201cThere are shirtless men in there,\u201d one guest gasped while winding down the long corridor into the semismoky space. Upon closer inspection, partygoers discovered a trio of fully nude models splayed across a pile of vintage Vuitton trunks and train cases at the center of the room. Artists\u2019 stations \u2014 easels, paper and charcoal included \u2014 skirted the display, coaxing attendees to try their hand at figure drawing.
\nThe room was teeming with art-party-types \u2014 Bob Colacello, Yvonne Force Villareal, Vito Schnabel, Salman Rushdie, Lisa Perry, Jeff and Justine Koons, Chuck Close and Dustin Yellin among them. \u201cI\u2019m so mesmerized. There\u2019s so much sensory\u2026\u201d Lily Kwong said, fading off. \u201cI walked in and I was like, \u2018Oh, s—t! Naked people.\u2019\u201d
\nJudging by one photograph, the women don’t appear to have the physicality of a regular model — but neither do a lot of the women trying to work as models in Asia. What makes us assume that working for high-profile clients in a major market like New York is any different than a similar job in Tokyo, Shanghai, or Hong Kong?<\/p>\n
Would you have taken this job? Where would you draw the line with nudity, especially at a job that wasn’t contained within a studio environment?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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