

Her company’s Facebook page features testimonials from satisfied customers.

She said that most of her clients are new to the fashion industry and that some have found success, landing agents and appearing in major magazines. Responding to questions submitted via email, Cooper defended her practices. “These types of things - you are blowing your money. “It is pay-to-work - they are working,” said agent Lindsay Stewart, president of Zuri Model and Talent Agency, which represents about 1,200 child models in L.A. “I’m disappointed that the margins of the fashion world are stooping to those kinds of lows,” said Susan Scafidi, the academic director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School.Įstablished agents who represent child models said their clients are forbidden from paying for dresses or other items that give them access to fashion events. Some of the designers have connected their businesses to entertainment events such as the Oscars and the Cannes Film Festival, which parents said made the ventures seem more credible.

The fees charged by these designers range from a few hundred dollars to $15,000, according to the designers’ solicitations and parents.
