The other side of the pay gap: male models paid significantly less than female counterparts

The gender pay gap continues to fuel widespread political debate, but this week the attention is focused on the fashion modeling industry, after a key industry figure shed light on the fact that when it comes to the catwalk it is men, rather than women, who are struggling to shatter the glass ceiling. In an interview with BBC Newsbeat Monday, top agent for male models Elizabeth Rose, Head of the Men's Board at Premier Model Management, spoke out about the disparity in wages between male and female clotheshorses. “The top 10 female models all make millions,” she told the site.

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The other side of the pay gap: male models paid significantly less than female counterparts

Chinese firms snap up chunk of French fashion industry

French ready-to-wear fashion labels Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot will be taken over by China's Shandong Ruyi Technology Group under the terms of an exclusivity agreement announced late Thursday. Hot on the heels of the announcement, French lacemaker Desseilles said Friday it is to be acquired by Chinese firm Yongsheng, in another sign of the growing Chinese presence in France's fashion industry. In the deal for Sandro and Maje's parent company SMCP, the founder of the “accessible luxury” labels, sisters Evelyne Chetrite and Judith Milgrom, will remain minority shareholders if the deal goes through, as will their management team and the US investment fund KKR.

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