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ANNESCOTTAGENCYby Alexander BaronThe Anne Scott Agency is iocated in a base'ment office in Manchester Street betweenBaker Street and Oxford Street, and has beenestablished nearlY twentY Years.It is still run by Anne Scott, who is a youthful46. but for the past year she has had a part'ner. her'daughler Lulu. Lulu has actuallywoiked for her mother for the past six yearsin between drama school and various otherthings.A fomer dancer, Anne has She says shows are more Shows and tbeworked for both the BBC cosmopolitan. but in the end Colgate/Palmolive Tour.md ITV in numerous TV it's the clients who choose' They're also doing theshows. When ihe founded She says also they don't send Variety Club of Greatthe aqencY she'opened her out a new model on her own Britain Love and Rosesoffice- in' Hayiing Island. for at least a month' and that Show for the Queen Mother,hardly the moitl fashionable all their models go out very which includes 40 modelsof olaces. . well made up, presentable, and dancers.I\rf,i: Why Hayling Island? with a selection of shoes, Adam relishes the prospectAnne: Becausd Ilived there! tights and, most imPortant' of 1992 because he feels theAlthoueh at first there was on time. Punctually is Dutch and Germans inlittle demand shF created it number one'particular are light Yearsbv Duttins on dancing shows. Lulu: A model can be behind 'us' in theti! ug.n-.y mor.fd o nono unprofessional with us' but choreography stakes. HeStreeil97t, andllater to its only once.spent some time inpresenl location.l The south Most girls sJay with the Germany, alid says that allioast office is still open, and agency until they are 26 to JU their choreographers arealtoqether the aCeniy has but. says Lulu. they have a either British or American.elevin ptaff, inc[uding file of half a dozen or so,.I Adams'Richens,Jwho Anne mature models for speclallsr An Anne Scott show iFdescribes as the lestwork.something special for Adam.id tn"MJ: How many guys do His only limitations are the'"trot"ogtopit"t busine$;.l, il:t*?"u Pn to"'amount the client is preparedto spend, but.he insists hesets out to give an amazingshow at the best Price. Someof his work bbrdetq-onfantasy, inclirdingAtthoueh she is rnominally They can't be specific' butthe boli, she in{ists the agree it's about fifty toaeencv is run defiocratically: seventy-Iive'idaniworks with her and MJ: And do they worknoi iotlt.t. ln fdct the for other agencies? materialisjng P-eople out ofatmosohere is milre like a Anne sayi she won't stop thin air' and hydraulics tofamilv than a bu$iness, and anybody making a living' but give a lifting and revolvingu.ry i"by going, Slthoughit is important that the stage. For one ski show he, ,rvDicallv the Dhohe never agency ls kept Inlomeo Dy transformed a ski slope intosiopt rlirging. I spoke to models of rhe days they are. a toy shop, and the Cocaen'ne, Litu-ind ftaum as a available for work Although Cola Tour including doublesroup. ] quite a {ew models work all skipping, that is dancersMJ:'How many' models the time. All Anne's models skipping over two ropesdoes the agency have on are-trained in sales technirue moving in oppositeits books? , and many do nrgn clrss directions! He promises theAfter some consrhtation with promo work They have Citreon Experience later thisLulu and AdamJ Anne says about 150'main pegple' year will be very interesting.G.u fruu. abouri350, somi although all their models do200'o[ whom are also get work Though the As il all this were not enoughdancers. Thev rdke model' models work.Jor othcr the agency has formed aIrom l7 veari aild up, but. agencies thEdancers work company in conjunction withsavs Lulu. they prefer their for virtually no one else' others, including a-6d"lt to have iome The ided of choreographing staging/lighting comPany, aexDerience, perhaps a vear the catwalk strikcs me us TV producer and a film andor'so doing i.roOeiting or novel but, explains Adam il video production team. Thesimilar woik. Sqnsibly they gives the show something company, which hassay thev like thejir models to extra. The product' clottles everything bar a name, willbirnori than just models, to or whatcver is always the be launched in latetrave somettriig 10 fall back most important bYt September.llll9' ifon, and to do between a show or an exhlbltlon nas Anne: One phone call willassisnments,something more, (not. organise everything. ThisihJapencv adustiies in The necessarily u gimmick) thcn promises to be not just aStage-twici a year. but most it makes it a bit special' modelling, but a showbizof their modelsrcome to themextravaganza. All in all thison r"co-mendiiion.About 207" of Anne Scott is a long way from a catwalkAqencv's work is overseas' where models synchroniseMJ: What makes a iniluding the USA. Japan their movements with themodel? How do iou and cruiseslmuslc.chmse who to take on? MJ: And on theLulu insists that it, isn't just Continent?'the look.'A P,irl,has to have Anne: We have worked in RIP OFFmrmnality aid be able to Milan and Paris' but don't Like all model agentr whoialk, to splak for herself, so like to'have been around a whiledumb bl6ndes are out. They have a lot of work Ann€ Scott is awar€ ofMJ: What about black coming up including the, crmks, (she calls themmodels: do vou have Men's and Boyswear and 'sh4rks'), who pose asmany on your books? Excel trade shows,model agents in th€ hope ofAnni: Quite a few.Birmingham and London Ski making a fast buck at the6expense of th€ glamourousbut gullible. Sh€ says thatmost prospective models areonly 'wanna bes', butwheth€r or not they havewhat it takes' (so manyyoung girls ar€ tak€n in.'She warns always to go to areputable agency, and neverto part with large sums ofmoney on spec.Anne gives the followingrough figures:{ 935 for photographer'scontact she€t 36 photos( !150 for a urd.,( 945 for a headsheet entrY'i-t:But of course, all this iswasted if the girl/man doesnot haYe what it takes'Somewhat amusingly shesays last month she found anagency on the south coastthat was using her agencY'sheadsheet. She refused toname the agency or to takeaction against it.,F$,"diil#rj#.;^I SIM0NES INTERNATI0NA[ Brighton, usingAnne Scotts{and other agencies} Headsheet f 0r her own p!blicityiltitiffl: li[llltEA': seecrbirses,ns',r4s phr,.n*n":,-fu.Apparently no harm wasdone on this occasion, butthe example is illustrative ofthe tricks some sharks willpull to part th€ unwary fromth€ir money.WWawM-;rl.',1:November | 989 MODELJOURNAL

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