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The Barbizon School For Modeling: The Cure For All That Ails You!

Except, maybe, your lack of a modeling career.

Except, maybe, your lack of a modeling career. Back in the day, Barbizon used to put out ads that all but promised you'd become a model after walking their hallowed halls. Now? Well, let's see. You'll have confidence. You'll be able to present yourself to others better. And you'll get a surrogate family. (What's a few thousand dollars for all that, right?) Says one woman who makes me a little sad, "I will go to my grave saying that the best thing I ever did was go to Barbizon." Oy.

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Did You Want to Train to Be a Model... Or Just Look Like One?

I'm sure many of us remember flipping through teen magazines and coming across Barbizon ads in the back.

I'm sure many of us remember flipping through teen magazines and coming across Barbizon ads in the back. They inevitably featured a pretty girl and an ad tagline inviting you to "train to be a model... or just look like one!"

As a brace-faced, spiral-permed pre-teen I knew, just knew that with the right training, I would be the next Cindy Crawford. I wheedled my parents into attending a Barbizon "modeling seminar," which was really a sales pitch to enroll would-be models in expensive courses. Did you share this dream?

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