Single Viral Instagram Photo Landed This Unknown Lady a Modelling Contract

Dayum, girl – that’s how to use Instagram to your advantage.

19-year-old Anok Yai landed a modelling contract with a high-end, global agency overnight after posting a single photo that dropped the world’s jaw.

She thinks the photo that gained her insta fame made her look like a “deer in headlights,” using “average” as another adjective for the pic. She obviously had no idea what was coming, however, telling the Washington Post that:

When it got to a couple thousand and it just kept going higher and higher, I was surprised. And I was happy. I always wanted it to happen, but it was something I never expected.

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Her Instagram following blew up, moving from 300 followers to 50 000 in a matter of days, with her picture in Howard’s yard eventually gaining more than 30 000 likes.

She went on to say:

I got an email from a modelling agency. They said they were interested in having me and they had me call them. And they just set up tons of interviews and it just went on from there.

Did she get it from her mama?

S I G N E D ? — @anok_yai has signed with Next Management worldwide. Please join us in welcoming Anok! pic.twitter.com/razxjEASy5

— Next Models (@NextModels) October 31, 2017

Legs for days.

Her flawlessness is thanks to Sudanese heritage, but Yai was born in Egypt and moved to the U.S. when she was only two years old. She would later move to Manchester, New Hampshire, where she grew up and identifies with most.

Steve Hall captured the moment after bumping into Yai at Yard Fest in Washington D.C., asking her to pose for a few shots for his fashion website, The SUNK. He, too, earned an extra 14 000 likes after posting the picture on his own Instagram page.

Now she’s with Next Models in New York, an agency that has worked with the likes of Lana Del Rey and Rita Ora, holding down covers on Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.

And her mom wants her to continue with her studies? Sounds like my dad.

The Trendy Male Fashion That You Should Do Your Best To Avoid

Male fashion like that of females comes and goes and what is trendy now may not necessarily be trendy in a couple of years time. There was a time when tucking in your polo shirt trendy, then another time it became retired. A lot of use agreed that this fashion trend should be let go of. While some of us still rock this fashion trend, it is frowned upon and can only be deemed acceptable if you’re a celebrity or sports star as people will allow you do whatever you want and you don’t need fashion advice because you’re making things work in whatever it is you throw upon yourself.

For the rest of us however, we need to talk about the fashion trend that we should let go of now – wearing the pinstriped button down shirt un-tucked.
This fashion trend started in the early 90s when men started wearing their striped button down shirts un-tucked over jeans. It was a safe fashion statement for people who were willing to keep their fashion sense together but wanted to have an edgy post-work casual look that retained the formality and slimming of the stripe.
This resulted in our shirttails hanging lazily over our junk in the front and senile over Our shirttails playfully hung over our trunk in the back. It made a statement to anyone who cared to listen that you’re an adult that just finished at work for the day and you’re ready to have some fun.
This style worked for a lot of men. The un-tucked, striped button down became a wardrobe staple for men who wanted a business-casual appearance. Men that have little concern about changing their outfits after work before hitting the club. Once a blazer is added to the fray, it can instantly become a semi-corporate wear.

Why You Should Let It Go

Despite how interesting this fashion sense seems, it is time for you to stop wearing the un-tucked, striped button-down shirt. The look look has become so common that it has been adopted by people who don’t know any better and it is best you allow them have it and move on.
Men that rock this look have several of them in their wardrobe and that makes them look like people stuck in the past. You should update your look and leave those shirts and jeans in the past. The worst part of this look are the super-long striped button down shirts that seem to reach for your mid thigh. These ones hurt to look at because despite the fact that un-tucking your shirt tails makes you look rebellious, it also makes you look like someone standing in line to enter a club in the early 2000s.

Kindly trust us and let go of this look guys. If you’re particular about wearing your button downs un-tucked, you can still do but kindly drop the button down pinstripes. Instead, go with solids, checks, and subtle patterns. You’d thank us for this when the accolades start coming in from women and fashion conscious males.

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Model casting for foremost fashion week is today

Wanna walk the runway at 2017 LFDW? It's happening today 30th September, See casting details!

Model Casting for the Heineken Lagos Fashion & Design Week (HLFDW) 2017 holds today 30th September.

Aspiring models for the fashion week are to be at the Heineken House in Ikoyi with female models to come wearing no makeup, hair pulled away from their faces, sporting fitted tank top over jeans and wear at least 4-inch heels (wedges are not allowed) for a chance to be casted.

Male models are to come in t-shirts and jeans.

The 2017 HLFDW will hold on 25th through 28th October 2017, the edition themed 'Africa: Shaping Fashion's Future' will feature Fashion Business Series, Fashion Installation, the Runway shows as well as #HeinekenLFDW After Party.

Casting Details:

Female

• Minimum height of 5'9
• Female Models are are to come without makeup, hair pulled off the face wearing fitted tank top and jeans with heels at least 4 inches.
• No wedges allowed

Male

• Minimum height of 6'0
• Models are to come in t-shirt and jeans

Details:

Date - Saturday 30th September 2017

Time - 9am- 2pm

Venue - Heineken House, 6 Olu Holloway Road, (Former Temple Road) Ikoyi Lagos

The talks hosted in Enugu, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Lagos kicked off the 7th edition of the Heineken Lagos Fashion and Design Week set to hold on the 25th-28th October at Eko Atlantic.

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