Джеймс Скалли – участник списка BOF500, в который входят самые авторитетные деятели модной индустрии, известный кастинг-директор показов, который бессменно сотрудничает с брендами Nina Ricci, Jason Wu, Stella McCartney и Carolina Herrera. Джеймс – адвокат прав моделей, который работает над воплощением проекта американского модного совета (CFDA) Health Initiative, посвященного поддержанию здорового состояния девушек вместо пропаганды болезненной худобы, а также выступает за максимальное этническое разнообразие кастингов. Скалли часто критикует коллег, злоупотребляющих своими полномочиями.

So true to my promise at #bofvoices that I would be a voice for any models, agents or all who see things wrong with this business I'm disappointed to come to Paris and hear that the usual suspects are up to the same tricks. I was very disturbed to hear from a number of girls this morning that yesterday at the Balenciaga casting Madia & Ramy (serial abusers) held a casting in which they made over 150 girls wait in a stairwell told them they would have to stay over 3 hours to be seen and not to leave. In their usual fashion they shut the door went to lunch and turned off the lights, to the stairs leaving every girl with only the lights of their phones to see. Not only was this sadistic and cruel it was dangerous and left more than a few of the girls I spoke with traumatized. Most of the girls have asked to have their options for Balenciaga cancelled as well as Hermes and Ellie Saab who they also cast for because they refuse to be treated like animals. Balenciaga part of Kering it is a public company and these houses need to know what the people they hire are doing on their behalf before a well deserved law suit comes their way. On top of that I have heard from several agents, some of whom are black that they have received mandate from Lanvin that they do not want to be presented with women of color. And another big house is trying to sneak 15 year olds into paris! It's inconceivable to me that people have no regard for human decency or the lives and feelings of these girls, especially when too too many of these models are under the age of 18 and clearly not equipped to be here but god forbid well sacrifice anything or anyone for an exclusive right? If this behavior continues it's gonna be a long cold week in paris. Please keep sharing your stories with me and I will continue to to share them for you. It seems to be the only way we can force change and give the power back to you models and agents where it rightfully belongs. And I encourage any and all to share this post #watchthisspace

Публикация от james scully (@jamespscully)

На днях в его Instagram появился новый пост. В нем Джеймс рассказал, что около 150 девушек, прибывших на кастинг Balenciaga, на протяжении трех часов были вынуждены находиться на лестничной клетке. Более того: когда кастинг-директора Майда Грегори Бойна и Рами Фернандес ушли на обед, они закрыли вход в помещение с моделями и выключили там свет – по словам Скалли, иначе как «садистским» это поведение назвать нельзя. Пост вызвал ажиотаж не только у пользователей Instagram, но и среди менеджмента группы компаний Kering: стало известно, что Balenciaga уволила Бойна и Фернандес и извинились перед модельными агентствами.
Подготовила Александра Даруга