DUE TO THEIR REPUTATION as chiseled, airhead cliches (thank you “Zoolander”) and the fact that they rarely attain the celeb status of their female peers, male models are an oft-overlooked cog in the fashion machine. But they see a lot and, as Milan, London and Paris held their biannual men’s fashion weeks last month, the male models I recently spoke to had an insider’s view of an industry straining for normalcy during a pandemic. With the coronavirus still a factor in Europe—though generally under better control than in America—this...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 27, 2020 15:42 UTC