经济学人:美丽与智慧并重

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Summary: Modelling is changing in a way that more educated and brainy models are in demand.
总结：模特行业越来越需要文化素养高的模特。
HINTS:
Kate Moss
"Zoolander"
Lily Cole
Chanel
Hermès
Cambridge University
Edie Campbell
Courtauld Institute
Jacquetta Wheeler
Burberry
Vivienne Westwood
Reprieve
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On February 17th London's spring fashion week begins. Across the capital, young women in vertiginous shoes and skimpy dresses will be teetering along catwalks. And thousands of young doughnut-dodgers will be inspired to queue outside agents' offices for the slim chance of becoming the next Kate Moss.
Careers in modelling are typically short-lived, badly paid and less glamourous than pretty young dreamers imagine. Yet the business is changing. For one thing, educated models are in. This may sound improbable. In the film "Zoolander", male models are portrayed as so dumb that they play-fight with petrol and then start smoking. But such stereotypes are so last year.
Lily Cole, a redheaded model favoured by Chanel and Hermès, recently left Cambridge University with a first-class degree in history of art. Edie Campbell, a new British star, is studying for the same degree at the Courtauld Institute in London. And Jacquetta Wheeler, one of Britain's established catwalkers, has taken time out from promoting Burberry and Vivienne Westwood to work for Reprieve, a charity which campaigns for prisoners' rights.2月17日，伦敦春季时装周拉开帷幕。穿着令人望而止步的高跟鞋和紧身衣的年轻女郎们将会在这座城市的T形台上走猫步。成千上万名为了好身材而节食的姑娘们更是会做着成为下一个凯特·莫斯的美梦，不惜排着长长的队伍报名。
与很多年轻漂亮、立志进入模特行业的人所想的不同，这一行吃青春饭，收入少，也没有看起来那么光鲜。不过情况正在改变。譬如，入行的模特文化水平在不断提高。或许听起来有些不可思议。因为在影片《超级名模》里，男模特们被刻画成极其愚蠢的形象，他们泼汽油玩之后，竟然开始抽烟。不过这种刻板印象从去年开始就已经有所改变了。
Lily Cole是一名红发模特，常为香奈儿和爱马仕拍广告。她最近刚获得剑桥大学艺术史专业一级学位。英国的新星Edie Campbell在伦敦大学下属的科陶德艺术学院攻读同样的学位。英国著名的T台模特Jacquetta Wheeler则从为巴宝莉和薇薇安·韦斯特伍德工作的时间中抽出一部分为维护犯人权利的慈善机构Reprieve工作。