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Short Stuff: On the Job with an X-Small Model
Paperback
Publisher Price: $12.99
ISBN13: 9780615317434
Publisher: Gamine Press
Published: Oct 12 2010
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.33 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
Short Stuff: on the job with an x-small model is an inspiring collection of short stories featuring on-the-job modeling experiences with Marshall's, Macy's Victoria's Secret, Easy Spirit and others. This collection also includes modeling tips for shorter models, and proves that height isn't everything.
Isobella Jade is a petite model and author based in New York City. She's been featured in The New York Times, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, The Los Angeles Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, Mac Life, Mac World, Glamour, Allure, Marie Claire UK and multiple other international fashion magazines.
A shade under 5-feet-4, Isobella Jade has been building a brand - herself - for the petite model.-The New York Daily News
Before Tyra was giving shorties hope on Cycle 13 of 'America's Next Top Model, ' Isobella Jade was already in their corner.-The Los Angeles Times
Petite model Isobella Jade has faced some diversity in the modeling world, to say the least....But she busted right through those 'you're too short' obstacles to land modeling gigs for Macy's, Victoria's Secret, and more.-Glamour magazine
Isobella Jade may seem an unlikely graphic novel writer, coming from the modeling world. But then, she was an unlikely model. Jade, standing about 5 feet, 4 inches tall, calls herself the Seabiscuit of models, referring to the undersized thoroughbred that became a racing sensation.
-Publishers Weekly
It looks like we can welcome Isobella Jade to the ranks of those writers who believed in themselves so fiercely that they attracted the faith of others as well.-GalleyCat, Media Bistro
Almost 5'4 is a very readable, very revealing memoir that feels at times like you are peeking at someone's secret diary.-MacWorld UK
As for Ms. Jade, whose modeling career is advancing, she has yet to buy a computer from the Apple store. But she is still welcome to check her e-mail - and stay as long as she likes.
-The New York Times
Yet behind Jade's small frame is an iron will bolstered with rock-hard determination.
-Mac Directory Magazine
People have long cataloged the bizarre writing habits of authors, from P.G. Wodehouse pinning pages on his wall to Dan Brown timing his push-up and sit-up breaks with an hourglass. Now we can add the name Isobella Jade to that collection.-The New York Post
Isobella Jade would probably hold the record for being Apple's most famous freeloader.
-Sydney Morning Herald
There's more than meets the eye to pint-size model Isobella Jade. Underneath her petite 5'4 frame is a woman who is well on her way to creating her own media empire.
-New York Daily News
...wizard of self promotion.
-Advertising Age
Model Life: The Journey of a Pint-Size Fashion Warrior...takes a brand-new approach to the story of a girl trying to break into the biz.
-Allure magazine
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