--- title: New York Fashion Week: Models Get Private Changing Areas description: Models who walk the runway in shows at this season's NYFW will be given private changing areas backstage for the first time ever. canonical: https://time.com/5136293/new-york-fashion-week-models-private-changing-areas/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-06T23:13:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:23.618Z og:title: Fashion Week Models Are Getting Private Changing Areas og:description: The fashion industry has come under fire for the treatment of models og:url: https://time.com/5136293/new-york-fashion-week-models-private-changing-areas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5dafcdbff7b508a3/6988fad8fb4eacecf0895964/gigi-hadid-nyfw.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: NYFW-Gigi-Hadid og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fashion Week Models Are Getting Private Changing Areas twitter:description: The fashion industry has come under fire for the treatment of models twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5dafcdbff7b508a3/6988fad8fb4eacecf0895964/gigi-hadid-nyfw.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Models at New York Fashion Week Will Have Private Changing Areas for First Time Ever  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 6, 2018 11:13 PM UTC  Gigi Hadid walks the runway during New York Fashion Week on September 11, 2017 in New York City. Gigi Hadid walks the runway during New York Fashion Week on September 11, 2017 in New York City.Peter White/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 6, 2018 11:13 PM UTC [Models](http://time.com/5102987/marino-testino-bruce-weber-models-sexual-misconduct/) who [walk the runway](http://time.com/4963816/jane-fonda-helen-mirren-paris-fashion-week/) in shows at this season’s [New York Fashion Week](http://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/14517/ralph-laurens-350-million-car-collection-takes-center-stage-at-new-york-fashion-week) will be given private changing areas backstage for the first time ever. In the wake of concerns surrounding the treatment of models, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with advocacy group the Model Alliance to create the safe spaces. “Models have raised concerns about invasive photography and lack of privacy while changing clothes backstage at New York Fashion Week,” Model Alliance founder Sara Ziff said in a statement, according to [_The Cut_](https://www.thecut.com/2018/02/models-will-have-private-changing-areas-at-fashion-week.html). “The Model Alliance takes these concerns seriously and we decided to take additional steps this season to ensure a safe and respectful work environment by providing private changing areas backstage.” The fashion world has come under fire recently for the alleged culture of sexual misconduct in the industry, with several male models accusing famed photographers [Bruce Weber and Mario Testino](http://time.com/5102987/marino-testino-bruce-weber-models-sexual-misconduct/) of unwanted advances and coercion in a [_New York Times_ article](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/style/mario-testino-bruce-weber-harassment.html) that was published on Jan. 13. 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