New Haven’s Top Model Search & Fashion Show at The Shops at Yale

The Shops at Yale and John Casablancas Modeling & Acting Agency of Rocky Hill are holding the third annual Model Search & Fashion Show on Broadway Island on Saturday, June 9 from 1:00 – 5:00pm (rain date is Sunday, June 10). The event will feature mini fashion shows with the latest styles from The Shops at Yale every half hour and a model search in front of top Connecticut and New York agencies.

Online pre-registration will be available through June 8, 2018 via The Shops at Yale website theshopsatyale.com/modelsearch. Pre-registration is not mandatory, but is recommended. During the event, perspective models will need to complete a registration form and have a free head-shot photograph taken before walking the runway as part of the model search.

Free parking is available for all model search contestants at the 150 York Street Garage, only one block from the event. Show your parking ticket from the garage to the staff at The Shops at Yale event tent for a validation stamp.

Please call John Casablancas Modeling & Acting agency with any questions regarding New Haven’s Top model Search, 860-563-5959.

New Haven’s Top Model Search is free and open to the public. The event will take place on Broadway Island across from Apple, J.Crew and Urban Outfitters, located at 56 Broadway in New Haven. Agencies on-site will include John Casablancas of Connecticut, and Fenton Model Management, The Industry Model Management of NY, The Society and Surface Model Management all from New York City. Men and Women ages 4 and older are invited to walk the 32 foot runway as agencies scout for new models to represent. One lucky winner will receive a full contract with an agency, a trip to New York City, a high fashion photo shoot, a walk on spot in a TV commercial and a $250 gift card to one of the retailers at The Shops at Yale.

The Shops at Yale Fashion Shows will take place every 30 minutes from 1:30 to 4:30pm with professional models from John Casablancas Modeling and Acting Agency. The models will showcase the latest fashions from J.Crew, GANT, Urban Outfitters, Fat Face, Raggs for Men & Women, idiom Boutique, Yurway Boutique, Neville Wisdom, Barbour, Lou Lou Boutique and more.

WTNH’s Meghan Yost will co-host the event and guests can expect a special appearance from The Bachelorette’s Matt Munson. Debbie Allen Wright from QVC, Seasons of New Haven Magazine and Project Closet will be choosing “Best Outfit” and awarding four stylish Model Search contestants a $100 gift card to J.Crew and an event plaque.