Fashion talent management company Elite World Group (EWG) has announced it will be introducing photorealistic 3D avatars to its offer in collaboration with Italian avatar firm, Igoodi. The metaverse-based tool, which utilises Web3 technology, aims to create avatars that portray a lifelike digital version of a physical person. The feature...
Sep 23, 2022
The UK’s Competition Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it has “provisionally found” that Elite Sports and JD sports may have broken competition law by illegally price-fixing select Rangers Football Club merchandise. According to the government organisation, Elite Sports and JD Sports had potentially been carrying out the...
Jun 7, 2022
Elite World, the parent company of Elite Model Management has acquired the Women Model Management agency in Milan. The company represents talent including Maria Carla Boscono, Monica Bellucci, Lea T. and Carla Bruni. Elite World already owns the Paris and New York agencies of the Women Model Management Group, and the latest acquisition sees the...
Sep 18, 2018
Some of the world's top modelling agencies were hit Thursday with a 2.4 million euro fine (2.7 million US dollars ) for price fixing by French competition authorities. Elite, IMG and Next -- who have some of the biggest catwalk stars including Gigi Hadid, Kate Moss and Karlie Kloss on their books -- actively "distorted the basis for commercial...
Sep 29, 2016