It’s not easy to find castings of interesting fashion or beauty projects, especially for models. When we want to start a modeling career, we tend to look for agencies to represent us and then we feel like we made it. But it’s totally wrong to think that way. Signing with model agencies doesn’t mean that jobs will start knocking on our door every day right away by doing nothing on our side. It’s important to act as if you were not signed and keep looking for opportunities. Let’s get right into the subject. Here are a few lists where you can find castings for Paris Fashion Week and even for other jobs.

1 – Sign into Facebook groups :

I think Facebook is underrated because is one of the oldest social media but you can be surprised how you  can find opportunities and get contacts from there. There are so many Facebook groups where people post casting calls for models and it can be for runways or commercial projects. Here are a few French interesting Facebook groups:

-        Shooting mannequin Défilé Casting : https://www.facebook.com/groups/305195543261489/

-        Emploi Casting France: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2023647491045867/

-        Modèles mannequin/Job Paris: https://www.facebook.com/groups/682019425177522/

-        Mannequins, modèle, ici castings! https://www.facebook.com/groups/castingmannequins/

-        Casting mannequin models Paris: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1438181906416633/

-        Casting France: https://www.facebook.com/groups/753670611815400/

2 - Social Media - A Convenient Way to Discover Casting Calls and connecting with industry insiders and scouts :

We often tend to focus on modeling agencies while there are so many casting directors and scouts out there looking for models. Here is a list of some that I found:  (last update: 08 Aug. 2024)

• Jess Hallett: @jesshallettcast

• Julia Lange: @julialangecasting

• Lucia Miterli: @miterlilucia

• Manon Sassy: @manonsassycasting

• Matt Biruls: @matt_biruls

• Marqee Miller: @marqee

• Martin Franck: @martinfranckcasting

• Michelle Lee: @emperor.lee

• Noah Shelley: @noah__shelley

• Patrizia Pilotti : @patrizia_pilotti

• Piergiorgio Del Moro: @dmcasting @piergiorgio

• Plus Three Two: @plusthreetwo

• Rosie Vogel: @rosievogelcasting

• Shelley Durkan: @castingreal @shelleydurkancasting

• Timoer Nulens: @thecastlog @timoern

• The line casting: @thelinecasting

• Unit C: @unit_c

• William Lhoest: @williamlhoest | co-founder @thecastlog

• AamØ Casting: @aamo_casting

• Alexandre Junior Cyprien: @alexandrejuniorcyprien

• Alter Casting: @alter_casting

• AMC Casting: @a.m.c.casting

• Arthur Méjean: @arthurmejean

• Assisting Work: @assisting_work

• Autumn Jensen: @autumnjensencasting

• Barbara Blanchard: @bb_casting

• Ben Grimes: @ben_grimes_casting

• Chouaïb Arif: @chouaibarif_casting

• Christian Kimena: @kimenab_

• Coco Casting: @cococasting

• Cyril: @hdr.casting

• Edward Kim: @edskimstagram

• Eya-Rose Ayari: @eyarose2

• Global Fashion Collective: @globalfashioncollective

• Ikki: @ikki_casting

• Isabel Bush: @isabelbush_

• Janay Bailey: @janay_bailey1

Simple tip to find casting directors

You can find them pretty easily. For example, after a fashion show, you can go to the designers’ Instagram pages. Click on one of the photos of models walking. Then read the description, and you will see, most of the time, the whole team including the casting director or the people who scouted the models.