New York Fashion Week is a huge moneymaker for the city and the fashion industry in general. The "Models' Alliance" demands a law for workers in the fashion field in general that provides them with basic labor protection.

Models are demanding new safeguards that will protect them from clients who might try to use their images without their permission. Fears are rising globally that artificial intelligence poses an existential threat by undermining job opportunities, especially in communities of color, while models like Sinead Bovell struggle for greater equality in fashion.