How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone by Cameron Russell

The realities of the fashion industry exposed in this devastating account of the life of a successful supermodel.

'A unique and honest perspective on the fashion industry... Cameron doesn't just hold the door open for more voices from within fashion, she makes a compelling argument as to why they must be heard.' CHRISTY TURLINGTON BURNS

Scouted by a modelling agent when she was sixteen years old, Cameron Russell approached her job with scepticism. She was a precocious and serious student with her sights set on college - not the runway. But modelling seemed to offer young women like her access to wealth, fame, and influence. Besides, as she was often reminded, there were 'a million girls in line' to replace her.

A ferocious, visceral memoir, How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone chronicles how Russell learned to navigate the dizzying space between physical appearance and interiority, and making money in an often-exploitative system.

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'A book of real power.' STYLIST, Best Non-Fiction Books of 2024

'Russell's voice is steady and compelling throughout, offering young women, especially, a thoughtful and powerful way through.' PEGGY ORENSTEIN, author of Girls & Sex

'Compelling, smart and insightful.' VENETIA LA MANNA, host of All The Small Things

'Unforgettable... Fiercely intellectual, deeply vulnerable, and unapologetically honest, Russell reads through the layers of gender, race, capital, and exploitation in the fashion industry.' IMANI PERRY, author of South to America

Cameron Russell has spent nearly twenty years working as a model. She's the cofounder and one of the lead organisers of Model Mafia, striving for a more equitable, just, and sustainable industry and world and the recipient of the 2018 Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Award. She has a degree from Columbia University in economics and political science.

'A unique and honest perspective on the fashion industry... Cameron doesn't just hold the door open for more voices from within fashion, she makes a compelling argument as to why they must be heard.' -Christy Turlington

'A shocking-yet-familiar story of a girl working an industry that runs on abuses of sex, money and beauty. Thanks to Russell's forceful gaze, it's a book of real power.' -Stylist, BEST NON-FICTION BOOKS OF 2024

'Compelling, smart and insightful' -Venetia La Manna, host of All The Small Things

'Russell's voice is steady and compelling throughout, offering young women, especially, a thoughtful and powerful way through.' -Peggy Orenstein, author of Girls & Sex

'Unforgettable... Fiercely intellectual, deeply vulnerable, and unapologetically honest, Russell reads through the layers of gender, race, capital, and exploitation in the fashion industry.' -Imani Perry, author of South to America

'One of the world's top supermodels and #MeToo heroines, Cameron Russell reveals the fashion industry's seedier side in a personal new book... But because this is Russell, who has a degree in economics and political science, the book also questions the idea of consent, control and the complexities of being complicit in an industry that is as much a force for good as a hotbed of mistreatment.' -Evening Standard

'A gripping tour of a twenty-year modeling career. In visceral and relatable storytelling Cameron Russell confirms our worst fears about the industry and then topples them to reveal hope, humanity, and solidarity. She affirms that fashion can be a space and a tool for liberation. I am grateful for this tender and powerful book.' -Geena Rocero, model and author of Horse Barbie

'I don't know of a more blistering dismantling of what makes a so-called fashion and modeling industry.' -Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy

'A poignant and expertly crafted memoir, How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone tells the story of a woman finding her power and using it to uplift others-from workers' rights to climate justice. This book holds lessons for us all.' -Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, co-founder of Urban Ocean Lab and the All We Can Save Project