Feet Week: A foot model shares how she prepares for a photoshoot

matilde hubert working as a foot model
Matilde Hubert, 25, is a professional foot model

You might not know Matilde Hubert, but you’ve probably seen her feet.

Matilde, 25, is a model who specialises in body parts modelling – meaning that along with doing the usual fashion and beauty modelling, she also poses with just her feet and hands for particular brands.

Her job has seen her feet appear in ads for high fashion shoe brands, skincare campaigns, and advertising snazzy tights.

She got into foot modelling by chance, having done typical modelling jobs while she was a student.

‘I started to do modelling for fun with some friends who did photography studies,’ Matilde, who lives in Paris, tells Metro.co.uk. ‘Step by step, I started to do some small modelling jobs.

‘During this time, some professionals noticed that my hands, feet, body, and skin were perfect for close-up shots, so they advised me to specialise in body parts modelling.’

matilde hubert model
She started out doing general modelling work but was told to specialise in body parts (Picture: Benjamin Vingrief)

Heeding that advice, Matilde focused her specialism, got signed by an agency, and has now been a full-time body parts model for the last three years.

She mostly does work for shoe brands, but the model’s feet have also appeared in shoots for cosmetic brands and in fashion magazines for accessories-themed stories.

When your feet are your brand, it’s essential to take good care of them – and so Matilde has an extensive routine for looking after her feet and ensuring they look great in every photo.

matilde hubert foot modelling for bulgari
For the last three years Matilde has modelled for major shoe brands, high-fashion labels, skincare brands, and magazines (Picture: Bulgari)
Matilde Hubert foot modelling for a Patricia Blanchet shoe campaign, wearing a flyswatter glued to a shoe
Matilde’s strangest experience so far was this Patricia Blanchet campaign (Picture: Patricia Blanchet)

‘I take good care of my work instruments,’ she says. ‘I moisturise my hands and foot every night and I go to the beauty salon two times a month for my feet care.

‘I avoid putting shoes that can hurt me. I will wear sneakers almost every day.’

On the day before a photoshoot, Matilde will give her feet extra TLC.

Matilde Hubert wearing a plaster cast on her leg and having it sawed off while foot modelling for Patricia Blanchet
The photoshoot involved flyswatters and a plaster cast (Picture: Patricia Blanchet)

She explains: ‘The preparation is important. I normally have a manicurist on set who will shape my nails, put the nail polish, and bring some care to my feet.

‘If there is no manicurist on set, I am asked to do a pedicure in a beauty salon the day before, generally with a natural nail polish on it.

Matilde Hubert modelling a gold shoe with a ribbon on the front
Matilde also does a lot of hand modelling work

‘Moisturising is the key, so basically I will enjoy a complete foot massage to make the skin ready and circulate blood. Poor blood circulation and red feet, especially when the temperatures are high or very low, will be your worst enemy.

‘If makeup is required that will be a body foundation and concealer when a small injury has to be covered for instance.’

Matilde sings the praises of working as a foot model and urges anyone who’s keen to give it a go – but warns that there are usually strict requirements.

matilde hubert modelling for louboutin Beauty
Here she models for Louboutin Beauty to advertise their lip colour (Picture: Louboutin)
matilde hubert foot modelling, wearing yellow tights and shoes and walking on a dining table
A small foot is essential for this line of work

‘Foot modelling can be really lucrative and super fun,’ she says. ‘My last foot job was the last campaign of Gina Shoes in Los Angeles at the end of last year (what an adventure).

‘Generally, foot models are body parts models and don’t do only foot photoshoots.

‘But not all parts models can be foot models because you specifically need to have a small foot (four is the best size).’

That’s us out of the running, then.

What's the deal with Feet Week?

Feet Week is a week dedicated entirely to feet... as the name probably gives away.

We figured we could all do with something to occupy our minds during the pandemic - and what better topic than feet?

From 4 May to 10 May you can find articles on everything feet, from what it actually takes to be a foot model to what it's like to be a pro toe wrestler.

You can read all our Feet Week content right here.

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source https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/08/feet-week-what-like-foot-model-12662826/
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