“Every day that you’re working as a model, you’re objectified somehow.” Twelve models, in their own words, on issues like racism, body shaming and financial problems.

Agostino Magni, an Italian businessman, says he follows a family tradition of wearing custom-made shirts, monogrammed with his initials, and he chooses pocket squares to match.

Niesha Hogan, a visual operations manager, moved to Harlem from Oakland, Calif. She says the neighborhood feels like home to her, because everyone there “understands and loves getting dressed.”