article_snippet.sent: The couple that models designer clothes together stays together — or
article_snippet.sent: at least that's what one New York-based duo hope, having just inked a deal as the first openly gay couple with Fusion Models.
article_snippet.sent: But while the male model It Couple have starred in a campaign together for DKNY and posed for big brands like Edun and DSquared2, they say it hasn't always been easy for they to work in the industry and be true to they.
article_snippet.sent: right, are the first openly gay couple to be signed together to a modeling agency .
article_snippet.sent: On Instagram, Model couple goes by the joint nickname Jarlos, and Model couple have over 22,500 followers .
article_snippet.sent: The fact that the pair has become so widely known as a couple made the pair even more appealing to Fusion Models. '
article_snippet.sent: We signed the pair as a duo because the pair are the pair models and the pair DJ as a duo, under the name Jarlos,' Fusion's Alexandra Phipps told Dazed. '
article_snippet.sent: the pair’ve made a name for the pair as a team, so We decided to run with a name.'
article_snippet.sent: As for John and Carlos, the pair are as excited to be making strides for gay models as the pair are to have signed this new deal. '
article_snippet.sent: Finally being represented as an openly gay man, let alone a couple, is a huge milestone for the industry, and the whole gay community,' John said. '