Coaching TermsModel training packages

These terms cover TBFW's model training packages. Every model cast in a TBFW show completes one package before walking. Paying for a package means you accept these terms, along with the TBFW Model Participation Agreement.

The packages

Every package also includes: entry as a model in the show you are cast in, a personalized garment bag, a TBFW rehearsal T-shirt, show-day food and refreshments, and professional photos and video from the show.

1. Who can buy a package

Packages are for models who are 18 or older and have been accepted and cast for a TBFW show. A returning model is anyone who has walked in any past TBFW show; returning models get 35% off any package.

2. Paying

• Payment is due within 7 days of your casting confirmation.
• Pay through the Square link on theblackfashionweekco.net, or by Cash App or PayPal ($TheBlackFashionWeek). Apple Pay, Zelle and Venmo are available on request.
• Your place in the cohort and the show lineup is confirmed once payment is received.
• Any other payment arrangement must be agreed with TBFW in writing.

3. Schedule and attendance

Training runs 6 weeks: five 2-hour practices plus a 4-hour Boot Camp, 14 hours in all. You join the current cohort once your payment is received. Practice dates, times and the rehearsal location are in the Show Sheet for your show.

• Attend at least 5 of the 6 sessions. Boot Camp is mandatory.
• Arriving more than 15 minutes late counts as an absence.
• Wear all black to practice, with heels or hard-bottom shoes. Arrive warmed up.
• Black package 1-on-1 sessions are booked with your coach and must be used within the 6-week program.

4. Missed sessions

Give at least 24 hours' notice if you cannot attend. Missed group practices are not made up. A Black package 1-on-1 session may be rescheduled once with 24 hours' notice. If TBFW cancels a session, it will be rescheduled.

5. Refunds and transfers

• No refunds once a package is paid.
• If you cannot finish the program, you may move to the next cohort once.
• Photoshoots, the T-shirt and the garment bag cannot be refunded or transferred once delivered.
• If TBFW cancels the whole program, you receive a full refund of any unused fees.

6. What training does not guarantee

Training builds your skills. It does not guarantee bookings, representation, casting or placement in any show, campaign or publication. TBFW is not a modeling agency and does not represent models.

7. Health and safety

Training involves physical activity, heels, platforms, turns and falls practice. You confirm you are able to take part, will wear safe footwear and will tell your coach about anything that affects your safety. You take part at your own risk and release TBFW and its coaches from injury claims, except for gross negligence or intentional misconduct, to the extent the law allows.

8. Photos and media

TBFW owns the photos and video it makes during training and shoots. It may use them on its website, app and social media, in marketing and publications including the TBFW magazine, and in TBFW's television and streaming series. You receive the edited images listed in your package for your own portfolio, with credit to TBFW. The full media release is in the Model Participation Agreement.

9. Conduct

Follow your coach's direction, respect garments and other participants, and keep training content private. TBFW may remove anyone for unsafe, disruptive or discriminatory behavior, without a refund.

10. General terms and contact

These Coaching Terms and the Model Participation Agreement are the whole agreement for training. Changes must be in writing. If any part is unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. Tennessee law governs. Disputes go first to good-faith discussion, then mediation, then the courts of Davidson County, Tennessee.

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