Burberry Balenciaga may have an unusual name, but she’s a regular miniature poodle. At least she was born as one. The extraordinary poodle lady has now become a fashion icon in the dog world. She is a true dog fashionista and a professional model regularly booked by well-known brands. Even the press is talking about the miniature poodle revolutionizing the fashion world!
A miniature poodle becomes a dog model
You are here because you are interested in miniature poodle, dog fashion or otherwise, and this is the most likely reason how to make your dog a famous dog model. What that entails and how it can change your and your dog’s life. If any of these three reasons are why you’re still reading, congratulations! You’ve done it and found exactly the right channel for you. Your lucky streak doesn’t end, this website has a YouTube channel where you can consume further content on our 3 topics.
In this post I would like to tell you our story. It’s a very complex topic and of course I can’t write a novel here, which is why I just cut some topics and then deal with them in detail in a linked post or video.
Burberry is a normal poodle, actually she should be a toy poodle in chocolate brown. Both didn’t work out so well. It has grown and actually become much too big and the chocolate brown color has also disappeared and became lighter and lighter. This color pattern is called Merle and is very rare in Poodles. She is responsible for the fact that Burberry’s coat color will continue to change. Life is just full of surprises!
Dog fashion and the first shoots
Burberry is an autumn puppy and she got cold pretty quickly, which is why I desperately looked around for the first dog sweaters. That was the first moment we discovered dog fashion for ourselves, in the Amico China Store where I stocked up on €5 sweaters for dogs. Was that a little too honest? Maybe, but Burberry was a puppy and she would grow, I didn’t want to invest a fortune in dog clothes that would no longer fit after a short period of time.
As a trained tailor, I quickly began sewing my first dog accessories for Burberry myself. From collars, leashes and harnesses to shirts, bandanas and knitted sweaters. Burberry’s wardrobe grew and washed and that’s how we started showing our dog fashion on Instagram. That was actually quite well received, which is why we quickly gained reach. We are now also represented on completely different social media channels such as TikTok and Pinterest.
From sewing dog clothes yourself, a luxurious online shop developed, Momoselle, which is characterized by handmade small collections and real dog couture. In addition to dog photos on Instagram, the first videos were quickly added on TikTok and YouTube. We were reported on in magazines and we received the first requests for cooperation.
Collaborations and make money
With the first requests for cooperation, the question naturally arose: are we currently working as a dog model? In addition to honest questions about cooperation, there were unfortunately also a lot of inquiries from companies that wanted to exploit us. Free products and “we’ll push you with our big account” might sound nice at first glance, but it’s not! You should never work for free or for products! Others don’t do that either! Your time and work are worth real money and especially when YOU receive requests for cooperation, you should be clear about that.
So we negotiated with potential cooperation partners from the beginning and never worked for free. Yes, of course, not every negotiation is positive and many collaborations never even came about because we didn’t “just” want to work on products. But I would do it exactly the same way again every time!
We now have regular orders as dog models. I have an online shop for high-quality dog accessories as well as an online magazine about dog fashion – you are reading this article here. A puppy became a passion, a new hobby in which I sewed dog clothes and accessories and a completely new perspective for the future that enabled me to emigrate from Germany to Italy and build a new life here. You can find out what happens next here…