Modeling work in Lille
All three catalogue agencies in Lille are one company, registered as Perfect Models SARL at 51 Boulevard de la Liberté. Perfect Model has been running since 1995 and represents women, men and talent; the group's website presents it as its agency for commercial faces. Little Model works with children from 3 months to 16 years. Minded Model chooses women and men with a distinctive look, which the group calls singular faces. Perfect Model and Little Model are FFAM members. As it is the same team, one application to the right agency for your age and look is enough. Lists by board are on the women, men, kids and talent pages.
Children's work in France has strict rules: the agency needs a separate approval, the child needs a doctor's opinion, and part of the earnings is held in a state account until 18. All of this, and the adult rates, is on the France page.
Roubaix, Wasquehal and Mouvaux: three more agencies next door
Lille metro line 2 links the city with Wasquehal and Roubaix, where two more catalogue agencies are based. Roubaix has The Casting, a models and actors agency created in 2020 that works with women, men and children. Wasquehal has Les Filles Models Agency, founded in 2006, which specialises in advertising for retail chains. The third, Podium Agency, is registered in Mouvaux; it was granted its licence in 2025. If you are looking for advertising and catalogue work in the region, look at all six and compare on their profiles what we found about them.
Paris, Brussels and London by train
Lille is unusually well placed. The fastest train to Paris takes 58 minutes, the average 1 hour 23 minutes. From Lille Europe station, Eurostar reaches Brussels in about 35 minutes and London St Pancras in 1 hour 22 minutes. You can get to a go-see or casting in Paris even after lunch. Brussels and London are other countries' markets with their own agencies and rules, so arrange work there through your agency.
Tip. During fashion weeks Paris castings pile up over a few days. Living in Lille, you can commute daily instead of paying for a room in Paris; the dates are in the fashion calendar.
How to start in Lille
If the agency invites you in, wear simple fitted clothes and little make-up; women should bring heels in their bag. They will measure you, take digitals and ask about your school or job so they know when you can travel for bookings. If you are under 18, bring a parent, since they will be the ones signing the contract.
- Take digitals: face, profile and full length, no make-up.
- Adults apply to Perfect Model or Minded Model and parents to Little Model, through the agency's website.
- Get the contract in writing, ask the agency for its licence number and pay nothing upfront. The profile shows whether a licence number and SYNAM or FFAM membership are known.
- If you are from abroad and have a mother agency, go through it.