Record e-mail from topless models (8)
I believe the answer is:
memorial
'record' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'e-mail from topless models' is the wordplay.
'topless' means to remove the first letter.
'models' indicates an anagram.
'from' with its first letter removed is 'rom'.
'e'+'mail'+'rom'='emailrom'
'emailrom' with letters rearranged gives 'MEMORIAL'.
(Other definitions for memorial that I've seen before include "Serving to commemorate the dead" , "may be brass" , "statement of facts" , "Commemorative object" , "Statue or monument that commemorates" .)