One New York Model Perfects the Art of Living Like a French Girl During Paris Fashion Week Inline
Photo: Courtesy of Zuzu Tadeushuk1/11“Sometimes a blast with a bunch of your best friends and other times long and uneventful, castings are the standard way to meet the high and mighty of the fashion industry and—hopefully—book jobs!”
Photo: Courtesy of Zuzu Tadeushuk2/11“Fittings and sleep deprivation go hand in hand, as fittings usually occur the night before a show and are no instantaneous process—no effort is spared nor detail neglected when the realization of a designer’s vision is at hand. Seams must be altered, shoes soled, jewelry paired, bags stuffed, and belts hole-punched. At the end of the night—sometimes with the first light of dawn—an abstract concept or sketch on paper has been given life. Quirky hours and sleep loss notwithstanding, I find fittings to be consistently wondrous things.”
Photo: Courtesy of Zuzu Tadeushuk3/11“Meeting interesting people: As a model, my itinerant job exposes me to quite a parade of characters, like the dresser at Isabel Marant a few days ago who assured me that dog walking was more lucrative than babysitting; hadn’t I ever tried it?”
Photo: Courtesy of Zuzu Tadeushuk4/11“Blistered feet: Pediatric woe is an inevitable by-product of show season. You may not imagine that shoes could actually create blisters in such short periods of contact, but once you try wearing a few new, cutting-edge—literally—pairs of shoes every day, sans socks, you’ll quickly come to understand!”
Photo: Courtesy of Zuzu Tadeushuk5/11“As someone who reveres craftsmanship and beauty, it’s a thrill for me to be able to represent the brands I find myself regularly ogling through store windows. These black chiffon shirts belonged to my retro-punk outfit at Isabel Marant, and take my word for it: It looked much better in real life.”
