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"When they offered me to work as a model in Tokyo for 45 days, I was pretty excited."
"Everybody here is extremely friendly. Yesterday I did a shoot for a Japanese magazine and the people on the set treated me like I was some big Popstar. Constantly asking me if I'm okay, protecting me from the bright sun with an umbrella, waving with a hand-held fan to keep me cool and they stayed by my side with a cool glass of water. It was like a tennismatch."
"I walk into a restaurant and seat myself at the table. Before I knew it, a little lady approaches me. She asks me what I would like to eat in Japanese. For two minutes long I was trying to explain with hand gestures that I wanted a mix of sushi and sashimi. The only understandable thing that Japanese people could say to me is: "You model? Picture?", and then: flash! Before I know it, I'm standing there as a tall person next to a little guy on the picture."
"When I arrived here, I wondered: why do I hardly or basically never see any large(fat) Japanese people? Living in NYC made me being used to seeing a street full of large people. But here in Tokyo, I haven't even been able to spot one. Everybody here looks slim and healthy."
"The Japanese people are so into the fashion that it almost looks like some kind of disease. I got the feeling that the Japanese are way ahead of us fashionwise."
Cesar Casier's 4th column in the Elle Belgium September 2010 issue.
Quotes from his column:
"I'm always away from home. In two years, I've spend most of my time in NYC, but I can't call it home. Home for me is the small, familiar and homy... Gent."
"I love laying in the sun on the beach... Too bad that's no longer possible. As a model I'm not allowed to get too tanned."
"Another thing that may not be absent in my ideal summer is... a festival. Even though I'm not a big fan of the massive events, mud, beer or rockmusic, there is not one summer where Ceesie will live through a summer without a wild festival. My personal favorite: Pukkelpop, the only place where you will ever see me drink a beer."
"I get the feeling that everybody looks a lot happier in the summer... It's unfair: women have a wider of variaty choice of clothing to choose from then us men."
"Here is my conclusion for all the ELLE-reading men out there!:
1. The perfect short comes above the knee. If needed, roll them a bit up, that way it will look better.
2. Combine with a simple T-shirt, marcel or oversized tanktop with a nice hat.
3. And for footwear; nice sneakers, loafers or espadrilles.
4. Make sure your legs aren't too pale/white. You will see that it won't look as bad at all.
Voila, these are the pointers that is needed to look styleful through the summer."
-------------Cesar has his own column in Elle Belgium Magazine. This is his first one (June 2010) and it's in dutch. Unfortunately, I only understand bits and pieces. But I believe most of the stuff he writes about is also on his personal blog.
There is more!
Another thing, while looking for Cesar's column I found a video/interview of him done by Elle Belgium. It is about his model life and you get to follow him, casting agent Nathalie Joos and brand manager Michael Arts. I never seen this video before, but after watching it, it does give me a better understanding of how certain things work/go in the Fashion industry.
To watch the video "Three Belgians in New York", click on the link below:
http://www.een.be/programmas/de-rode-loper/drie-belgen-new-york
Again this is in dutch. To quote Cesar;"It's never been a dream for me, but it is a dream job. It's super to be able to travel around."
"Sometimes I do feel rather small and lonely cause the city itself is so big and has such an impact on you."
"A Top model.. what is a Top model really.. I mean.. The only difference between the female and male models is that female models are more known and the male models stay unknown."
"It is a fun job to do, your traveling a lot, meeting a lot of people."
"It is hard to do castings and end up being disappointed, that they didn't cast me. That is something I find difficult, just the insecurity."
This is Cesar's second column in Elle Belgium Magazine, July 2010 edition.
Few quotes from his column:
- Nothing is more lovely then good and healthy food.
- My love for mexican food has grown tremendously since I moved to New York.
- Personally, I'm not a bruch person. Just give me my daily green tea, yoghurt with papaya and other fresh fruit and a big glass of coconut water.
- Chinatown is dirty, it smells and its full with screaming Chinese people, but the fruit, the fish and the vegetables are top quality and most importanly, cheap.
- I get the feeling that more New Yorkers eat and live a lot healthier these days.