Everybody Does Go-Sees
Not everybody makes it. Forty runway candidates audition for casting agent James Scully on a Wednesday in January.
The first model arrives at 10 a.m. sharp. Her name’s Geidre and she’s pale, has curly hair, and possesses the otherworldly, limby model beauty that’s vaguely praying-mantis-like. She appears to have no breasts or hips; her thigh is about the size of model casting director James Scully’s upper arm. Geidre takes off her flat winter boots, puts on heels, and without a word, walks the length of the room, stops, turns, and walks back. Scully has her stand against a white wall with a bit of pink tape stuck to it. He takes her picture with a Polaroid camera as she stares ahead, expressionless. Then she’s gone; the whole encounter took about three minutes. “The tape is the six-foot marker. I just need to make sure they clear that in heels,” Scully explains. Geidre did, but that’s not enough to make the cut. “I do think that Geidre’s a diamond in the rough, but she’s just not ready yet,” Scully says in a low voice. The next girl stands by....
Her french Elle issue seems to be out now, need to check it in bookstores tomorrow but some pictures of her fashion story (should be huge) and cover are already on PMST's website (can't post now but here it the link: http://pmst.cz/model.php?id=188&start=0)
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