Monday, March 5:
We start at 1.30pm today. Sonya has an early start and comes back to the room when I am still in bed. I love sleeping today.
We go to the museum for a runway one rehearsal, the show Harper's Bazaar is putting on. There are a lot of logistical parts to coordinate: lighting, timing, music, clothes.
We do a run through a couple of times without heels, with heel, with clothes, with everything. The show is Beatles inspired and we all walk behind twiggy masks for the finale.
The great thing about the runway shows this year is that there is a barista back stage to make us coffee and hot chocolates. His name is John. He is my new best friend.
After the show, I jump in the car with the hair crew to watch the Myer show. Model Steph Carter comes too and we stand up in the stalls at the side, able to see everything. We can see Kirstie Clements form Vogue and Toni Maticevski. The show goes for a long time. It's good, but a little lacklustre — except for the boys. They are the only reason I came anyway.
Jennifer Hawkins does a dance to open to the show and tells me afterwards: "Good show," tapping me affectionately on the shoulder. I don't think she realised I wasn't in the show …
It's quite a different experience watching the production — that final polished scene — instead of being amongst the jumble backstage. It makes me want to put on a good show, now that I know what it's like for the audience.
Michael Klim doesn't want the canapés because he had cereal for dinner. I immediately think of my godfather eating cereal with water. His breakfast of champions. Michael agrees. Toni Maticevski and I talk about the pros and cons of Cheerios.
Afterwards I go back stage with some glasses of champagne for the models and we hang out in the party lobby where all the activity is. The boys want to go to a place called Cookie, so we walk, and I'm freezing. The weather has turned.
They've all drunk a few too many beers by the time we get there. We have a good time on the rooftop with the rest of the Myer crew. Tom, a model from London, laughs because I introduce myself to Kim Jones, a huge London designer, asking if he’s in the fashion industry. I’ve never heard of him before, but sometimes I think people appreciate me taking them simply at face value. He says he has worked with my sister before.
I take home the crystal diamonds from the canapé tray and wear them around my neck all night.
Home late. I talk to Sonya until the early hours.
We start at 1.30pm today. Sonya has an early start and comes back to the room when I am still in bed. I love sleeping today.
We go to the museum for a runway one rehearsal, the show Harper's Bazaar is putting on. There are a lot of logistical parts to coordinate: lighting, timing, music, clothes.
We do a run through a couple of times without heels, with heel, with clothes, with everything. The show is Beatles inspired and we all walk behind twiggy masks for the finale.
The great thing about the runway shows this year is that there is a barista back stage to make us coffee and hot chocolates. His name is John. He is my new best friend.
After the show, I jump in the car with the hair crew to watch the Myer show. Model Steph Carter comes too and we stand up in the stalls at the side, able to see everything. We can see Kirstie Clements form Vogue and Toni Maticevski. The show goes for a long time. It's good, but a little lacklustre — except for the boys. They are the only reason I came anyway.
Jennifer Hawkins does a dance to open to the show and tells me afterwards: "Good show," tapping me affectionately on the shoulder. I don't think she realised I wasn't in the show …
It's quite a different experience watching the production — that final polished scene — instead of being amongst the jumble backstage. It makes me want to put on a good show, now that I know what it's like for the audience.
Michael Klim doesn't want the canapés because he had cereal for dinner. I immediately think of my godfather eating cereal with water. His breakfast of champions. Michael agrees. Toni Maticevski and I talk about the pros and cons of Cheerios.
Afterwards I go back stage with some glasses of champagne for the models and we hang out in the party lobby where all the activity is. The boys want to go to a place called Cookie, so we walk, and I'm freezing. The weather has turned.
They've all drunk a few too many beers by the time we get there. We have a good time on the rooftop with the rest of the Myer crew. Tom, a model from London, laughs because I introduce myself to Kim Jones, a huge London designer, asking if he’s in the fashion industry. I’ve never heard of him before, but sometimes I think people appreciate me taking them simply at face value. He says he has worked with my sister before.
I take home the crystal diamonds from the canapé tray and wear them around my neck all night.
Home late. I talk to Sonya until the early hours.
