October 2009 Archives

i had the great luck to get invited to the apple iphone launch for china unicom and apple at the place in beijing, china. i love the screen at the place. amazing graphics overhead.

Today on my job they used grease makeup to color my hair white. No first they used a special spray to color hair white. It did not color hair totally white. So then they used the makeup of clowns. You know this white greece makeup?



My question is: will it come out or it will stay in my hair? Oil based makeup will come out of my hair? They say, this is makeup for chinese opera singer. It will come out. But is it true? I'm very afraid.







I know and you know they should use baby powder. But they do not believe me when i tell them. They even do not know what it is.







So what they use is going to come out or not?







I'm so afraid.

Photo of anina.net, Juanzhi (top female photographer in China), and Liu Yang (Top Designer)

Sometimes in the life you get the chance to meet and talk with great people, like Gorgio Armani, or Karl Lagerfeld, Sonia Rykiel, etc. You shake in your shoes because these people have a legacy. The same is true in Asia, only because of the language barrier, most of the time no one tells you when you are meeting a master until you are there on the fashion show and you see the mastery. The other day however, I had the good luck to talk with one of the people from the casting who began to tell me about the designer we were there to see. I was in awe to learn that Liu Yang was a pillar of Chinese fashion, having been designing since China began to open up. Mr. Liu Yang makes the most beautiful evening dresses and will show this season in the Beijing Fashion Week.

"Only when you devote your life into it, the design has it's own spirit." says Liu Yang. "Weaving the elegance from the East together with the romance of the West is the eternal soul of my design."

When you see him on the casting, he looks so young and fresh you'd never guess that he's been in the industry since the beginning. I joked around with him saying, "what's your secret cream? I want it too!" Mr Liu Yang radiates energy and passion and his dress design makes you dream of being in the movies or at the Oscars. I hope that I will be chosen for his fashion show, because to walk down the runway in one of his dresses--no float down the runway--would be a dream!

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Today was a magic, fated, day. I met a woman named Grace. She kept me after the casting to train me how to walk better, dress better, and even taught me some exercises for my legs. It makes all the difference to have a personal trainer, a person with so much experience who will share with you the knowledge they have. It was destiny because I woke up and felt the difference today. Magic things come so seekers who have heart. You do attract to you the things you need to answer your questions.

Today we get to see all the agencies and all our friends for the big casting for one of the top photographer in Beijing. They line you up and if you are the look you are chosen to have a polaroid.

There's really nothing like the feeling of walking into a store and seeing huge photos of yourself on the walls. You feel so proud and really like you are the girl of the moment.

It's also way cool to walk around and see your roommate on the cover of the magazine when you're in the airport. Way cool.

The girls are trying to out-pose the silver men. Nathalia pulls out a variation on number 67, and Anina gets down and dirty with number 53. What's your vote?

After the day is done, our last casting was near pingod, an art complex in Beijing. It has the coolest men sculptures. We did a wee photo shoot ourselves for fun.

The gothic black lip influence that has been underlying some of the 80's fashion, lead to today's black lips. First you need a really pale face, then no blush, black clothes, and pale eyes. Hair split in the middle like old portraits in oil on canvass, brings a past feeling to the photos. Of course as a model, you don't know the final result, but i'm really excited to see the end results.

Something just seems sacrilgigous about it but it's true. Taking advantage of the break, Anna and I choose the corn and the fish sticks. Quick change in the public toilet and polaroids in front of the kfc sign. In China you never know what's going to happen next. Be prepared for any situation. Be in the moment: catch some food.

Looking over my shoulder i got a shock seeing who was doing my hair!

Very impressive today we went to Bently Car Company to discover they have a modelling agency. Very professional.

On my way now up to the 6th floor of the Park Hyatt to a awesome bar.

Be ready for anything, even a full on photo shoot for a casting. Here Zhanett, from Hungary, busts a move for the camera to get the job. Many times photographers in China like to test drive the models.

. . .Looking up, i'm relieved to see it's only the makeup artist with a funky t shirt.

Waiting our turn for the casting, we grab a quick bite to eat with our friendly service sticker.

It's great when everyone after your job is so happy they all want to have their photo taken with you. Group shots too with the whole team is very traditional in China.

Waiting in the KFC for our turn, books keeping our back sides warm.

Everyone thought they had a free day Sat, so it was no suprise that everyone was sleeping in the car at 9am on our way to the casting after a full night out. Everyone got home and went straight to the casting without being vertical yet. It really was not easy but we really needed those few min sleep in the traffic.