Model Behaviour
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Behaviour by: Christine Hogan Photographer: Java F Dumoulin Size: 227 x 565, 75K Source: The Sun-Herald, Nov 7 1999 excerpt from article " . . . In the middle of this relative mindlessness sat an arresting sight: a small girl, barely older than her mid-teens, was engrossed in a book. Stamped on the cover was the title, Self Reliance and Other Essays, by Ralph Waldo Emerson. So surprised by this intellectual outbreak, in the middle of rainbow serpent trousers, quilted two-pieces, printed chiffon dresses and killer stiletto heels, I almost tripped over her tiny feet. It turned out that this bluestocking was, in fact, Lagerfeld's favourite, Devon Aoki, the half-Japanese 17-year-old who has become one of the faces of the house of Chanel during the last couple of seasons. She's in high school in the US, had just flown in for the parade and was due back at school within a day, so she was taking a little down time to study. She didn't want to sound like a complete nerd, she said, but she likes school, is conscious of getting a proper education in the middle of modelling mayhem, and is very careful about what she does. "I try to stay away from things that might hurt me," she said. "This business can be confusing if you're young." No kidding. I was confused out front again when a pocket Venus erupted down the runway and it turned out to be Aoki in full paint and attitude. " |
