Confessions of a Fashionista

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When I met a famous Italian designer, before she went into rehab, I witnessed the extreme diva behaviour they are capable of.

There are indeed open possibilities in pursuing modeling after 30 and getting into a fulfilling career. You can take the girl out of the fashion industry, but you can't take the fashion industry out of the girl.If the designers didn't come attached to the great labels the celebs crave, I doubt starlets would give them the time of day. If we smile we focus attention on our faces and not the clothes," said the 22-year-old medical student. I asked my friends to clean my house instead of throwing me a baby shower - every mother-to-be should have a nesting party!

Nearly all models have additional enhancements done to their faces to make them appear beautiful without any makeup. I've spent the last few weeks being inundated with backstage videos, catwalk clips and lip-synching musical montages of the bare skinned beauties. Over the last few years simple given things, like the natural curves of a woman's body, have been ignored in the pursuit of the designers' prescribed ideals of beauty.Once there I would nod sagely at the irony of a naked woman performing in a giant inflatable ball, or a Dutch guy singing an acoustic version of Morrissey's, 'There is a light that never goes out', while my anti-fashionista friend would raise her eyebrows and laugh at my seriousness. I've never gone as far as emulating the anti-fashionista dress code, or bleaching my hair white blonde, but I have been known to wangle myself onto the invite list of some cool parties. For years I'd entertained my non-fashion friends with stories from this weird and wonderful world: women that sniff cake rather than eat it, dogs that fly business class, model strops and the outrageous demands of popstars.

As I was planning the layout and the content for my blog, I struggled a bit to find the perfect title that defines who I am but also the content I will be sharing as well. I’ve been so lucky to do and be part of so many wonderful experiences just think what new adventures lie ahead! After exhausting the entertainment value of Googling pictures of Kate Moss on yachts, we decided to get together under the pretence of me showing her some portfolios. You're broke, you're tired, you don't speak the local language, you’re 15-years -old, and no one thinks to feed you: you're going to bed hungry.Anyone that's a household name, makes a big enough splash, hangs onto the catwalk for long enough and starts bringing out merchandise is, it's probably safe to say, loaded. Each year her magazine hosts an awards ceremony; there's a sit down dinner, the gongs are given out, and then a party that lasts until the wee hours. I'm revealing my identity because I'm proud of what I've achieved: I loved working in fashion, I loved writing the column and I loved writing the book.