True that, and hearing 'those critiques' at the 'go-sees' as a teenager....Amen! LOL.
Honestly, If I stood in front of one more panel of critiquing brand assholes... telling me I should do this, or be this (instead of what I was), and then go to the next "go-see" and get the complete opposite feedback... I would've shot myself (not literally). I got so sick of it all. And... I knew my limits. I was never going to be David Gandy (the closest thing we've got today to a male supermodel). So making < $200K/year was the best I could hope for... and there's a period for men (just like acting) where you don't fit into the mold of what's wanted commercially. Those in-between years (30-something to 40-something) unless you don't age (retain a baby face) or you weather quite well and become "distinguished" looking early.
I won't lie and say I don't miss being on-set, the notoriety, the travel, and the attention... but fuck that. lol
PS - Pietro is a sweet heart. You guys should just say hi and say something (classy) you like about him. We caught up briefly, and he was super gracious... just like he was the firs time I met him. Class act.
Hate-love for Paris and Milan fashion week and esp. NYC fashion week for the chaos, but fun being in Paris and Milan. Miami swimwear shows....was alright, but hated the [few] touchy feely handsy fashion people trying to seduce or touch the goods. At the Miami swimwear shows wearing tiny little speedos and thongs things. I remember, as an 18yo HS swimmer at the time, looking at one 'speedo', and saying, "you're telling this is a speedo and not a tiny piece of cloth?" LOL.