@eyeswoon
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@eyeswoon On March 9, I received an email from @dmcasting asking if I’d be interested and available to walk in the @Gucci Cruise show. At first, Elizabeth, on my team, thought it might be spam—but I immediately knew it was real, as I’ve followed casting director, @piergiorgio’s work for years. I was genuinely stunned that this opportunity had found its way to me. I was asked to submit Polaroids and a video of my walk. The directive—short dress, heels, no makeup. Bursting with excitement, I called on my dear friend of 30 years, @Alikavoussi, founder of @thelionsmgmt. Without hesitation, he said, “You should absolutely say yes—come into the agency.” On March 12th, his incredible team captured this video. From there, everything fell into place: a fitting in New York, a meeting with @demna in Milan, and then, on April 27th, the official confirmation that I would be walking the show. The whirlwind that ensued was unlike anything I have ever experienced. I welcomed multiple 6+ hour days of fittings and glam tests in the week leading up to the show. All of it ELECTRIC and so outside of my daily reality. Honestly, these past two months have felt nothing short of meteoric. So much of what I’ve quietly worked toward for years has suddenly come into focus all at once—an Architectural Digest cover, my first bespoke furniture collection under my own studio, and now… somehow, this deeply personal, 21-year-old ambition of modeling has circled back around to meet me again. There’s something profoundly emotional about realizing that the things we long for don’t always arrive when we first imagine them. Sometimes life asks you to become yourself—fully—first. And then, at the exact moment when you’re finally ready to hold that dream, it returns with even greater meaning. To experience this alongside Ali, who has believed in me so deeply, makes it infinitely more special. His note to me before walking the runway was pure gold and grounded me in exactly who I am to the core: “A club girl who knows her rhythm!” I love you and thank you! I’m reveling in every second of it—with gratitude, disbelief, and a very full heart.
