Masquerading as a 'model'

People sometimes liken me to Carrie Bradshaw from Sex in the City and I have to admit, though I am in no way fashioning my life after the TV character, there are similarities. For example- I have a lot of shoes, I’m a writer and I was asked recently to be a ‘real person’ model at a press event for my friend’s clothing line Kanchan Couture.
 
I don’t know if any of you saw that episode where she’s asked to model some skimpy underwear wearing really high platform shoes and she ends up falling on the runway. First of all, I was relieved I didn’t have to wear bejeweled underwear but I was thinking to myself: ‘If I’m going to be masquerading as a catwalker, I better put on the highest heels I own.’ Hopefully I wasn’t going to end up same as Carrie and fall flat on my face during the show. Happily, I managed to stay upright despite several glasses of champers.
 
Kanchan has an amazing line of party frocks as well as glitzy daywear. Some it is inspired by different eras such as the 50’s or 40’s. I think its really cool that she always uses ‘real people’ to showcase her clothes because it shows that everyone can wear the clothes- not just tall lanky models.Kanchan from Kanchan Couture
 
I arrived at M1NT where Kanch dressed me. I had three layers of skirts which had to be pinned on. I wondered when I was getting dressed if that was the way women felt in the 1600s when they always wore those big poofy skirts. I then had to be double-sided taped into this gold shirt which was a bit too big for me. Luckily the shirt didn’t fall off me either.
 
We did a quick catwalk lesson (just like in America’s top model) and we were instructed to swing our hips, do two poses, walk to the end where there was a piece of tape, pose, turn and exit. “Lots of ass” Kanch said. “Play with the skirt and walk slowly”.

I really had no choice other than to walk slowly since my shoes were a half size too big. I bought them half price from Pedder Red on Wellington Street so it didn’t bother me that I had to put in foot pads to make them fit. Even then, it wasn’t super easy to maneuver in them.
 
After the show, the ‘models’ har har.. had to walk around with plates of alcoholic chocolate from the newly launched Francesa line of gourmet chocolates. The event was for the press so there were photographers, videographers and writers from Ming Pao daily, SCMP and various other publications. It was quite fun being part of the whole event and getting to wear such an elaborate outfit. I felt just like a Geisha Cindrella on Christmas day