Join Mars as the Vogue Open Casting model takes us through a whirlwind day culminating on their runway debut at Vogue World: London.
Director: Talia Collis
Director of Photography: Charlotte Croft
Editor: Katie Wolford
Senior Producer: Producer: Jordin Rocchi
Producer, On Set: Anisa Kennar
Audio: Andy Watson
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Post Production Coordinators: Holly Frew, Jovan James
Supervising Editor: Kameron Key
Associate Director, Post Production: Nicholas Ascanio
Production Coordinator: Ava Kashar
Production Manager: Natasha Soto-Albors
Line Producer: Romeeka Powell
Senior Director, Production Management: Jessica Schier
Global Talent Casting Directors: Ignacio Murillo, Rosie Vogel-Eades
Director of Content, Production: Rahel Gebreyes
Executive Producer: Ruhiya Nuruddin
Senior Director, Programming: Linda Gittleson
VP, Digital Video English: Thespena Guatieri
Filmed at: Zedwell Piccadilly Circus, 188-189 Drury Lane, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Director: Talia Collis
Director of Photography: Charlotte Croft
Editor: Katie Wolford
Senior Producer: Producer: Jordin Rocchi
Producer, On Set: Anisa Kennar
Audio: Andy Watson
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Post Production Coordinators: Holly Frew, Jovan James
Supervising Editor: Kameron Key
Associate Director, Post Production: Nicholas Ascanio
Production Coordinator: Ava Kashar
Production Manager: Natasha Soto-Albors
Line Producer: Romeeka Powell
Senior Director, Production Management: Jessica Schier
Global Talent Casting Directors: Ignacio Murillo, Rosie Vogel-Eades
Director of Content, Production: Rahel Gebreyes
Executive Producer: Ruhiya Nuruddin
Senior Director, Programming: Linda Gittleson
VP, Digital Video English: Thespena Guatieri
Filmed at: Zedwell Piccadilly Circus, 188-189 Drury Lane, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
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00:00 I'm directing the shot, it's awesome.
00:02 We love it.
00:03 Give me punk, let's see punk.
00:04 More aggression.
00:05 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:07 Well, good luck.
00:08 [laughing]
00:09 - I just got directed by Baz Luhrmann.
00:11 [upbeat music]
00:14 Hi Vogue.
00:17 Today I'm going to the Vogue World Show.
00:20 It is my first ever runway show today.
00:23 Come on in and see how I get ready.
00:25 [upbeat music]
00:27 The first thing that I do when I get up in the morning,
00:29 I usually brush my teeth, wash my face,
00:33 put a little bit of makeup on,
00:34 but nothing too heavy for things like this.
00:37 I'll do a little concealer.
00:38 Just 'cause I have 23 year old skin.
00:43 It's not always the nicest to you.
00:45 It always is the way that right before one of these gigs
00:50 and things, my skin always breaks out.
00:52 It's always like perfect three days before
00:54 and then breaks out, or in this case, I had to fly here.
00:58 And so I have airplane skin.
01:00 It's terrible.
01:02 Haven't used eyeliner in years.
01:03 I always use eyeshadow.
01:05 And I just put it in the corners of my eyes.
01:08 It just like makes my eyes look a little bit bigger,
01:10 I think.
01:11 And I honestly just don't like shoving a pencil in my eye
01:14 so early in the morning.
01:15 And it's just a really easy way to make your eyes pop.
01:20 [upbeat music]
01:24 [upbeat music]
01:27 I think an earring adds something to any look.
01:32 I really like doing kind of mismatched.
01:34 Today I'm just gonna do one
01:35 'cause I think it's kind of funky.
01:37 Saves me having to take off a bunch of jewelry
01:39 when I get there as well.
01:40 And I love layering up my necklaces.
01:44 We're gonna do two today.
01:46 I think it adds a lot of interest to the outfit
01:51 to have a couple.
01:52 So I do that.
01:54 And I'm a silver person.
01:55 So I like the silver and the little sparkle.
01:58 And yeah, that's the jewelry that I'm wearing.
02:00 I came across the Vogue Open Casting on TikTok.
02:04 I was seeing some videos about it
02:06 and I reached out to my agents at Ford.
02:09 They were like, "Yeah, go for it.
02:11 "You should definitely apply for this."
02:12 And so I kind of sent my application out
02:14 into what felt like the ether.
02:17 And I was waiting and I was waiting
02:18 and I was like, "There's no way this is gonna work out."
02:21 I was in complete denial
02:23 that I had any chance of ever making it.
02:26 And I got an email one morning that I had gotten in
02:31 and I was so excited.
02:35 And I was out in my room at home
02:37 and I ran into the house and no one was home.
02:41 So I sat on the couch very patiently
02:44 waiting for my parents to get back from walking our dog.
02:47 They came in the door and I was like,
02:48 "Guys, I have some news."
02:51 And then I made them listen to Madonna's Vogue
02:53 like three times.
02:55 I am non-binary and that's a unique perspective
02:58 in the modeling world.
03:00 It's kind of coming onto the scene
03:02 as an option that you can be as a model.
03:06 They were looking for diversity and new perspectives.
03:09 And I think that that definitely is a new perspective
03:12 that I have to offer.
03:13 All right, guys, it is now...
03:20 Oh, it's 7 a.m.
03:22 We gotta get going, grab a bite to eat before the show
03:25 'cause my call time's at 8.30.
03:27 A lot of people have asked me what my dream designers are.
03:35 And I'm like, "Any designer, anyone."
03:37 It's kind of weird.
03:38 Like three days ago,
03:40 I was working as a waitress in a restaurant
03:43 and now I am at Vogue World.
03:46 I feel like I'm living in two different worlds
03:49 a little bit.
03:50 (upbeat music)
03:52 I love bacon.
03:59 I think there is this kind of idea
04:02 that models don't eat anything,
04:05 which I think is ridiculous.
04:06 It ends up being like a 12 to 14 hour workday
04:10 when you're doing these things and you gotta eat for that.
04:13 I'm not gonna not eat my side of bacon.
04:16 I need my side of bacon.
04:19 I think my advice to aspiring models is just be yourself.
04:23 I feel like a long time ago,
04:24 there was an era of modeling where they were looking
04:27 for one rote person, one body, one face, one everything.
04:32 And it's really changed now.
04:34 They're looking for people with a personality,
04:37 with a history, with a story to tell.
04:40 And so emphasizing that I think is really important
04:44 and just seizing every opportunity that comes your way.
04:47 (upbeat music)
04:50 I feel like a lot of people talk about how it's not
05:00 as glamorous as it might seem,
05:02 but getting your makeup done and your hair done
05:05 surrounded by a bunch of models,
05:06 it definitely is very glamorous.
05:10 - Hello. - Hello.
05:16 - How are you? - I'm doing well, how are you?
05:18 - Are you having the best time?
05:19 - I am.
05:20 - You look amazing, I love the look.
05:21 - Oh, thank you.
05:22 Are you getting makeup soon?
05:23 - I'm about to get my eyebrows bleached.
05:25 - Oh my God.
05:26 - Can we talk about that for a second?
05:28 We're doing a Diary of a Model for both.
05:31 What? - It's insane.
05:33 - Crazy. - It's crazy.
05:34 - The funny thing is all those girls
05:36 that I've been watching on Diary of a Model,
05:38 I saw so many of them out there and I'm just like,
05:41 I know your life story.
05:42 - I know, I know, I've seen you, I know who you are.
05:45 [laughing]
05:48 ♪ Happy birthday dear Brandon ♪
05:53 - I've been getting my makeup done for about, what?
06:00 Two hours now? - Four hours.
06:01 - We were trying to figure out what to do with the brows.
06:03 There was a scary moment where I thought
06:04 they might bleach them, but they're not gonna bleach them.
06:06 For the show there's three sections.
06:09 I'm in the punk section, which I believe is going first.
06:12 I'm wearing Vivienne Westwood, which is very exciting.
06:14 I love Vivienne Westwood.
06:16 Yeah, and I'm wearing just like leggings and a little top
06:19 and a kilt style skirt with these big, white,
06:22 kind of distressed, chunky boots.
06:24 [upbeat music]
06:27 They're doing a Flock of Seagulls style hair look
06:34 on me today.
06:35 They're modeling it off of this wig.
06:37 I don't know if you can see it.
06:38 They're flat ironing my bangs
06:40 and I keep getting distracted.
06:42 But yeah, no, it's really crazy here.
06:44 There's a bunch of people.
06:45 It's honestly, it's a little bit overwhelming.
06:47 [upbeat music]
06:50 - Punk 13.
06:53 - Yeah, awesome. - The audience is gonna
06:55 show you a part.
06:56 - Thank you, hi.
06:57 - We punkers have a load of fun.
06:58 - All right, is it smiley or not smiley?
07:00 - It's smiley.
07:01 - Okay, it's smiley.
07:02 All right, thank you.
07:03 I'll come this way.
07:04 [upbeat music]
07:06 I'm gonna start over through a door over there
07:13 and walk basically through the audience
07:16 all the way up and then cross paths with another model
07:19 and then one of the dancers is gonna guide me
07:22 off the stage and back out through the doors.
07:24 So it's just like a quick loop around the room basically.
07:27 Hi.
07:28 - Nice to see you.
07:29 - Good to see you.
07:30 - Nice to see you.
07:31 Thank you so much for being here.
07:32 - Oh yeah, of course.
07:34 - We don't, you gotta get backstage.
07:36 We're gonna start a run.
07:36 - Okay, let's go.
07:37 [upbeat music]
07:40 [upbeat music]
07:43 - We just finished rehearsing the bows on stage,
07:54 the finale part of the show.
07:56 We're gonna run it again I think in just a minute
07:59 and then I'm assuming we'll go for outfits
08:02 and touch ups and everything.
08:03 It's all a little bit chaotic
08:04 so I don't really know what's going on.
08:06 [upbeat music]
08:09 [upbeat music]
08:11 - Please take your seats.
08:24 Vogue World London is about to begin.
08:26 [upbeat music]
08:29 [upbeat music]
08:31 - Going to the finale.
08:45 Good luck.
08:46 [upbeat music]
08:48 [audience cheering]
08:57 - Bye Vogue, thank you so much for following me
08:59 for my diary of a model.
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