- So as a model, we have to learn to walk
on all kinds of different surfaces,
water, glass, up the stairs, down the stairs.
So this is the perfect cobble stone to just practice on.
So, take note.
[laughing] No, I'm kidding.
[swanky music]
Hi, Vogue, it's Grace Elizabeth.
Today I have a Moschino show
but before I have a Versace fitting,
hopefully a nice lunch,
and I can't wait to take you guys through my day.
So please, mi casa es su casa.
The first thing I do in the morning
is I lay there and stare at the ceiling for about 15 minutes
until I work up the courage to get out of bed.
I think they would call this meditation
but this is just like dead man, right? [giggles]
But anyways, let's go into the bathroom shall we?
[bright music]
Minty fresh like Orbit.
You know how they have those commercials that it sparkles?
Okay, anyways.
I find it very hard sometimes to go from show-to-show
and constantly have makeup put on and taken off,
so my skin is very sensitive
and it gets irritated,
as do I when I have like 50,000 people touching me.
During Fashion Week I really hate to dry my hair
just because heat's being brought to it
like three or four times a day.
So in the mornings I just try to let it air dry
and let her do her thing.
Plus, somebody else is gonna brush it when I get there,
so what's the point?
[sigh] I just need a coffee now.
[smooth music]
Oh, you hear that?
Maybe I am pretty good.
I'm also trying to learn German.
My boyfriend, my fiance, [laughing] yes!
He proposed to me on Friday!
Composure, composure.
You guys are the first to know.
Did my face just get red?
All the concealer was for nothing.
His family has a houseboat
and he put lights all over it and candles
and brought us dinner out there and wine
and we had wine and food and music and we danced.
And he twirled me around three times
and then went down on one knee and said,
"Will you do me the honor of being my wife?"
I said, are you sure?
Is this a joke, are you sure?
It's a yes or no question but yes!
But lots of screaming, lots of crying and more crying.
And that was on Friday
and I just stopped crying an hour ago.
Happy tears, obviously.
But I'm engaged.
I'm engaged!
Anyways, he's German so
[foreign language].
I try to do like workout 30-45 minutes every morning
just because it just makes me feel better.
So I'm gonna get dressed in a little bit
and I think we're gonna go to my Versace fitting.
♪ Versace, Versace, Versace, Versace ♪
We've got to go, let's go, let's go.
- Jesus. - Here's the key.
- Thank you.
- This is my fiance.
- Oh boy.
- Oh boy, oh boy.
- Have a good day, all right?
- Okay, bye baby, okay, okay.
All right, let's go.
The only way to travel in Milan is the tram.
It's so chic and it's just very ah!
It's so cute, it's my favorite.
Hold on, the tram is about to move.
[cheerful music]
Versace!
Okay, guys, I'm sorry, you can't come in with me.
It's a closed fitting but I'll be back soon.
We'll go to lunch, I promise.
That was a quick one, we're done and I am starving!
Let's go to my favorite vegan restaurant here in Milan.
Soul Breeze, good for your soul!
Okay. [laughing]
I'm from a very small town called Lake City.
It's in the north part of Florida.
We have all these natural springs
where you see the turtles
and the fish swimming underneath you
and lots of animals.
Lots of snakes, lots of gators.
They don't mess with you, don't freak out.
Everyone that's not from Florida
thinks it's like Australia or something.
Nothing's gonna killa ya.
[foreign language]
All I knew about fashion and modeling
is what I saw in magazines
and in the movies with the light.
So I just thought it was a dream.
Then I started and I soon come to realize
it is all of those things but also so much more.
There is a lot of dedication, a lot of work,
we eat very clean and it's not just to stay lean
it's so that we feel good
because we're coming off of a 14-hour flight from Shanghai,
working 10 to 16 hour day, depending what it is
and then we're jumping on another plane
to go somewhere else.
I got my first chance to be part of
a high fashion runway show with Mew Mew.
And then I did this Vogue video with Peter Phillips
and it was definitely,
it still is one of my favorite videos.
It's like this retro makeup tutorial.
And that kind of jump started everything for me.
Every job after that has just been positioning me
to where I am now.
And now I'm finally doing Diary of a Model.
I mean, it took you guys long enough.
What's going on?
All right, guys, let's go to the show!
One of the hardest parts about modeling
is being away from my family.
I'm very close with my family.
I have an 11-year-old brother who I adore.
He's the funniest, most cool kid I've ever met in my life.
One of the best parts about it is
I've been able to buy my parents a house,
find my mom some amazing doctors
and it's just really really helped us
to have our best lives.
I'm very very happy to have been blessed with this job.
All right, so we just arrived to Moschino.
We're gonna head backstage and get show ready.
Hey, guys.
[smooth music]
I'm gonna show you how I'm gonna walk that runway.
Before I walk out on the runway,
I kinda say like a little prayer and tell myself,
you belong here, you got this,
you were born to walk the runway.
I take a very deep breath.
Sometimes it involves me screaming
or just really loud exhale and I put my shoulders back,
chest out, my arms behind my hips,
so that it gives a little bit of curve when I walk.
Are you ready to learn how to walk the runway?
[smooth rhythmic music]
So when you turn, because it's very graphic,
you wanna do a quick 90 degree turn.
And that's it.
Pretty simple.
Just keep your shoulders back,
confidence strong, sexy, smoldery gaze,
and you're ready for the runway.
So let's go backstage and see everyone, come on.
Come on in.
Oh, there's mine.
The shoulders are amazing.
And then there's some that have very square hips.
I mean, the shapes that he come up with
are just like straight out of a painting
which I think you can gather from the frames.
The colors just are beautiful.
Hi, Stel. - Hi, girl.
Hi, how are you? - Good, how are you?
- [Stella] Good.
- Is this? - This is the look.
- I like the hair, yeah.
Yeah so let's find someone to fix me up, shall we?
It's very normal for two to three people
to be on you at once.
You know, sometimes when you're coming from show-to-show
and you might get there 20 minutes,
10 minutes before the show starts,
so you have somebody doing your hair, your makeup,
your nails, and dressing you all at the same time.
So we are moving, moving, moving.
The master at work.
[foreign language] [laughing]
All right, let's go to makeup.
I just keep running into you. - Lucky you.
- This is one of my favorite people in the world.
- Oh my god, I'm on-- - Meghan, Meghan Roghe.
- She said one of the, this is my favorite person.
- That feels really nice.
- [Makeup Artist] Good, well just chill
and I'll just keep cutting your eyebrows.
[laughing]
- 10 minutes and we'll come get the girls.
We gotta go.
Let's go!
- It's rehearsal time.
Let's go before they drag me by my hair.
I'm very glad we do rehearsal.
Sometimes the surfaces or the shoes can be crazy
and it's always good to know what to expect.
So this is the board with all of the outfits and the looks
and helps us to get into lineup and see who we're behind,
because once we all look the same
and wearing these crazy outfits,
it gets a little difficult.
But let's find me.
Bam.
- He's very sweet.
- Congratulations. - Look at her face!
I love seeing her face like this.
She's so happy! - I couldn't believe it.
- Do you know when will be wedding?
- Are you sure and he was like,
it's a yes or no question.
Even his voice was shaking.
I'm like yes, he's like [sigh].
[laughing]
Joan, Rosanna, Maria.
[backstage chatter]
- [Woman] Okay, girls, ready?
[smooth guitar music]
Jeremy! - Hi, my love.
How are you? - Good.
I love the shapes and everything
that you have going on here.
Very, very excited. - Thank you.
That's what I tried to take from Picasso
is like abandonment of reality
and like someone's face could have an eye up here
and a mouth over there.
So I thought, why not a shoulder that's up here
and one that's out there, and change the angles
and kind of push the boundaries and push myself.
Even as experimental as I am normally,
it helped me open another door.
So I was very excited about that.
Why did I choose Grace for this outfit?
She put it on and it's one of those things
that happens when you see a muse inspire you,
and that goes back to the fundamental role of a muse.
They put something on and then you can't imagine it
any other way.
All right, Vogue, you heard it from the man himself.
The show's gonna be incredible!
- Woo-hoo!
[smooth music]
Okay, this is my final outfit
so let's go to first looks.
- You look so good!
- The only thing is,
everyone that walks by me runs into my shoulders
because they protrude very far
and I don't realize my dimensions right now.
This is incredible.
Thank you, that's sexy, look at the shape of you.
- I got some hips, honey.
- So good.
- Okay, Joan, take three steps that way.
Hey, for me, move back.
[smooth music]
This is it!
[applauding and cheering]
- That was a workout, you guys!
- Thank you guys and that is the end of the day.
Thank you for following around with me
to see what it's like during Fashion Week
and backstage at a fashion show.
I'm signing off Vogue.
Thank you for having me.
[smooth music]