- What is this for?
- Vogue.
- Oh, hey Vogue. - It's a Diary of a Model.
- Oh, you got one of those.
- Yeah, I got one of those. [laughing]
- Go girl.
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[door clicking]
- Hi Vogue, I'm Sara Grace.
Y'all are gonna be following me to the Sony Show today,
but first y'all can come on in and I'm gonna get ready.
[fast pace clacking]
This is probably too much.
I'm originally from Texas,
so my skin is used to being semi-dry,
but during Fashion Month I'm on a plane almost every week.
With all the travel and the airplanes,
and makeup and the makeup remover,
my skin is super, super dry.
I feel like a desert.
So, it's not necessarily as used to,
like this much stress and the trauma [laughs].
Since we get our makeup done so much,
I'm so tired of makeup by the time [laughs]
I go home, that I just never wear it.
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I knew absolutely nothing about modeling,
absolutely nothing.
I knew what Vogue was, and that was about it.
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Whenever I was told that I was like,
"oh, you're tall and thin, you should model,"
I thought it was just kinda like
people's moms being like, "oh my god, you're so cute!
"Let me take a picture of you," or something like that.
Like that's what I kind of assumed,
so I didn't really put too much thought into it.
I wanted to be a veterinarian.
I was gonna go to school,
and I was gonna try and do Veterinary Science.
The whole like, classes part of school,
I was not a huge fan of.
I think vet school is probably like seven years,
and I was like, that's kind of a lot of school
for you know, how much I enjoyed classes, so much.
I didn't actually get scouted, I went into Open Call.
I went ahead and tried to visit some modeling agencies,
but I went to like, like four or five.
But I finally found,
like the right fit for me, in Texas.
But the thing is, we didn't tell my dad.
I was in band, and I was in tennis,
and I was in AP classes.
I was very involved in the extracurricular activities.
Like marching band, I loved.
I have some awkward selfies,
and like, I look like a toy soldier.
Me and my mom were like,
"dad's never gonna go for this."
We were like, "we have a doctors appointment,"
or like, "we have a dentist appointment."
I was going to a photo shoot, for the entire day.
So we didn't tell him until,
I absolutely had to go New York.
My mother agent was like,
"we think you could really make it in New York."
Like, "we think it would be a really good idea"
And so, my mom was like,
"okay, like we need to finally tell your father."
We did and he was totally like,
"oh okay, like, sure."
I think I need to start getting ready soon.
All right, what do ya think?
So if you don't know what this is,
this is the Deathly Hallows symbol from Harry Potter.
I am a huge Harry Potter fan.
I got it at Comic-Con this year.
It's like a little part of [laughs] me.
We're all set.
All right, so the call time's at three.
I think we need to go grab a bite to eat.
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[quiet chattering]
Oh my god, this all seems so good.
Can I just get this?
- [Waiter] [speaking Spanish]
- Yeah. - [Waiter] [speaking Spanish]
I didn't say what it was,
'cause I don't know how to pronounce it,
and I don't wanna make a fool of myself by trying.
We're in Milan Fashion Week right now,
and this always happens about twice a year.
Once in September, and once in February.
I'd say that Milan can be kinda stressful,
there's a lot more shows here,
than there are in like, New York and London.
But it's definitely a little bit easier than Paris.
Paris has just, so many shows.
I think the most shows that I've done, was like 28,
that was a good amount for me.
I've done four in one day.
Like, I know back in like the 90s and everything
they would do like, I don't even know,
like 10, which is like insane to me.
I think I would have gone crazy by then.
Thank you.
I'm so hungry.
Oh, it's pretty hot though.
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Very hot, but very good.
Call time's in like 20 minutes.
So, let's go to the show.
[door slamming]
A big misconception about modeling is that,
we get everything paid for by our agency,
actually we all pay for our self to get to,
like for example, Fashion Week.
You pay for your own ticket
to get to Europe from the States,
and it's like a big deal
if you like don't do a ton of shows,
because you've lost money now.
Whenever we walk shows,
normally there's like other magazines
and photographers all in the audience,
and so, we get editorial jobs and then
the editorial jobs lead to,
you know campaign jobs,
and so it's that's how it works.
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Every new casting that you go to is
like a new job interview.
You have to kind of make yourself really presentable
and make sure that you're putting your best self forward,
which can be kind of intense on your brain.
And if you're doing so many castings a day,
it can be pretty hard.
It's a lot of waiting,
like I did not expect to wait so long,
but a lot of castings and fittings
and things are just waiting games.
I would say to my 16 year old self,
at the beginning, like I was so, so nervous,
like all the time.
My first show at Proenza,
I literally thought I was like gonna be sick.
But I want to tell her,
"you don't need to be nervous,"
just because you don't book one job,
doesn't mean your career's over.
You're gonna be fine.
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All right, we're finally here, time to go to the show.
[chiming]
All right, we're gonna go back stage now.
[faint chattering]
- How is cutie, Sara?
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- Come to makeup, let's do you.
The look this season is a little bit 90s inspired,
it's all about beautiful bronze skin.
It's lovely to let all those beautiful
freckles shine through,
and then we're kind of staining the eyes
and the lips in a like rich terracotta.
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- Oohhh
- Like it?
- I love that.
[laughing]
- Okay, what do we need?
We need a little lash curl?
The torture contraption.
And that's it!
- I love you.
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- Me and Sara Grace have been working
together for quite a while now.
We've had many experiences together,
a few come to mind
but I think we'll keep that to ourselves, won't we?
[both laughing]
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- So this is the board, where all the looks are.
I think I'm over in like the first few.
Yeah, so number 20.
So this is the line-up.
This is where we're all gonna stand before the show.
You know as simple as it is,
like it's kind of nice for us
to know where we're supposed to be.
This is the part where we like,
remember to put our shoulders back and stand up straight,
and make sure that we're in the right mind set
to go out for the show.
We're walking in front of this super,
super cool art projection,
and I think it's gonna have a really nice effect
for whenever we're walking down the runway.
We're supposed to walk through these pieces of cloth
and then we're gonna come around here and turn,
and then walk down the runway.
I'm more of a casual walker,
so I kinda just wanna make sure that
my face has got a good intense look on it.
This is the most important part of the runway.
This is where all of our pictures end up
for the Apple and Vogue runway.
It's gonna be this camera right over here.
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Hello this is the final look.
So, we're getting ready to start the show soon.
- So real quickly she just needs a bit of this.
[loud talking]
- Please come over.
Let's see, I would like your leg to come out,
- Yeah, yeah, - when you walk.
I grew up in Missoni,
I grew up in the Missoni family.
I have a lot of inspiration in the past,
but I'm always looking ahead.
Talking a lot about geometry
and this reflects a lot in the patterns
of this collection.
- [Interviewer] What makes Sara Grace a Missoni girl?
- She is one of a kind, she's very special.
- It always helps when we have a good outfit on.
- And the nice atmosphere in the backstage, right?
- Yes.
- Yeah, we are not stressed.
- No stress.
- This is a no-stress zone.
You've had your first look already.
- Not yet, I have yet to go in for that.
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- Hi.
- We're getting ready to walk the show.
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[cheering]
[clapping]
All right guys,
thank you so much for coming around with me.
That's the end of the show,
so it's time for me to go.
I hope you enjoyed and thank you so much.
Bye.
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