Friday, December 16th 2011

A short while ago I was asked to shoot a campaign for a new vintage Men’s Resale shop called ConsignmenLA owned by Ryan Crowe.

I arrived, on time, as usual, to the location which was his gorgeous loft downtown. I was driving a beautiful new mustang convertible which I was still getting used to as I drove into the parking lot behind a fairly large pick up. I inched forward trying to judge the space between myself and the Ford Goliath in front of me when I hit him ever so gently. Daddy was a bit scared now; these are the sort of altercations you hear about in the news. I waited for the person in the truck to either come out swinging, yelling or both. Instead a smiley Mexican man with a western style hat came out and surveyed the damage. He looked down and as he did I poked my head out of my shiny blue car and apologized explaining that I had just gotten the car and was still getting used to it, obviously. He smiled even bigger and shrugged his shoulders and said to me, “This thing is so old, I’m more worried about your car, it’s so nice.”

Come again? Are you serious ? This is LA not some small town in Idaho, but he was serious and after I saw there was no damage we shook hands, exchanged smiles once again and he was off. It was then that I noticed a 10 inch hitch attached to the underside of the Ford. I didn’t feel so incapable of maneuvering my Mustang anymore.

After a short wait for the photographer, and a lovely visit to the craft services table ( I requested pretzels and mangoes) we were shooting all over the space and even the rooftop which I must say was GORGEOUS!

I cannot say enough how much I love doing shoots like this… shoots where I’m modeling clothes and not skin. For one, I can actually eat the day before and the day of and not feel as if I’m the spokesperson for Lane Bryant and two, it’s just so fucking easy to do… for me. I’ve guilty of watching an entire season of Americas Next Top Model in a single sitting.

Rumor has it that this photo will be running in the holiday issue of a local newspaper here called Frontiers and another rumor has it (God I hope this one is true) that he’s renting a billboard somewhere in West Hollywood. This will be my first billboard and I have to say from a completely egotistical standpoint, I’m quite excited.

Check out the website ConsignmenLA.com and you bitches in WeHo, keep a lookout for the ad in Frontiers and the billboard sometime around the holiday.

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