How were you discovered?
I went to University of Michigan — studying environmental science, like, sustainable food and renewable energy and hippie stuff — and I graduated and then I toured a little bit with my band, and at the end I was just like, I need to leave. There was nothing new for me. I had never been to L.A. before so I thought, Okay, I'll try it. My buddy Dave was living out there and he took me to the Rose Bowl Flea Market in Pasadena on my third day there. While I was buying a T-shirt, this dude walked up to me and said, "I don't do this a lot, but I have this line, had a model drop out, and I need to shoot Tuesday … are you interested?" I didn't have a job and he said, "I'll give you a couple hundred bucks," so I was like, "Sure." I shot it and the photographer and I got along pretty well, and he asked, "You don't have an agent?" "No." "Alright, I'm gonna get you one." That week I went and saw Ford and they liked me right away. Within two weeks I got signed to Ford in L.A., which was awesome.
What was your first season in Milan like?
That was my first time in Europe, ever. With a big family — I'm one of five — and not a ton of money, we never traveled outside of the U.S. and Canada. I got direct[ly] booked for Valentino, which was in Florence, so 30 models and the casting director took a bus for four-and-a-half hours from Milan. It felt like a field trip from elementary school! I was completely nervous for Valentino, and then after that I did Bottega Veneta and Belstaff and that wasn't a big deal. But that first one I was like, Ughhh!
What's your guilty pleasure?
I don't like to feel guilty about anything. I would say that something that I love that maybe people would consider a guilty pleasure is '90s dance music. It's one of my favorite things in the world. Like, Ace of Base, La Bouche, Real McCoy, Eurythmics … all that stuff, I listen to all the time.
Do you have a life motto?
I'm a big Seinfeld fan, and there's a screen cap of George — he's my favorite — and the way that he says, "I don’t care," that's it. [Laughs] I don't really care about a lot of stuff. I just look at life in a very funny way, I look at it with a sense of humor, so I don't care. I don't really get worked up about stuff, I just take it as it comes.
I went to University of Michigan — studying environmental science, like, sustainable food and renewable energy and hippie stuff — and I graduated and then I toured a little bit with my band, and at the end I was just like, I need to leave. There was nothing new for me. I had never been to L.A. before so I thought, Okay, I'll try it. My buddy Dave was living out there and he took me to the Rose Bowl Flea Market in Pasadena on my third day there. While I was buying a T-shirt, this dude walked up to me and said, "I don't do this a lot, but I have this line, had a model drop out, and I need to shoot Tuesday … are you interested?" I didn't have a job and he said, "I'll give you a couple hundred bucks," so I was like, "Sure." I shot it and the photographer and I got along pretty well, and he asked, "You don't have an agent?" "No." "Alright, I'm gonna get you one." That week I went and saw Ford and they liked me right away. Within two weeks I got signed to Ford in L.A., which was awesome.
What was your first season in Milan like?
That was my first time in Europe, ever. With a big family — I'm one of five — and not a ton of money, we never traveled outside of the U.S. and Canada. I got direct[ly] booked for Valentino, which was in Florence, so 30 models and the casting director took a bus for four-and-a-half hours from Milan. It felt like a field trip from elementary school! I was completely nervous for Valentino, and then after that I did Bottega Veneta and Belstaff and that wasn't a big deal. But that first one I was like, Ughhh!
What's your guilty pleasure?
I don't like to feel guilty about anything. I would say that something that I love that maybe people would consider a guilty pleasure is '90s dance music. It's one of my favorite things in the world. Like, Ace of Base, La Bouche, Real McCoy, Eurythmics … all that stuff, I listen to all the time.
Do you have a life motto?
I'm a big Seinfeld fan, and there's a screen cap of George — he's my favorite — and the way that he says, "I don’t care," that's it. [Laughs] I don't really care about a lot of stuff. I just look at life in a very funny way, I look at it with a sense of humor, so I don't care. I don't really get worked up about stuff, I just take it as it comes.
( NYMag )
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