RooMXMatez TM: BRITISH INVASION

BRITISH INVASION

By Unknown Thursday, July 02, 2015 Models Talk

Coming from a small countryside town in the South West of England, I never expected my life at nineteen to be like this. I have always had the dream to travel, with New York, Milan and Asia high on my list, so when I got the call from my booker to say I was signed in Milan I was overjoyed!

After living in London for one year, the energy in Milan was a breath of fresh air: I was surprised at how small the city was in comparison to London, but I admired the way people thought and the character of the city.

In regards to work, Milan is a bit different to London, there is a lot of competition and castings can be tedious. With all that, my favourite job comes down to walking for BULGARI, the show included a piano in the sky, whilst ballet dancers performed on the bridge between the mansion and gardens with a candlelit garden as walkway. It was absolutely breathtaking, something you see in movies.

In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with friends or exploring the city. Porta Genova provides excellent entertainment, with a great range of bars along the river; aperitivo is one of my favourite things about Italian culture and this is the perfect place for that. The Italian food is to die for: pizza and gelato are two things that absolutely must be tasted whilst on a visit to Milan.

I have never had a dream to be a model, in fact I kind of fell into it. I’m from the English countryside where this world doesn’t particularly exist, so when I was first scouted as a bright-eyed, courageous thirteen year old, buying olive oil with my friends everyone was a bit surprised.

My goals are to live, learn and experience the world. I am a dreamer who lives in the moment. Modelling opens the world the world to so many opportunities and I am endlessly thankful for that. My biggest working achievements to date are Chanel, Stefanel, Monsoon, Guess, Bulgari or seeing myself in ELLE Magazine for the very campaign.

Milan along with London, are recognized internationally as two of the worlds fashion capitals. For me however they are completely different, London brings a very diverse sense of style; people are not afraid, and this can sometimes bring some great or strange trends. Milan on the other hand brings a very chic, simple and sophisticated look, with more emphasis put into the quality of the clothing.

Milan Fashion week: what can I say! Seven castings a day, in completely different parts of the city, and hours of waiting. Every model loves fashion week! I am more of a commercial model, so I don’t particularly experience these stresses. However, I did walk for GRINKO this season, it was a pleasure. Walking the catwalk is always fun and exciting, especially if you have a good team to experience it with.

It’s kind of hard as a model to know what you will be doing in the next few days let alone where I will be in five years! Eventually, I hope to create something sustainable, I am still young but I hope and believe modelling will give me the opportunity to do that. I have a lot of ideas in my head, and I will pursue them fully when I am a little older. For now though, I am just living. Living and enjoying the moments in life.

Rosie Sophia Ashley

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