Soaring cool

Can you tell I'm getting good at puns for titles.  This is really about Tim Soar being my favourite person this summer.  He moved from high fashion to urban sportswear and he is a great brand to fit for.  It's no effort for me to try on sportswear.  Being based in east London is the icing on that particular cake.  

If it sounds like a drag trying on endless clothing in these temperatures, it can be.  But the breathable fabrics mean I'd rather be in them than my day clothes anyway.   Leggings and tops which I would wear every day of the week.  I'm a fan and I don't get paid for saying that.  

I'm regularly going to Soar, to Warehouse, and to Heist (hosiery) - luxury in all the deniers - to fit.  It's more difficult than ever to keep my measurements constant, the weight drops off in the summer.  More ice creams for me.  

This is also the wrong time of year to be fitting for puffa jackets!  Oversized huge-hooded puffa jackets, no less.  Will look out for one when they get into the shops, I have an ice white one already but these were in silver and bright red.  I like the space age feel of it.

My way of shopping is cab to the stores, and blitz buy quite a few favourites in different colours.  Then back again in the shortest time.  I hate to browse as I already know which shapes are coming in and what I like.  I'm really going for primary colours this year.  

Warehouse fits take longer than the others, but I do get to hang out with the other models and some actors.  

Still doing extra work but goodness me it's a very disparate group of people that you end up being stuck with, doing all the hurry-up-and-wait.  Sometimes I take 40 winks, I mean 'power naps' in between takes.  Seriously, I hadn't realised it's illegal for people to take photos of me while I was asleep.  But I've had it done quite a few times!  It's an infringement of my liberty when I am in a dressing room, I wish I could pull a screen around me when I am preserving my energy.   I asked a guy why he needed photos of me without my consent, he said that he is in an open relationship and his girlfriend doesn't mind!  Well, I do.  I put enough photos out on Instagram so it's not like I don't want anyone to see me, but I'm not in control of this type of stuff.  Why would you need photos of women sleeping?   

Here's one I consent to

This month I've done dialogue for a corporate video and we always get to shoot in some very nice offices.  The bigger corporates in London rent out boardrooms for this type of thing.  I get to see some of the places where my mum has worked during her career and what her office life might have been.  The heat ruins my concentration.  My lines were just before the screenwipe and of course I managed to go blank as soon as they were rolling to cap it off, tripped on the wires running across the office.  Acting is remembering your lines and not bumping into the furniture, so I have a long way to go.  I've been doing self-tapes for auditioning for TV commercials and having the same brain stutter.  Some people can memorise pages of dialogue but I know that unless I'm really feeling it in the moment I can't rattle it out.   Still, I filmed for an independent shoot and had no problem with my lines when it's playing a part so perhaps (definitely) I'm not the corporate type.  

Here's my favourite, Tim wearing his own brand.   

credit: Hackney Gazette

I substituted this photo for one of me in the tights.  There is such a thing as too much exposure!  Maybe next time... until then, have a cool summer.