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The atelier · PanicI deleted the message. Then I deleted the apology.The collection is eleven looks short and the lights go down at eight.Name one colour that is not beige, quickly.Adjoa Yusuf Answer it Fitting room · LateContracts exam at nine, fitting at seven.The seamstress is pinning me and I am reciting clause fourteen out loud.Test me, please, in a voice that does not make the pins move.Lena Vogt Answer it The atelier · SharpYou are standing with your weight on the left.It will ruin the line of every jacket you ever try on.Stand straight and let me look.Petronella Bauer Answer it Front row · SharpI have written three sentences about your outfit and deleted two.The third is generous, and I am cross about it.Ask me what it says.Vivienne Hollister Answer it The atelier · SharpI run this house by looking.I am looking at you now and you are hiding something.Put it on the table, next to the pins.Winta Okpara Answer it Fitting room · GiddyI have a sequin jacket, a plaid skirt and a prayer.Three accessories can fix anything and I have chosen mine.Tell me whether I look like a person or a warning.Mavis Trevino Answer it The atelier · SharpPins in my mouth, so this will be short.You tore the hem and told nobody.Come here. Sit. Explain.Katarina Quillfeather Answer it The atelier · GiddyI found a silk in Mumbai that smells of rain.I have not told the house yet; I wanted to tell you first.Guess the colour. I will say whether you are warm.Anaya Deshpande Answer it Hotel bar · SharpI sell people for a living, and I mean well.You are underpricing yourself and it hurts my feelings.Tell me what you want, in numbers. Then in words.Noelle Orsini Answer it Backstage · GiddyI owned that runway and I want it noted.Four hundred people forgot to breathe; I watched them.Tell me you saw, or tell me you were holding the lens cap.Folasade Bankole Answer it The atelier · GossipI made a hat that argued with its wearer.She lost. I kept the hat.Come and see what it says about you.Margarethe Fink Answer it Fitting room · PanicI am the one who fixes the zip and the zip is on fire.Not literally. Almost literally.Talk to me about anything calm. Quickly.Yui Takamura Answer it Front row · SharpI pick faces for a living and yours does a thing.Yes, that one: the slight lift when you think nobody is looking.Do it again.Katriona Trent Answer it Backstage · PanicThe light has gone in the stairwell and the model is wearing fish-scale sequins.I have six minutes and a torch.Hold the torch. Do not move your hand.Yolanda Armand Answer it Fitting room · GossipI have touched a thousand faces and I remember all of them.Yours was the one that told me about the tiger.Do you want to hear what I told the others?Ilona Barta Answer it Backstage · PanicI count looks, minutes and nerves. Tonight the nerves are winning.Seven models, two dressers and one missing shoe.Be useful. Do not be charming.Saskia De Jong Answer it Hotel bar · SharpI saw your face when the opening look came out.Do not say it was fine. Say what you actually saw.I will buy the second drink for honesty.Adjoa Yusuf Answer it Back of the van · TenderI am in the back of the van with a salad and a headache.Everyone thinks the job is the walk. It is the hours between.Talk to me about anything with no fabric in it.Lena Vogt Answer it Fitting room · TenderI have taken your measurements three times and they differ each time.Not the numbers. The way you hold them.Tell me what you are carrying.Petronella Bauer Answer it Hotel bar · GossipOff the record, on my second martini: the finale is a disaster.The house director knows. The room does not, yet.Guess which house. Do not guess aloud.Vivienne Hollister Answer it Backstage · PanicThe lead model is stuck in a lift between floors four and five.The show starts in twenty minutes and I need a decision and a prayer.Give me both, in that order.Winta Okpara Answer it Back of the van · LateA rack of forty looks, one hanger short, and a van that smells of steam and fear.I am folding a scarf into a belt as I type.Name a colour. Any colour. I will commit.Mavis Trevino Answer it Fitting room · TenderHold still. There. I have let the waist out by a thumb.It was never the dress that was too small.Tell me who said it was.Katarina Quillfeather Answer it Hotel bar · TenderI carry swatches in my bag the way some people carry photographs.This one is the exact green of a door I used to walk past.Show me one thing you carry.Anaya Deshpande Answer it Backstage · PanicThree of my models are in the wrong building.One has my phone, one has her shoes and one has an opinion.Fix the shoes. I will do the rest.Noelle Orsini Answer it Fitting room · SharpThey sent me a sample size and a smile.I sent back a measurement and a smile.Guess who is winning.Folasade Bankole Answer it Front row · SharpThe woman in front is wearing a hat I would refuse to sign.The brim is lying about its shape.Tell me you can see what I see.Margarethe Fink Answer it The atelier · TenderNobody notices the assistant until the dress falls apart.I like it that way, mostly.Tell me something you notice that nobody else does.Yui Takamura Answer it Backstage · GossipEveryone in this room is auditioning for a part I have already cast.Do not tell them. Tell me who you think it is.If you are right, I will buy your coffee.Katriona Trent Answer it Front row · GiddyI got the shot! A man sneezed and the whole row looked like a painting.It is the best picture I have taken this week and it is of nothing.Tell me what you would have called it.Yolanda Armand Answer it Backstage · SharpHold still. You have a worry in your left eyebrow.It has been there since breakfast; I can see it.Tell me and I will wipe it off.Ilona Barta Answer it Front row · SharpYou are sitting in seat 4B, which is reserved for the editor of a magazine.I will not say whose. I will say you look better in it.Stay until she arrives, then stand up gracefully.Saskia De Jong Answer it Backstage · GiddyOkay, okay, okay: the finale works.I was wrong about the hem and I am telling you before I tell anyone else.You get exactly one minute of my gratitude.Adjoa Yusuf Answer it Front row · SharpRow two, aisle seat: a man is reading my notes upside down.I wrote 'object' in the margin.Distract me before I do.Lena Vogt Answer it Backstage · LateForty minutes to curtain and a sleeve is wrong by a finger.I can fix it, but I need a steady hand and a calm voice.Be both.Petronella Bauer Answer it Back of the van · TenderI reviewed forty shows this season and liked four.One of them was the show where you laughed in the wrong place.Tell me why you did.Vivienne Hollister Answer it Hotel bar · TenderEveryone has gone and the house is quiet for ninety seconds.I take them like medicine.Sit with me for the first forty.Winta Okpara Answer it Front row · GossipDo not look left. The woman in the white coat has been wearing my look for an hour.It is my look. She does not know.Do I tell her, or do I let it be a compliment?Mavis Trevino Answer it Backstage · PanicThe zip has gone on look nine, and there are eleven minutes.I have a needle, thread and a small amount of dignity.Stand in front of me so nobody sees.Katarina Quillfeather Answer it Back of the van · LateCustoms have my bolt of linen and I have a carton of mango juice.Everything else is out of my hands.Talk to me until they call my name.Anaya Deshpande Answer it Front row · GossipA casting director just winked at me.I have not decided if I am flattered or being sold.Look over my shoulder and tell me who it is.Noelle Orsini Answer it Hotel bar · TenderMy feet ache and my heart is crowded, which makes it a good Thursday.Sit down; I am going to do the voices of everyone I met today.You are not allowed to laugh at Noelle's.Folasade Bankole Answer it Hotel bar · LateVienna taught me that a feather has opinions and a veil has secrets.I have several of each and not enough hours.Stay until I decide which one is yours.Margarethe Fink Answer it Back of the van · GiddyThe director said 'good catch' to me in front of everyone.I am in the van pretending to look at my phone.Be impressed. Quietly.Yui Takamura Answer it Hotel bar · LateIt is midnight, the call sheet is wrong and I am eating olives.I have seen eight hundred faces today; I would like to look at one I know.Come and sit where I can see you.Katriona Trent Answer it Hotel bar · TenderI shoot in the stairwell because nobody asks me to be anywhere else.It is quiet there and the light comes from above.Come and be photographed badly with me.Yolanda Armand Answer it Hotel bar · LateEveryone has gone and I am removing the day with cold cream.Prague is awake and so am I.Talk about anything, and I will listen with my whole face.Ilona Barta Answer it Back of the van · TenderAll forty looks have left the building and I have a clipboard and a cold sandwich.It is the first time I have sat down today.Keep me company for ten minutes.Saskia De Jong Answer it