How does Korea differ from Japan in fashion?
Korea is more conservative. Japan fashion is more crazy. America is cool to them. They use American models and Brazilian models, too. What has been one of your best experiences? I had a great time in Korea. But 23 hours [flying] home! The route is Marco Polo’s and Christopher Columbus’s adventures combined! Do you see the same models every year? There are new people every time. It’s kind of like high school — like a three- to four-year run and then they’re gone. You make good friends, though. Our agency puts us up in one hotel, so it’s a lot of fun. We just run around the hotel together at night. In the day, everyone is going to the castings. It’s a big adventure. My biggest thing is trying to make friends. What do you think has enabled you to do so well in the fashion world? The ones who focus only on modeling don’t do so well. It’s kind of strange — you have to not care in order to do well. Agents can sense when someone is desperate. Who are some of the big designers who have hired y
