It’s a rainy Saturday in New York and Paloma Elsesser has just flown in after a 24-hour trip to Paris for work. She has just an hour and a half to spare to get to a friend’s wedding in Manhattan — of course, that couldn’t mean some at-home make-up and a makeshift up-do. ‘It’s just like fashion week!’ the supermodel exclaims as hairstylist Matt Bens claps straighteners around her signature curls and make-up artist Andrew Colvin fills in her bold brows with furious speed at her Brooklyn home.
A vintage gold Issey Miyake dress, sourced for the occasion, hangs in the background and matching Manolo Blahniks twinkle just below as Elsesser reels off her upcoming schedule. ‘London tomorrow for the Miaou launch, then Bulgaria to shoot a TV commercial, then New York for eight hours, back to Paris, then Saint-Tropez for a wedding…’
