But that was the working Claudelle, blank Claudelle, Claudelle on whom you may project everything and anything. And being that was half her job that day and for the next maniacal month which was the Fall 2000 show season. An ideal model has always been an empty screen upon which the designer, the photographer, the editor can throw their light and shadow to create something serene, or something severe depending on what that particular job on that particular day required.

The first thing an ideal model needs to learn is that she is the ground zero, the point of departure upon which the images that constitute fashion are created. >> Continued on Pg.2