
{"id":78349,"date":"2015-09-24T15:33:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T19:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/?p=78349"},"modified":"2015-09-24T15:43:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T19:43:00","slug":"marga-esquivel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/marga-esquivel\/","title":{"rendered":"Marga Esquivel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2015\/09\/Marga-Esquival-MJJ_32251.jpg\"  data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2015\/09\/Marga-Esquival-MJJ_32251-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"Marga-Esquival-MJJ_3225\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78416\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small>Photo by <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/people\/melodie-jeng'>Melodie Jeng<\/a> for Models.com<\/small><\/p>\n<p>Up-and-comer <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/models\/marga-esquivel'>Marga Esquivel<\/a> has been able to keep the momentum going after a stellar debut for the <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/client\/gucci'>Gucci<\/a> and <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/client\/marc-jacobs'>Marc Jacobs<\/a> cruise collections this past summer. She&#8217;s gone on to walking again for Gucci&#8217;s S\/S 16 showing along with numerous other appearances at <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/client\/topshop'>Topshop<\/a>, <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/client\/philipp-plein'>Philipp Plein<\/a>, <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/client\/sibling'>Sibling<\/a>, <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/client\/sophie-theallet'>Sophie Theallet<\/a>, and others. We spoke to the the silver-tinged maven before her fashion week season began to discuss her budding career, ambitions, and how she stays grounded with her hectic schedule.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How was your experience walking for Gucci, Chanel, and all these big shows?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt was all fast! I didn\u2019t expect Gucci to put me on the scene. I thought that I would have to go back to really trying to put myself out there more, but I feel really happy that people have picked up on it. I\u2019ve had a really good response and things have just been happening really fast and I&#8217;m just trying to catch up!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"4\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/7-3-fnxPPT\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_top\">Big thank you to @gucci for my first ever show in Milan. Lots of love to #alessandromichele and @barbaranicolicasting. Also to @patmcgrathreal for making me look beautiful!! #gucci #milan #ss16<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A photo posted by Marga Esquivel (@marga_esq) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-09-23T18:01:19+00:00\">Sep 23, 2015 at 11:01am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah, for sure! Obviously fashion week is coming up, are you going to do the full show season?<\/strong><br \/>\nYeah, it\u2019s my first!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wow, and how are you feeling? Are you nervous, excited?<\/strong><br \/>\nA little bit of everything. I\u2019m nervous, but I\u2019m also really excited for what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So where are you from?<\/strong><br \/>\nI was born in the Philippines, and then I moved to California when I was 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oh I get it, you have a cool Cali side. I feel like you are really able to pull off that aura. Who did your hair by the way?<\/strong><br \/>\nWell I\u2019ve had my hair done by a mix of different people. I had <a href=\"http:\/\/danielmoonhair.format.com\/\">Dani Moon<\/a> do it for me in LA, and then I had <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/people\/aura-friedman'>Aura (Friedman<\/a> at <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/client\/bumble-and-bumble'>Bumble and Bumble<\/a>) do it here in New York. I feel like it is somewhat my natural color now because I\u2019ve been so used to it. I don\u2019t feel like I need to pretend that I am some person I am not just because I have different hair color.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How has the response to it been as far as castings and stuff? I\u2019d hope people would just be like \u201cyeah it\u2019s cool\u201d but has there been any resistance<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s definitely a shock factor. There is never really an in-between, it\u2019s either you like it or you don\u2019t, so it\u2019s on either end. Mostly positive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How about this summer, what have you been up to, what have you been doing? Did you go home?<\/strong><br \/>\nI went home to LA for 3 weeks and literally just sat around and did nothing. I went hiking, went to the beach, all the good stuff you can do in California.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you travel outside of Cali, or did you do a stay-cation?<\/strong><br \/>\nI just did a stay-cation. I was supposed to go hiking with my boyfriend in Montana because he is from there, but unfortunately he got sick so we had to cancel the trip. Maybe after fashion week we\u2019ll make the trip out there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How does your family feel about you modeling?<\/strong><br \/>\nThey\u2019re excited!  My mum has always wanted me to travel and see the world, so she is always texting me, every day, she is trying to live through me I guess?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"4\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:59.2592592593% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/8BNzhyFsmA\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_top\">Another look from @Gucci. Maintaining the realness and individuality #makeupbypatmcgrath #gucciss16 #MFW<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A photo posted by Pat McGrath (@patmcgrathreal) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-09-24T15:50:32+00:00\">Sep 24, 2015 at 8:50am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>You said you\u2019ve obviously been traveling for work. What has been your favorite city to visit?<\/strong><br \/>\nI love Paris. Some people hate it because it\u2019s so slow, and there isn\u2019t much to do, but I really like it. I have friends there, so it\u2019s always nice to see them, and I always have a free place to stay there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And it\u2019s a beautiful city! All the fashion!<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s gorgeous. I love taking photos there! Paris is always a good idea!<\/p>\n<p><strong>As far as photographers, who have been some of the best that you met or worked with? Whose vibe you like the most, who is the easiest to work with?<\/strong><br \/>\nI had a go see with Steven Meisel and it was crazy. I wasn\u2019t expecting him to look like what he looks like. I didn\u2019t try to google image him before or anything. He seems very to himself, but also has this presence. There is a cloud of mystery around him. He is a very intriguing character. I love his photographs. He is definitely one of my heroes in photography. Every time he does a photo shoot it tells a story, and I\u2019m super into that. It was amazing!<\/p>\n<p><strong>So that\u2019s who you met, how about who you have worked with?<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are just so many. Thomas Lagrange recently? He is very very elaborate but he was so nice, and he is very good at giving direction, very encouraging. I really liked working with him.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d love to work with Steven Klein, because his lighting is crazy, it\u2019s sick. Tyrone Lebon, Harley Weir, I really like that artsy, not so made up, things that are more candid but with trippy lights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When you did Chanel, how was it, working with Karl? Was he personable, or was it so hectic backstage?<\/strong><br \/>\nI was so nervous! Everything was hectic backstage, but I remember during the fitting, he was just checking to see all the clothes on the girls, and Carine Roitfield was there so they were just there together. It was crazy! I remember I walked out and that was it! I think it\u2019s my favorite experience from modeling so far.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So what are you excited to do next? If you could have your next dream job, what would it be?<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019m taking it day by day for now. I\u2019m trying not to set expectations for myself for now, because with expectations there are some disappointments, so I would rather be surprised!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you doing to prepare yourself for show season?<\/strong><br \/>\nSleep! Yesterday I had a shoot and a bunch of castings and I was falling asleep on the train! My booker told me I need to learn how to take cat naps &#8211; be able to sleep while I&#8217;m sitting up! I am drinking so much water, staying hydrated, trying to eat well, I always try to bring snacks. I am vegan so I always have my little lunchbox! I&#8217;m trying my best!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2015\/09\/marga2.jpg\"  data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2015\/09\/marga2-700x1037.jpg\" alt=\"marga2\" width=\"700\" height=\"1037\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2015\/09\/marga2-700x1037.jpg 700w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2015\/09\/marga2-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2015\/09\/marga2.jpg 1661w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small>Photo by Mitch Ryan for Models.com<\/small><br \/>\n<!--pp-thumb-start--><!--PictPress found no dir \/2015\/09\/78349--><!--pp-thumb-end--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This storm-haired stunner is making waves this fashion season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":444,"featured_media":78416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16,9363],"tags":[9926,8649,10118,35,9927,310,9986,8774,1166,10010,10117,8119,8780],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78349"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/444"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78349"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78421,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78349\/revisions\/78421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}