Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies
Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies
“Mom said. “You’ll stretch the fabric.”
I scowled. “It’s too tight.” I tugged at the front of the blue shirt she’d forced me to try on. We’d been at the mall for nearly two hours trying to find something for me to wear to Kathleen’s rehearsal dinner. So far, I’d been subjected to sausage-shaped dresses, bubble skirts, and a couple pair of shapeless pants. Nothing fit right, looked right, or was the right length for my stubby legs. It was hard to tell who was more exasperated, Mom or me.
“It look...s nice on you,” she tried. “You can’t see it from my perspective. It shows your shape and is so much better than those awful sweatshirts. Go look in the mirror.”
“I don’t like it,” I said. “I’m not comfortable.” The pile of discarded clothes in the dressing room was large enough to lose a small child in. I might’ve tried on everything in the store, I thought. Nothing felt as good as my hoodie and track pants. Everything was Not-Celeste—trying too hard and doing too little with too much.MoreLess
I scowled. “It’s too tight.” I tugged at the front of the blue shirt she’d forced me to try on. We’d been at the mall for nearly two hours trying to find something for me to wear to Kathleen’s rehearsal dinner. So far, I’d been subjected to sausage-shaped dresses, bubble skirts, and a couple pair of shapeless pants. Nothing fit right, looked right, or was the right length for my stubby legs. It was hard to tell who was more exasperated, Mom or me.
“It look...s nice on you,” she tried. “You can’t see it from my perspective. It shows your shape and is so much better than those awful sweatshirts. Go look in the mirror.”
“I don’t like it,” I said. “I’m not comfortable.” The pile of discarded clothes in the dressing room was large enough to lose a small child in. I might’ve tried on everything in the store, I thought. Nothing felt as good as my hoodie and track pants. Everything was Not-Celeste—trying too hard and doing too little with too much.MoreLess
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