Something I always look for in an outfit is to have a standout piece.
Coco RochaRead
Usually, a model gets two to three seasons, or a year and a half, and that's it - you're done. For me, it will be 10 years.
Interpretation
Success in modeling often has a limited timeframe, but dedication can lead to a longer career.
Coco Rocha highlights the transient nature of success in the modeling industry, noting that models typically have a fleeting career lasting a few seasons. However, she emphasizes her own longevity in the industry, attributing it to her hard work and adaptability, suggesting that with perseverance, one can achieve sustained success beyond the typical expectations.
In practice
In a motivational speech to aspiring models.
Something I always look for in an outfit is to have a standout piece.
My wedding dress is a piece of art that I'll treasure forever. It was designed and created by Zac Posen. I gave him only the tiniest bit of direction when he started, and the end product was more beautiful than anything I could have imagined.
Models are supposed to be a muse to you. Why is a muse always the same body type, the same look? It's boring.
I think, as long as you're secure with yourself and happy with yourself, it really doesn't matter what the world around you thinks.
When I started, I knew nothing about fashion. I remember, my first day going to my agency, I was wearing these huge bell-bottoms - they were patchwork corduroy and denim, which, at the time, I thought were amazing. My agent told me, 'You have a casting with Prada - you have to burn those jeans.'
I know what I want, I know where I'm going and I'm happy with what I am.
The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful.
I hope the cooks who are working for me now are getting that kind of experience so they can use what they're learning now as a foundation for a great career.
It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.
You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
I am the one person who can truthfully say, I got my job through the New York Times.
I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going.
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