In 2011 won Lieke van Houten op 14-jarige leeftijd de modellen wedstrijd Elite Model Look. Een jaar later interviewde ik haar voor Fashionista Chloe TV na Elite Model Look 2012 (bekijk de video hier). Inmiddels vliegt Lieke de hele wereld over en staat ze ingeschreven bij Micha Models. wekelijks deelt zij haar spannende avonturen, ervaringen, maar ook tips en tricks uit de modellen wereld. Heb je vragen voor Lieke laat het dan vooral weten. Deze week is Lieke onderweg naar New York voor haar eerste fashionweek avontuur. Hieronder vertel zij hoe ze zich heeft voorbereid.
In 2011 Lieke van Houten won the model contest Elite Model Look at the age of 14. A year later I interviewed her for FashionistaChloe TV after Elite Model Look 2012 (check the video right here). Nowadays Lieke travels all over the world and got signed at Micha Models. From now on Lieke will share her excited stories, adventures, experiences but also her model tips and tricks she has learned over the years. Do you have questions for Lieke please let us know in below comment. This week Lieke is traveling to New York for her first fashion week adventure. Below she will tell how she prepared herself.
Hi! It is that time again, it is fashion week time! The holiday season is over and while I am writing this blog I am waiting for my flight to New York. I am totally ready for Fashion Week which will start in September. The week before I left I enjoyed my time with my loved ones. It was so nice to enjoy a day with friends at Centerparcs Kempervennen. We had an amazing day and ate a delicious pizza for dinner. Who said models don’t eat?
But I also enjoyed my father’s cooking skills, waking up next to my lovely boyfriend and watching movies on the couch with my mom. My parents in law were on vacation, so we looked after the house and their lovely cat. The quality time of having diner with my boyfriend without phone or nonsense is valuable to me! Of course I had to do some shopping for fashion week. This sound crazy but I always take my own herbs on a journey. I use this herbs for the nasi, pasta, salad etcetera etcetera! Noting beats the Dutch kitchen in my opinion. I did this shoppings with my lovely mom in Arnhem, The Netherlands. This is always importent to me just before leaving!
And then it was time for my suitcase, what to pack? I always have a huge suitcase, because I never can make choices between clothing. I prefer to take everything with me! This time I packed two bags, five pair of shoes and a lot of clothes. The worst thing is that I probably will not even wear the half of it. While packing my suitcase I decided it would be wise to pack all kinds of clothing so i am prepared for all weather conditions. From the New York I will fly to Milan and straight on to Paris fashion week . At the moment the weather is quite good in Europe, but you never know right? However, I am a star in packing suitcases, thank god, because it is not my favorite thing to do before leaving.
The day before departure I am always restless! Traveling by plain is not my greatest hobby, in fact it is my greatest fear! Once I arrive at my destination I can breathe easily but before it is a hell. In the morning of my departure I kissed my dog goodbye, hugged my dad and went to Schiphol Airport. The ride to the airport can never go too slow for me, these minutes are the last minutes with everyone before I have to missed them for weeks. Everyone went with me, my sister, her son, my mom and of course my boyfriend.
When I arrived at the airport I bought some flowers for the people who lost their loved ones on the fatal flight MH17. Then the worst thing came, no not dropping my bags, no saying goodbye! This is really the worst part of all! Some people say; you get used to saying goodbye when you will travel often. For me it never get used! I’m going to miss everyone, but I know that I am going to do a lot of amazing things where I am motived for. I can’t wait what fashion week Spring/Summer 2015 will bring for me. In the meantime I landed in New York so BRING IT ON! Do you have questions or do you want to read something specifically about me or my life as a model please let me know in below comment and don’t forget to like this post ;)!
With love,
xoxo
Het bericht MODEL MONDAY WITH LIEKE: LET’S GO TO NEW YORK FASHIONWEEK verscheen eerst op Fashionista Chloë.