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FASHION MODEL

Erna FD-J-1 FPE

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How did it all begin? Somehow it is fantastic. Oh, excuse me A word of explanation! I am a genetic male in my mid twenties, but since I was 17 years old, I have been a fashion model. I said a fashion model by which I mean a model of girls' clothes! Yes, that is what I am!

It began 6 years ago. My mother and her sister had an exclusive dress- making establishment featuring smart feminine clothes in silk and satin and also various fashion accessories. They drew and cut and made the most fashionable gowns according to the special wishes of the customers. Gradually they had worked up rather a good business. They also ex- ported a good deal and much was sold through mail orders. It soon ap- peared, however, that the mail customers wanted to see photos of the feminine things that the two sisters offered in their ads. My mother and aunt had to make an illustrated brochure with photos of dresses, skirts, blouses and also the underwear that they created.

At first they made some photos where the feminine things were lying spread out on tables or over the back of chairs etc., but in this manner the merchandise was not presented in a sufficiently attractive way so that they would sell. Something was lacking, a body in the clothes, something to fill in the clothes.

My aunt bought a couple of wax models and dressed them in the feminine things, but they soon abandoned this practice realizing that it ought to be a person of flesh and blood who could best show their col- lection of feminine merchandise.

At that time I was 17 years old, and I don't mind admitting that ever since early childhood I had taken a special interest in ladies' dresses.

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