Galaxy tosses her head and taps her foot, waiting impatiently while the designer’s assistant pins the last of the tulle into place. Why was it always such chaos backstage at a show? They were never ready, always frantically pinning and hemming right up until the model steps through the curtain. She glances quickly in the mirror, rolling her massive brown eyes at the ludicrous headpiece that has been fashioned onto her head; two horns integrated with ribbons and chiffon, sequins and a model Spanish galleon. Whatever next? The dress crackles as she moves; the combination of tulle, net and rip-stop nylon uncomfortable to wear, even harder to sell to the rows of moneybags squatting on the dainty gold seats beyond, awaiting the next creation.
A roar goes up as Galaxy makes her entrance. Head and shoulders above the other girls, she owns the runway. Acknowledging the acclaim that her status affords her, she stretches her long neck and struts on legs that go on for days, down one side and up the other, pausing only long enough to flip her tail-end so the train of this hideous dress fans out behind her to the oohs and aahs of the groupies; then sashays leisurely back, in no particular hurry to re-join the chaos backstage.
The show progresses. Galaxy yawns while a new topknot is affixed and more garments are fitted to her perfect body. She bats her long eyelashes at press photographers and sips a glass of champagne, much to the consternation of the make-up artist stationed by her chair to repair small damages caused by the arrival and departure of each new creation. Galaxy smiles, removed from it all, drifting off into her thoughts. She is at the top of her game and all the other girls know it. Gone are the days when they made fun of her height or her name, which her agent wanted to change to Galaxia for more exotic impact. One glance in the mirror convinces Galaxy that she is quite exotic enough. After all, she is the only giraffe on the fashion circuit and that has to count for something, doesn’t it? Galaxy she remains; celebrated model, highest paid ruminant and toast of fashion weeks across the world.
Photo Credit: Franz van Heeren
Galaxy – Clo Carey March 2019
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