Who are you? .... They always ask me this question in interviews. I never reply with a truthful open answer, but more give an answer that they all are content with and pertains to my career. Today however, I will stay true to me and tell you all who I am; want to be and who I am not. My name is Alec Black a 23 year old fashion and editorial male model. However, I am more than just that. I'm a southern boy who was born in, North Carolina. My roots run deep and yet no one digs that far into the ground to see me for who I truly am.
Fashion and modeling gives the illusion of perfection. Flawlessness that not even the gods can master; and yet we are compared to just that. Raw emotion, subtle, like the painting of an artist brush, we spark new life to magazine covers, editorial spreads and billboards. We are stillness of emotions and facial expressions; with the art to paint and say a story through our facial expressions and body language; making us captivate our audience in the most alluring way that all believe that we are who they see in a magazine. However, I am more than that; we are more than that. I am a man who has cried; I laugh, I love and sometimes even hate.
Just like you I have insecurities; just like you I have needs; just like you I want to be loved and when I experience lost; just like you I drop to my knees. I dislike invasion of my privacy and yet again I complain not because it's this that allows me relevance. I'm not here to be a role model; although it is an honorable thing to have many admire me; I'm still human.
I make connections like anyone else. I seek to keep those connections and become disheartened when I lose those connections. I battle internally and externally to keep myself grounded so I won't lose who I am internally to the fame.
Yet, it can be very hard to look past the superficial of others and focus on the genuine nature of someone who really sees past all the glamour. My life is more than just the model you see in the magazine. The rebel you seek when you meet me face-to-face. I lust, I love, and I hurt. I hurt a lot; yet I'm also invisible to the naked eye. But, maybe I prefer it that way; maybe I don't. Still, I seek someone who can find me; understand me and realize that my job doesn't define me as a man; it's a part of me; but it isn't me.
Who am I you ask again. I'm Alec Black the reason you are Falling in Love with Fashion and this is my story.
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Falling in Love with Fashion
RomanceWho are you?.......They always ask me this question in interviews. My brief answer to you is. My name is Alec Black the reason your falling in love with fashion and this is my story.
