Marie Antoinette walks the Catwalk

Emma recently auditioned for what I thought was a part in a make-up show by a famous make-up artist. However, because half the time I only get the gist of what our agent says (because of their broken English and my non-Japanese) I did not understand until we arrived that what Emma really got was a high profile FASHION SHOW JOB.... oops. I felt kind of bad because I had not prepped her for such a big event. So I started talking fast to explain what a fashion show is.... "you know on TV when you see tall girls in crazy outfits walk down a long aisle and then pause and turn around...." Next thing you know, Emma is on stage being instructed IN JAPANESE how to work the CATWALK.

What is astounding to me, is that not only did she understand her instructions in Japanese, but she carried herself with total confidence as if this were part of her everyday routine. There were 4 other little girls there and 2 professional female models... all of which have done fashion shows before. No one could believe this was Emma's first fashion show experience. What gets funnier is that when the staff braided her hair in this cool way we thought this would be her hairdo for the show.... as Emma would say, "easy breezy lemon squeezy"....

Later we learned the braids were just to hold her HUGE WIG for her role as Marie Antoinette. As they started pinning on her wig, Emma got nervous, "Mom, what are they doing to my hair???"

.....that is until she saw her friend's hair.... yeah, Emma thought she got the better end of the deal. Do you want to GUESS what her friend's role is????

Alice in Wonderland!

"on the catwalk, on the catwalk yeah, I do my little turn on the catwalk...."

It was such a bizarre moment for me.... who would have foreseen me backstage, watching my 7 year old daughter, dressed as Marie Antoinette, walk the catwalk in a Japanese fashion show... how random is that? Emma did a fabulous job... I was SO proud of her!

(there was a funny moment when Emma was told that Marie Antoinette chopped people's heads off during the French Revolution... she LOVED learning this bit about her role.... yeah, she kind of enjoys the gore of dark and demented things.... that's our Emma! Later Glenn informed us that actually Marie did not chop off people's heads, but rather, HER head got chopped off.... Emma still found that fascinating!)