From Flower Vase to Film Emperor in Hollywood

In the cramped space of the white tent, people came and went in a constant stream, each figure hurrying about busily. With less than thirty minutes until the show started, everyone was practically flying, with no time for slow adjustments, sketching out the tension and chaos behind the glamorous facade of Fashion Week —

The four major Fashion Weeks, New York, Paris, London, and Milan, are annual events held in February for the Autumn/Winter collections and in October for the Spring/Summer collections, showcasing the latest designs from major brands to the world.

As the most prestigious, grand, and important events in the fashion world, every model aspires to walk on these runways, and every fashion celebrity longs to be seen in the front row, because no one should miss it.

This autumn, Anson received an invitation to walk the runway at Paris Fashion Week as a Dior model, which was also a rare crossover collaboration. Hedi Slimane poured his heart and soul into this new collection presentation.

After all, this was Hedi Slimane's first completely new product line that revolutionized men's fashion since joining Dior, and he poured all his inspiration into it.

Hedi knew this was shocking, and he also knew it would completely subvert people's perceptions, but he wasn't sure what the result would be. He was nervous and excited, and the conflicting and complicated feelings made him completely tense.

In fact, thirty minutes before the show's unveiling, the venue was already packed, with not an empty seat in sight —

Fashion Week lasts for a whole week, with dozens or even hundreds of brands appearing. New York has its own brands, and Paris has its own brands.

Runway shows, like movie release schedules, are staggered between major brands to ensure that the audience can enjoy all the major brand shows; however, there are occasionally clashes when different major brands choose the same date and time to show, forcing people to make a choice.

However, this time, no one was willing to directly clash with Dior.

The reason was… Anson.

From the Emmy Awards last year to the premiere of "Princess Diaries" two months ago, Anson appeared wearing Dior, bringing a strong impact to men's fashion, especially the shirt at the August premiere. Hedi also confirmed that it was one of the main designs of the Dior menswear line to be launched at Fashion Week this October, which dropped a bombshell in the fashion world.

No one wanted to miss Dior, and no one should miss this show —

Even Anna Wintour arrived at the venue as soon as possible.

The entire venue was packed, with the first and second rows of VIP seats already filled; even more exaggerated was that all four hundred seats in the venue were already occupied, but the crowd queuing outside the venue still surrounded the entire tent.

Long. Long, long, long.

There was no end in sight.

Everyone realized that Dior might bring a revolution to men's fashion, and even if they couldn't witness it firsthand, no one was willing to leave the scene.

Such a grand occasion, such frenzy, put all the pressure on Hedi Slimane —

Either he would climb to the peak in one fell swoop, or he would be instantly reduced to ashes.

But now, surrounded by the tension, anxiety, and unease of others, even seeing someone uncontrollably start to vomit due to being too nervous, yet only dry heaving some stomach acid because they hadn't eaten, Anson calmed down instead. He felt like an outsider:

There was no sense of reality.

Then, as if worried that things were going too smoothly, the god of fate played a joke, or rather, a director played a joke, Edgar came to tell Anson —

Anson doubted his ears, looking at Edgar with a confused expression to confirm.

Edgar nodded with a solemn face. They were caught off guard. It was one thing when they were taking photos in the studio before, anyway, they didn't know what was going on, and even if they panicked, they quickly gained their footing; but today, after understanding the whole story, they were once again disrupted, and it was inevitable that they felt nervous, and sweat involuntarily seeped out of their palms.

After calming down a little, Anson had a guess:

He felt that Steven and Tom were doing it on purpose. They weren't invited by Anna and happened to appear at the Dior show, but came specifically to disrupt Anson and Edgar's plans.

Of course, Anson had no evidence, but his intuition was indeed thinking that way.

So, what to do?

Since they're here, let's make the best of it.

At the height of tension, Anson calmed down instead. As always, he looked at Edgar, "Stay calm, just proceed according to the plan. There's no need to pretend you don't know. Just go forward and greet them generously."

Edgar nodded to show he understood, "What about you?"

Although Edgar didn't say it, he believed Anson understood what he meant:

What he was worried about was not the runway show, but the audition.

According to the plan, they were preparing to arrange another meeting to show Steven and Tom Anson's ability and charm, proving that he was suitable for the role of Frank.

But now?

The audition hadn't even started, and they were meeting in another setting ahead of time; moreover, this was away from home, what could Anson do on the runway?

The smile on the corner of Anson's mouth gently rose, "Maybe this is a good thing instead."

Edgar: ???

Anson didn't explain, "Don't worry, I have a bold idea."

Edgar hesitated a little; but it didn't last long, he still believed in Anson, ever since their first meeting, he had believed in Anson's ability.

"Spider-Man" was like that, and so is the current "Catch Me If You Can."

Edgar took a deep breath, "Okay, then I'll go ahead and set things up for you."

He had his mission, Anson had his responsibilities, and they needed to cooperate with each other to achieve their goals.

Edgar made a brief appearance and immediately turned and left, disappearing into the crowd.

Anson let out a long breath. He did have a bold idea:

What was the most legendary and strongest experience of Little Frank Abagnale?

Role-playing.

He successfully played doctors, pilots, lawyers, etc., without being caught.

Versatile, cunning, smart, calm, these are the qualities of a con man.

Now, Anson is crossing over from actor to model, which is also a change of identity. Although such a change is not difficult, today's Dior show is a revolution in men's fashion, which can just show Anson's versatile temperament.

Perhaps, he can complete the audition on the runway and seize the opportunity to show himself to Steven.

Steven wanted to catch Anson off guard, not according to Anson and Edgar's plan, the purpose was to see an unprepared Anson, a real Anson, but now it seems that this can instead become Anson's opportunity to perform.

Modeling is also a kind of performance.

The thoughts in Anson's mind were slowly taking shape, not only was he not nervous, but he was also excited. Such an opportunity is not always available.

Withdrawing his gaze, Anson then saw a pale face in the makeup mirror, watching as the child was almost unable to stop himself from crying, the smile on the corner of his mouth gently rose:

"Robert, hide your bottle, don't let it be discovered."