She’s fronted Chanel , McQueen , Versace , Burberry (the list goes on…), but it was a last-minute H&M outfit that really set Alex Consani ’s career in motion. “I was 18 when I first came to New York, and my agents forced me into one of the stores before a go-see,” the 21-year-old says, dialling in through a taxi’s Bluetooth. “It was a very important casting, actually, and they were just like ‘You need this, you need that!’” But the generic tank-top-and-skinny-jeans uniform was never going to cut it for someone who, under the TikTok alias Captain Crook , claimed to smell like “Gorilla farts” and “Nair”. “No, I wore (hot take!) a black, long-sleeve bodysuit with popped collars, a micro miniskirt and a black heel.” Another look might have sent her on a different path. “Oh, that
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