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The Doll Who Wanted To Be Madonna
Posted Aug 6, 2011
Then Madonna ends her sentence with: 'That was the bravest thing I've ever done.' I got to thinking... If she made it, why couldn't I? When I was a little girl, all my classmates wanted to 'regular' people when they would grow up one day: dentist, doctor, fireman, teacher, engineer with the only exception of a guy in our class who wanted to be a... drag queen! Well, I must admit that he was a bit crazy, I mean who could think of aiming to be a dragqueen at only 5 years old? Whatever, this is not our discussion topic today... I remember Ms. Hampton say to us: 'Children, you have a wonderful future ahead, if you work hard, you can be ANYTHING! ANYTHING you want to be!'
So I decided... I wanted to be MADONNA. She had made it in a city like New York with just 35 dollars in her pocket. I wasn't that brave, neither that talented so I contacted this guy who works at Dolce&Gabbana and has this twitter account 'iwork4dg' and asked for his help. After a few phone calls, I was in the train on my way to Milan... Here are some pictures from my first Milanese morning...
Madonna
wakes up very early in the morning, I must work on that. I was too tired when I
arrived to Milan that I went to bed without even taking my heels off!
Thanks
God that the first day was quite sunny. I do not like winter.
So
as I was trying to wake up, I tried remembering my favourite Madonna quotes that
I had studied on her wikipedia profile.
"I
stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your
dreams." Madonna.
"Hollywood
is about playing the game, and I can't think of any successful actresses who
didn't play the game. there's a lot more renegades in the music business, from
Patti Smith to Janis Joplin."Madonna
Oh
well, I am finally up. I wonder if I'll meet Stefano Gabbana today? I might as
well run to a Dolce&Gabbana store and cross my fingers. Hello Milan, the
doll who wanted to be Madonna has arrived! Let the fun begin.
Meet
the talented creators of The Doll Who Wanted To Be Madonna
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