Backstage at Dior, male models reveal how they prepare for a runway show

(26 Jan 2016) CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: STORY CONTAINS LANGUAGE SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. SHOTLIST(including transcript):- AP Entertainment Paris, 23 January 2016 1. Various Dior's Menswear Fall/Winter 2016-2017 fashion show 2. Pan of backstage 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tudor Paul-Badescu, model - on his favorite fashion week: "I think Paris. It's just different to Milan or London. It has many shows, big brands also it's a nice atmosphere. It's like Paris is good at any time." 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sol Gloss, model - on his favorite fashion week: "Paris has got the largest collections, all the big designers and stuff. So the chances are you are going to working with some well-known names which is cool. But London is home, so that's one of my favorites as well. Paris is nice to get around as a city which is cool. Yeah" 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Finnlay Davis, model: "A lot of the time we make it easier for ourselves, we go halves on taxis, we split taxis to get to all the casting and, yeah, we have a good time." 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Tudor Paul-Badescu, model: "We have roommates and we meet each other and we are standing in the queues together at the castings, so we are kind of are forced to be social and we just chat together and things." Lauren Farrelly Date and location unknown 7. Still image: Sol Gloss AP Entertainment Paris, 23 January 2016 8. Tilt up Sol Gloss on the catwalk 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Sol Gloss, model: "How do I get ready? What you mean like here or before I come here? Before I come here I usually just get out of bed and come here. These get you ready, these people get you ready. So as long a I brush my teeth it's all good." 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Tudor Paul-Badescu, model: "I basically wake up and get a shower and just get to the show and that's it because the proper work is done in the pre-show, the make up, the hair and everything." 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Finnlay Davis, model: "Cigarette, coffee. That's my thing before the shows. That does me. That does me good." 12. Various shots Finnlay Davis backstage at Dior 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Tudor Paul-Badescu, model: "Well many guys think about models like rich guys that are, I don't know, maybe douchebags and things like that. But it's not like that. We are just simple guys and, I don't know, just simple guys." 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Finnlay Davis, model: "I have a few things I plan to do after this." (Reporter: "Such as?") Davis: "I want to go in to invest in properties and hopefully go into graphic design. That's what I really want to focus on after this." (Reporter: "Properties in London?") Davis: "Maybe, we'll see, we'll see. Depending on how much money I earn from this. But yeah." 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Tudor Paul-Badescu, model: "Actually I am studying too. I'm studying political science and I think that will be my future after the modeling and things. Like after 30 or something." 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Finnlay Davis, model: (Reporter: "What is the expiration date on a male runway model usually? Is there a time when you guys are just too old?") "It gets to the point where I think your agency, it depends, if you're not getting jobs in frequently then it's time to either change to commercial or stop you know? So there's always a time for everyone." 17. Wide shot Finnlay Davis being interviewed THE "SIMPLE" TRUTH ABOUT MALE MODELS Male model Tudor Paul-Badescu wants to dispel preconceptions about his job. Speaking backstage at Dior's recent Menswear show in Paris, the Romanian model insisted that he and his colleagues are just "simple guys." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...