Lucky Blue Smith and Gigi Hadid.Photo: Ralph Lauren Fragrances
Gigi Hadidhas donehandstands in editorials,dealt with mid-modelingwardrobe malfunctionsandeven played runway bouncer, but fragrance modeling comes with its own set of unique challenges.
PEOPLE caught up with the model — who stars in the campaign for Ralph Lauren’s new fragrance,Ralph’s Club, along with model and actorLuka Sabbat, musician and modelLucky Blue Smithand artistFai Khadra— and learned what really goes on behind-the-scenes on set.
So what’s the biggest-on set hazard? “Spraying each other in the mouth with perfume!” she says. “Not on purpose, but when you have to spray a lot of fragrance in a room you just end up consuming it. We all turned out fine, but don’t try it at home.”
Fai Khadra.Ralph Lauren Fragrances
“It brought us all back together after a year and a half of kind of being in lockdown and not really seeing each other,” Khadra tells PEOPLE. “Some of us live in L.A., some of us live in New York … Ralph’s Club brought us all together.”
Luka Sabbat.Ralph Lauren Fragrances
When asked what they learned about themselves amid the pandemic, Sabbat says he gained “patience,” while Khadra appreciated family even more than before. For Smith, he banished those FOMO feelings: “I learned to feel comfortable not having to do something.”
For Hadid, whospent the majority of quarantine(andgave birth to her daughter Khai!) on her Pennsylvania farm, learning to pass on parties was no problem: “I’ve always been really good at that,” she jokes.
“I love work, but if I had a couple days off, I was running to the farm for a couple days,” she says of her pre-pandemic jet-setting life. “I think having so much time away like that — [now] when I get to be at work and be around friends, [I] appreciate it much more.”
One thing thatdidchange for Hadid throughout the past year (besides, you know,becoming a mom)? “I started therapy which was great — for everyone.”
Ralph Lauren Fragrances
The scent of Ralph’s Club evokes “an aspirational evening” for the supermodel, and takes her back to the 2019 fashion show, where sheopened the runway in a quintessential Ralph Lauren ensembleof a white shirt, trousers and gray overcoat.
Ralph’s Club($140- $60) is available atralphlauren.com.
source: people.com
