Lexi had her first paying job today. The headquarters for Academy is in our town and every once in a while they hire kids to try on the clothes for the designers to critique their work. It isn't a well known thing around here. Most of the kids have parents that work at Academy. However, a close friend has her kids do it. Her son was called in for a fitting a few weeks ago and told me that she would be happy to take the measurements for my kids to them. I gave her the measurements. We got an email and call that they wanted to take official measurements, so we went.
I was quite surprised that Lexi and Jordan had very similar measurements. I think of him as VERY skinny and her as thin. She is several inches taller than him. I guess both of them are very skinny.
Lexi:
neck - 11 1/4"
chest - 27"
waist - 24 1/2"
hips - 27"
inseam - 26"
Jordan:
neck - 11 1/2"
chest - 27"
waist - 24 1/2"
hips - 26 1/4"
inseam - 24"
Today, there was a big fitting event and Lexi has the measurements they wanted. We were there for about 3 hours and Lexi tried on school uniforms. Lexi was a little upset that she was picked for size 7. I told her it was no big deal and that they had her measurements, so they knew what they wanted. She even went up to the lady to mention to her that she wears a 10 - 12. The lady said they were mainly looking for waist size. There were no pants to try on just shorts, a jumper and a skirt. Lexi was a little more incensed when she saw that the girl in size 10 was about 6 inches shorter than her. I just laughed and asked her if she wanted to get paid for this. Of course, she did. She also liked that they called the kids "models."
