Chapter 215

Carissa Landri, the nurse called out her name from the charts. She got up and walked into the room with her and the door closed behind her. She was directed to a room on the far left and the nurse indicated that the doctor will be with her shortly. She knew for a fact that never happens they are always overbooked and the first part of waiting is about an hour or so in the waiting room and then once you get called in there is another half hour in the examination room. She smiled and closed the door behind her and picked up a magazine that was on the doctor’s desk. It was a fashion magazine featuring the latest styles and she turned the pages uninterested, she owns most of them and had posed for most of them. One outfit caught her eye and she stopped at the page. It was a shapely silhouette in rugged stretch denim, a fresh update of an urban classic - It was an extended-Tab Skirt. It was a Cotton/elastane standard-rise waist with extended-tab closure with front and back shaping seams with a subtly flared hem. It was paired with a Bandolino "Jordana" Tall Boot that was a ride the chic wave with an equestrian-inspired style in leather with side zip that measures about 15 inches. The model was wearing a hooded cotton/acrylic top with long sleeves, three toggle closures at front in a cable and ball knit pattern that hit at top of thigh. It also had a ribbed trim at cuffs and hem, a very delightful cardigan.

She remembered Pamela Molni, how she had designed the outfit. It was about 3 AM at Milan, she was doing a very early photo shoot with a couple of other models and it had been a cold day, or at least all the models had felt that way considering they had to pose as mermaids by floating in the water that was not quiet warm. During a short break she had stepped out and grabbed the towel and blanket and just twisted them together and covered herself up to keep her warm. When she was just about to get back to the photo shoot, Pamela had yelled "stop" and everyone had stopped what they were doing and had come running to look at her and had taken her away with her for a few minutes and had taken a few pictures and done a couple of sketches before they had continued. A couple of days later Pamela had called her to her studio and had showed her the complete outfit. The shoes, the cardigan and the skirt, - the one that she was looking at in the picture. She had agreed to work with Pamela on a couple of other designs and Pamela had introduced it into the market as the Melanie collection. She had given it Carissa's middle name as she had been the inspiration for those designs!