You won't have to walk down a runway or anything. I just want to show my work over the journals. You can just stand there with your hands at your sides or in your pockets and that's fine. No special poses. And before that, I'll need you to try it on so I can mark it for alterations to get it to fit just right.

[She doesn't see what the big deal is. In her opinion, she's not asking him to do anything embarrassing.]

It's just normal fashion-designer stuff. You and mom want me to have a career when I'm done school, right?