![]() Readers are introduced to Iris at the very moment an ominous package from FedEx arrives at her door. Wildchilds centers on Iris de Valadé, a retired top model living in self-imposed exile along the verdant Sonoma coast with her seventeen-year-old daughter, Lou. One of Fall 2018’s most electrifying fiction debuts, former model and agent Eugenia Melian pulls back the glittering curtain to reveal the fashion industry’s darkest secrets in Wildchilds: A Novel – set for release in paperback and ebook formats on Septem(coinciding with Fashion Week in NYC, Paris, London, and Milan). Young people flock to fashion thinking it’s all celebrities, parties, dresses, and models, not realizing this is a massive industry that accounts for $3 trillion globally – or that youth and beauty provide no protection at all against the real powers that be. ![]() ![]() ![]() Whether you’re flipping through a glossy magazine editorial or scrolling through the Instagram feeds of today’s “it” girls, it’s not hard to see that youth and beauty reign supreme in the fashion industry – or to imagine that all that glitters really is gold. The Loss of Innocence, the Death of Beauty, and the Price of SuccessĪN EX-MODEL’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE DARK SIDE OF FASHION, WHERE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE DO UGLY THINGS ![]()
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