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New York alek wek; Finding the perfect fit is a challenge when you stand nearly six feet tall-and are known in the modeling industry for your superstar stride.(Interview)
Byline: Mark Holgate
Those jeans are so long!" says Eleanor Ylvisaker. "They're really long," says Scott Morrison. "They're even longer than the ones we made for Karolina Kurkova!" Ylvisaker and Morrison are two of the owners of Earnest Sewn, a denim company based in New York's Meatpacking District. As to the identity of the wearer of the jeans that are long, really long, longer even than those worn by Karolina, that would be Alek Wek. She has dropped by Earnest Sewn to be fitted for a custom pair, in this case the superskinny Harlan style in raw, rigid denim. Even Alek's own credulity is stretched when it comes to her inseam. The tape measure reads 38.5 inches. ...
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