Yesterday, after an exhausting weekend of solo parenting, I headed to my Ma’s house for an extra set of hands for helping. We did what girls do, and we headed to the shops.
I popped into one of my favourite clothing shops, City Chic, for a little bit of a look-see. As I browsed through the new tops and tees I spotted someone famous walk into the store. Star struck, I rummaged through the clothes and grabbed some jeans to try on. As I made my way to the change rooms, I tripped and knocked over a clothing rack.
“You OK?” she asked, popping up from behind the fallen rack.
I nodded and smiled.
“Is your foot OK? I’ve done that before and it hurts.”
I laughed, one of those little girl giggles, and assured her I was just fine. I made my way to the change rooms red-faced.
“Mum! Mum!” I whispered, the change room door ajar, trying to get my Ma to come closer. “That girl in the purple dress is famous.”
“Who?” my Ma cluelessly asked scouring the store.
“She’s the model for City Chic. Her name is Courtney. Isn’t she beautiful?”
This is Courtney.
I took my clothes to the counter, to ask the assistant a question. Crouched on the ground, talked to Lacey about princesses was Courtney. We then got talking about jeans. Clothing sizes. Dresses. And more. In my head throughout the whole conversation I was thinking, ‘She’s talking to me!’
After we said goodbye and then made our way around other stores I tried to process why I was so starstruck. {I’m a processor. I think through everything. It’s what I do.} I think because I’m plus-size I often read magazines that feature skinny girls that I know I’ll never be, but Courtney is someone who I think is beautiful and real. Someone I look up to physically. Plus I like to shop online, and I do spend a good chunk of time each month looking at their site.
Who knows… really. But it made my smile. Sad or not!
Do you ever get star-struck? Share, have you ever met any celebs?
P.S. I’m thinking of getting this dress and these jeans. I think I love them.
Wow she really is beautiful! I've seen a few celebs frequent my favorite little restaurant hidden away in North Carolina, but they're usually old guys (members of the band ACDC, Paul senior from Orange County choppers, etc) Not really people I'd want to approach…
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I was pretty much completely tongue-tied when I met Martha Stewart. She complimented my hand-knit poncho, only she called it a ruana. I didn't have the nerve to correct her!
surprising I have had a few brushes with fame but these are not to brag about….my mom worked for the airline industry when I was a baby & we flew to visit my grandparents & next to us on the plane was Tony Bennett (& I proceeded to spit up ALL OVER HIM) seee famous!! and #2 i stood in line for the LADIES room behind Mickey Rooney (the LADIES ROOM!) ha!
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I saw Jude Law going for a walk with his kids in London once – was so busy looking at these cute kids and trying to make the baby smile, that I failed to notice it was Jude Law until I looked up and nearly fell over. Not very cool and collected anyway!
Dress is very cute! Should be bought!!
I was a flight attendant in a previous life and we had Celebrities big and little, on quite often.. I would say that Hugh Jackman had me speechless.. He is incredibly good looking in real life.. I mean REALLY good looking and his smile is very cheeky and endearing.. He was trying to talk to me and the other flight attendant and i was rendered mute and couldn't speak so is smile and nodded.. An old friend of mine was a nanny for a very famous fashion designer.. Her boss is obviously around heaps of celebrities as she dresses them but she said when she ran into Leonardo DiCaprio in an elevator she was incredibly star struck.. So stars get star struck too.. x
I've met a few through work, but the one that turned me into a giggling 12 year old was Cate Blanchett. She said I had gorgeous skin! She, of the glowing complexion, noticed my skin! I pretty much died on the spot. The ultimate for a beauty blogger, guess I'm doing something right!
Isn't Courtney gorgeous though! Those brows!
When we were in the UK I saw this older man at a cafe. I commented to mum that he looked familiar. Umm yep that would be because he was Anthony Hopkins. He had such a charming face but he did look much older in real life.
so funny! I saw him at a restaurant in Hollywood and had done the same thing wondering why he looked so familiar!! Ha Ha guess he looks different in real life..
I would be completely star struck if I met you in person…my bloggy, social media hero you!;)x
I met Ronan Keating. I made a total idjit of myself going on about having stolen the hotel pen for his autograph. Cringe.
Saw Charlize Theron outside Mann's Chinese Theatre at the premiere of North Country… me and 1000 other people lol
I was in las Vegas when I saw Diddy ( at the time he was Puff Daddy) and ran to get a picture with him, he was nice enough to stop and take the pic, once it was over I cried. Just for the record I was 20 yrs old and was a diddy super fan….total nerd for crying, I know.
lucky u! nope I've never met any of the stars I truly like but if I did.. I would certain take the chance to grab a pic with them haha. did you? or, at least a sneak pic? ;p
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I've seen a few Australian celebs and every year my hubs and I go to the Bathurst 1000 where we seek out our favourite drivers for autographs and I can go up to all of them except my true fave, Greg Murphy. I get ridiculous. I can't talk, I get all flushed, my heart POUNDS. Every year.
I've never been star struck, although I've definitely said some stupid things, haha. I say stupid things to new people all the time, though. I would be struck dumb if I ever met Stephen Fry. There's nothing in the world witty enough to say to him, and I could never express all he means to me in one snappy soundbite. So better to be thought of as stupid, then to open my mouth and remove all doubt!
That's so cute! I have been star struck by someone who was way less famous than other people I've run in to. The difference was that I had been a big fan of his for nearly 20 years. My friends thought it was so funny because i've seen him in concert quite a few time (in small bars, etc.) but never went up to him. I think I was just too worried to ruin it. It's one thing to embarrass yourself in front of someone you don't know, but I just knew I could never listen to his music again if I made a fool of myself. lol.
my hubby was standig in the queue at starbucks when the guy behind him said his leather jacket was cool (biker jacket with huge Indian Motorcycle Motif on the back), when he turned round to epxlain that he used to work for Indian he found that it was Willem Dafoe who was doing the asking.
Also before moving to LA from the UK, I lived about 500yds from where Robbie Williams' sister lives, and when he used to visit her or was in Stoke for some reason, he and his best mate Jonathan Wilkes would go for a meal and a couple of pints at our local pub, and Robbie's cousin was a school mate of my baby sisters, and she got invited to go clubbing with him, back in the early days of take that….
One of my youngest sons, friends is in the new Spiderman Movie and in the New Volkswagon Jetta advert – does that count..? He is only 10 but he is in my living room most weekday mornings when he calls for my son to walk to school….
A few years back when Robbie Williams was on tour in Melbourne, I'd scored tickets and went along. A couple of nights prior I was chatting to this guy in a bar who insisted that he was Robbie's best mate. I was like, “Yeah, I'm totally in with Kylie”, that sort of rubbish.
Turns out it was Johnny Wilkes, who I had seen two nights either singing with Robbie, but as I didn't have my glasses on I couldn't tell!
No really excited brushes with fame for me, but I love that you admire someone REAL. And how nice that she actually shops in the store she promotes and that she is a decent human being!
I always wonder though, if plus-sized models would look much smaller in person or more borderline Size 12….
Deb
No, she still looked curvy. She was a 16, she told me, so not teeny – but so real and beautiful. Can you tell I'm still star struck? 😛
In 2008, Alicia Keys came to my college campus in New Jersey to film her video to “Teenage Love Affair”. At the time, she was my absolutely favorite artist… I happened to literally freeze up as I walked by her, breathed the same air as she did and just squealed really loudly. Her body guards were so huge and intimidating that I couldn't even get a word out. She noticed my enthusiasm and turned around after we walked past each other to give me a wave… If I wasn't so star-struck, I probably would have belted out the lyrics to at least 4 of her songs. 🙂
I quite literally ran into Ewan McGregor while he was in Sydney filming Moulin Rouge. I was racing down the stairs and he was heading up. It was over before I knew it and took a minute to work out who he was and the opportunity I'd missed to talk to him. I figure I probably wouldn't have been able to get a word out anyway!
The nearest I have been to a celebrity is watching live performances. So, I am not sure how I will fare with them in person. I like the jeans you are planning to buy.
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I work at a casino and have dealt to a few different people, my favourite was when Boys To Men were touring, they were pretty drunk and happy, so when they were on a winning streak sang to me, which was very cool. I've also been subjected to quite a few “don't you know who I am's” the best was 50cent, who I knew exactly who he was, but played dumb and shook my head saying, “no, why should I??” LOL, he was such a jerk!
Courtney is so beautiful!!
Love it, Courtney is a real doll and super super nice.
Hehehe, sometimes, a little bit. I met Chris Noth when I worked in NY and I asked him if I knew him from somewhere!? Totally clueless and with a real case of the talkatives, I insisted I'd served him the night before … at the gay bar I worked at!
Richard Gere made me a bit star struck, Rosie Perez not so much. I think it depends how much I like them. I get very starstruck around lots of bloggers!!
I have bumped into Courtney too – I saw her in Myer and was eating lunch with my friend when she walked by with her friend. After she'd gotten past me (my friend was facing her and saw what happened and what she said) she stopped her friend and pointed me out as my outfit was from City Chic. She said “that girl is wearing a dress from City Chic”.
A MODEL pointed ME out?? What's up with that? 😉
PS: I love City Chic – she's lovely – but also very tall and gorgeous.
I love your comment “I'm a processor. I think through everything. It's what I do.”.
That would also be me – a processor 🙂
Fortunately i don't meet any celebs – i would for sure get starstruck and embarrass myself.
Definitely get the dress!
Awww. I still can't believe, myself, that I met Beyonce! The first 250 people to buy True Star the fragrance, when it came out got a few seconds with her while she signed her autograph. My dad and step-mum bought it for me. She looked totally flawless and stunning and looked me right in the eyes when I spoke to her, so polite and smiley!
It was one of many highlights of my NY trip where chances of celeb-spotting seem to be multiplied.
I work at City Chic in Macquarie and met Courtney once while in store, I have to say I too was extremely star struck, not only is she even more beautiful in real life but she is a lovely person and extremely gracious. She even complemented me on the way I looked and I was thinking, “ummmm… your a goddess!!!!” I have met a couple celebrities and well known people but none made me feel so 'on their level' as Courtney did- definately an asset to City Chic and it is so wonderful that she is so much more than just a model- she visits the stores, is part of the design and buying process and is just generally the ideal face of the brand that I'm so proud to be a part of.
hA! yes, i once say my favorite real world cast member – from real world 4 london – back when real world was cool. I was Soooooo in awe of Jacinda and her clothes. I ran into her in Palm Springs once in a coffee shop and acted like i was too cool to know who she was. So funny!
At DragonCon a few years ago, a friend of mine and I went up to the top floor of the Marriott to look around (and look down – it's at a dizzying height up there). On our way back down to the ground floor, the elevator stopped and Kevin Sorbo got on. We kept talking, and he even jumped in to comment on our conversation. Then, as he exited the elevator (several floors before we reached the bottom), he said, “Have fun, see ya later.”
We looked at each other after the elevator doors were shut, grinning ear-to-ear, and said, simultaneously, “Kevin Sorbo!!”
I met an Australian actor who was pretty big many years ago when he was touring to promote a new season of his tv show.
I was 15, completely star struck and I smiled sweetly as he scribbled on a black and white promo photo. As he handed it to me he smiled, I gasped as he started to speak.
“Have a nice day, Fatty. Or do you prefer wideload? Ha ha ha ha”.
Well, now he is old and balder, has no career, and is a bit on the fat side. Hmmm, I wonder if he is on Twitter..!
That's fantastic! I always thought I would be really relaxed if I met someone famous. I have met a few New Zealand actors over the past few years and that has always gone well.
However….at the end of last year I did a fun run/walk and at the end my friend and I were waiting to pay for parking and a radio DJ was in the line in front of us. Anyway, she turned around and I just blurted out “OMG I listen to you every morning” *blush*. She was so lovely.
When my friend and I got to the car I was telling her all about the DJ as I have been listening to her show for about 8 years. I said “I had a bit of a fan girl moment didn’t I?” and my friend said “you think!” and laughed. She said she couldn't believe that I just had gotten all funny and embarrassed.
So in a way I can completely relate.
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