Life can’t get any better for model Megan Blake Irwin

AUSTRALIA’S hottest modelling export, Adelaide-born model Megan Blake Irwin, relocated to New York six months ago. But life isn’t all A-list parties and designer gowns.

Life can’t get much better for model Megan Blake Irwin. Picture: Duncan Killick

IT’S New York Fashion Week and a 22-year-old model wearing a Chanel dress is watching Kanye West perform at The Plaza Hotel.

Welcome to the life of Megan Blake Irwin. The Aussie export says attending the afterparty was crazy: “I was standing next to [supermodel] Carolyn Murphy and the president of IMG Models, watching Kanye and thinking, ‘Life can’t get much better.’”

The Adelaide-born model relocated to New York six months ago and has settled right in. But Irwin’s life isn’t all A-list parties and designer gowns.

Irwin wears I Love Mr Mittens knit $520, Witchery top $99.95, Ellery pants $1470, Hermes scarf $530, Sandro Paris boots $920. Picture: Duncan Killick

“The glamorous side [of modelling] is very glamorous,” says Irwin. “But there’s also the side where I’m running around trying to find a dress from a million stylists in 35-degree heat.”

It’s while she is running those errands that Irwin is often followed by the paparazzi.

She makes headlines almost every time she steps out in public, but says the attention doesn’t bother her.

“[The paparazzi] are really sneaky, you never see them,” she says. “They’re doing their job, so you can’t be angry. They haven’t written anything terrible about me to upset me, and I very rarely look at it anyway.”

Marques’ Almeida top $325, COS dungarees $175, Megan’s own earrings. Picture: Duncan Killick

Bally dress POA, and shoes, $1375. Picture: Duncan Killick

Max Mara coat POA, Witchery shirt $160, Sandro Paris jeans $338, Alexander McQueen shoes $1050. Picture: Duncan Killick

Whether she’s walking to a casting in Manhattan or drinking matcha green tea in downtown SoHo, no day is the same for Irwin in NYC. “It’s such an electric city, I’m super-happy there… It feels like home now,” she says.

While she’s made herself at home in the States, Irwin still misses Australia’s beaches and fresh air – and the Sydney Spring Carnival. She flew back last month for the Colgate Optic White Stakes Day, braving a long-haul flight and jet lag for the occasion. “I love any excuse to dress up,” she laughs.

Originally published as Life can’t get any better for model Megan Blake Irwin