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Joe Zee, ELLE’s Creative Director counts the first ever Victoria’s Secret fashion show as his initiation into the world of wings, but it’s taken him a bit longer to try on his own pair. Zee swung by the VS main office in New York last week to try on wings alongside Alessandra Ambrosio. He said if he was actually cast in the show he’d want his outfit to be, “the skimpier the better. Because that’s the type of girl I am.” Unfortunately, there wasn’t a feathered bikini to match his wings, but he was able to pull them on over his suit. Maybe it was his outfit that kept him from being cast in the show, or the fact that Karlie Kloss took the last spot, but he wasn’t too bummed. He left with some parting advice for the lucky models who will actually walk tonight’s show: “Chin up, chest out, strut, strut, strut!”

Photo: Stephanie Jones