Travis and their mum, Desiree, on set for the Pantene campaign. (Pantene)
Travis Alabanza, the writer, performer and theatre-maker extraordinaire, agreed to kick off their slippers recently to do something a bit different: a modelling shoot with their mum, Desiree.
“I was gagged, because I’ve been wanting an excuse to get my mum dressed up and glammed up. It was a no-brainer for me,” they say.
But when Travis proposed the shoot – a hair campaign with Pantene – to their mum, she said no.
“Because she was like, ‘I don’t wanna do my own hair! ” Travis laughs. “I told her, ‘Mum, it’s Pantene, they will bring in hair people!’ So then she was like, ‘Well, what about make-up, I’d have to get new make-up! ”