Alum twins appear on TV’s ‘The Cut’

When CBS’s reality series, The Cut, aired its final segment, Sept. 7, UD graduates and identical twins Lisa and Nina Gordon, both AS 2004, modeled the fashions of one of the designer finalists in a Macy’s window in Manhattan.

Lisa and Nina are the daughters of Linda Gottfredson, UD professor of education. Both graduated with honors and degrees in Spanish, Italian and French.

Since leaving the University, the twins have embarked on careers in modeling, freelancing for Twins Talent, Booked, R+L, LifeStyles, FunnyFace, Flaunt, Magteam, Innovative and Eye5.

Twins Talent booked them for The Cut, a reality TV show in which fashion design mogul Tommy Hilfiger conducted a search for the next great American designer, choosing from 16 style-savvy contestants who competed in a series assignments that tested their talent, business acumen, sales and marketing expertise, social skills and resourcefulness.
The Gordon twins were modeling for Liz, one of the three finalists who presented their fashions in a window at Macy’s Herald Square store. Liz unveiled a “day in the life” scene that started with pajamas and ended with an evening gown.

Lisa Gordon said the pace was frenetic, but they loved it. “The idea was that the two of us were made to appear to be the same person. There were two of each of the three outfits—PJs with a robe, a business suit and an evening gown. One of us would enter the window dressed in the PJs and pretend to wake up and pick out the business suit hanging in the closet and then leave through a curtain. Then, the other would enter immediately already dressed in the business suit and pretend to prepare to leave for work.”

“It was fun, but so chaotic because there was barely time to change into each outfit,” Nina Gordon said. “There was a huge audience outside our store window. The public couldn’t understand at first how one person could change so quickly, but some of them eventually figured out that we were twins.”