New York
Day 1
3:45 PM
As Ledsi blared in my Ipod, I could barely hear the security guard ask me, “Where is your pass or invitation sir”? I took off my sunglasses (standard issue for any Fashion Week) and the guard said, Byron! I was taken aback, because I didn’t recognize the guy. Byron, you son of bitch, how are you It’s been a while, go right in”.
I breezed in picked up my press bag filled with products, magazines and other goodies. Grabbed a few cocktails with some new best friends and then it sunk it, for fashion followers, Fashion Week is one of the high holy holidays.
4:30
We gather in line for the Rosa Cha show. Cocktails in hand, my new crew exchanged business cards and email addresses like all good fashion networkers. We also organized the nights parties and events for, Fashion Night Out.
4:55
The line for Rosa Cha closes and luckily we all got seats for my favorite swimwear designer. Twenty minutes later the show starts and 12 minutes later we were being herded out of the tents.
5:40
We taxi it up to Gucci, where I met my BFF, Jahida for the nights reveling. The line was around the block, but that did not deter us. We march to the front of the line and say press, and we are escorted right in.
6:10
We are now on our second glass of champagne and I am tempted to buy two pair of loafers, but Jahida said, “that’s your rent money”, so I put the loafers down and picked up another glass of champagne.
6:35
After picking up our Fashion Night Out t-shirts. We head up to Tiffany’s. I knew this was going to be a hot mess, when a saw customers doing the Thriller dance. The place was a like a nightclub. Again, the champagne was flowing freely like water.
7:15
I try on a pair of diamond studs worth $12,500. We eye-spy the exits for a quick escape. The salesgirl laughs and says you will never make it. I ask her to call my boyfriend and ask him to buy the studs for me. She does and he says, hell no.
8:10
Bergdorf Goodman was a wonderland. Sales. Beautiful people and vodka tonics. All the stars were out Andre Leon Tally of Vogue magazine, CFDAs Fern Mallis, designers Alexander Wang and Jason Wu. This was really a wet dream for me. I bought two merino wool sweaters in the seasons hot colors, red and violet. The top shelf vodka had my head swimming. So we headed downtown for some sushi and more fashion.
10:05
We arrive at The Chair and Maiden studio in the West Village to preview the Varcarcel line. The design team of Peter Varcarcel and Arianna Ward are old friends so it was joy to see them and buy some of their designs. I bought a few tops for Jahida, who looked stunning in them. The white wine was crisp and so was the crowd. I do love a young and gorgeous crowd.
11:30
We arrive at the Gansvoort for a nightcap. One last glass of champagne. We toast to a fabulous night. I take a look at my emails, I look up and Jahida is asleep. Well, another one bites the dust. Day 1 is in the books. Only 8 more to go.
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