Peter Jensen this morning sent out his models in some ninja-style, grey wool headgear that covered everything bar the eyes - dandy for New York, Moscow and Tehran, in the one hit. Just on models, what's happening with skinny model management? The new, draconian regulations designed to rid the tents for perpetuity of those rascally, reed-thin runway stars who, it has been scientifically proven, are unilaterally responsible for prompting an infinitesimal percentage of the developed world's population to starve itself - while the 80 per cent remainder feels free to pig out?
It was precisely this time last season, that the words "ban" and "skinny models" were first uttered in the same fashion week breath when Madrid Fashion Week implemented a ban against size zero 0 girls following the death of one South American model. As I arrived for the London shows in September, I spotted one UK paper really getting into the skinny swing with the headline, "Is Lily too thin for Fashion Week?" I mean, Lily Cole, of all models - with the face of Blythe and the body of a Varga Girl.
by Patty Huntington at 4:27 PM Grey power: Francisco Costa keeps his end up at Calvin Klein An antiemitic should be de rigueur in the handbag of anyone contemplating covering a fashion season. But not solely due to the fact that an inevitable percentage of the clothes that they will see are bound to make them feel sick. Being large, contained gatherings, fashion shows tend to work like petri dishes for bugs, a particularly bad situation of course in winter and notably, in weather as cold as it has been in New York.
After standing around in the week's freezing temperatures many showgoers - and show workers - were bound to get sick by week's end. In the early AM of Thursday, in spite of 3000mgs of vitamin C a day, I joined their ranks - and lost 24 hours (and a day's shows) recovering. I have since learned that a gastric flu had been circulating around late January's haute couture shows in Paris.
Assuming at first that it food poisoning, I pressed-on (and no doubt, further circulated the bug). In my dazed state on Thursday, I had to ditch the first Calvin Klein press showing to head back to my hotel at one stage, but managed to make it to the second - which is mostly for buyers. I did not want to miss this show - and am glad that I didn't because it proved one of the highlights of New York fashion week.
by Patty Huntington at 12:55 PM Peter Jensen this morning sent out his models in some ninja-style, grey wool headgear that covered everything bar the eyes - dandy for New York, Moscow and Tehran, in the one hit.
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