Inside DC Fashion Week 2011: The Capital's Fabulousity...

-

As it always happens at the last moment - something - THAT something - makes me miss some of the fashion shows only in time to catch up with the fashionistas at the next shows to tell me that I haven't missed much...

It's actually rather sad when someone says about a fashion week -"it's been dull"...This is definitely not something you'd hear at the NY Fashion Week - months in advance NY fashionistas start looking around to see if anyone knows someone - who knows somebody - who has access to the tickets to the fashion shows. It's like with the bouncers at the cool, hip and happening lounges - you've got to know them! You've got to know your way around. So, I hung on tight to my PRESS badge - the ultimate access key to the fabulousity of the fashion shows...


So, this year again, I've been invited by Ean Williams - the founder and director of DC Fashion Week to the fashion shows that I so like to write about in hope that next year it'd be even better...and it was! This year has been a much better turnaround and - even [organization wise]... Still - a far cry from what I've experienced - [seen, heard and tasted wise] - at the NY Fashion Week... [by the way, I'm gonna talk about Williams' collection in the next few days - his collection brought the most joy out of me - always beautiful, immaculate, lavish and...sexy] He is the creative mind behind the Corjor International. I wouldn't mind, actually, wearing one of his designs myself...

As I browsed through the crowd, I found myself - actually - thinking that there is no one really who I'd like to take a photo of in the crowd. I tried to find that particularly interesting, unique, personal style... Yes, there were a few, but in comparison to Milan, Paris, London, and NYC where I've been to such events, I couldn't...so, I took it as given - I took DC for what DC is - no extraordinary expectations, and no comparisons to other - [more fashionable and stylish] - places I've been to.

I do want to mention, though, that this year's participating designers had some interesting collections - and why wouldn't they, they represented a wide array of foreign countries - USA, Canada, Ukraine, Bolivia, Thailand, India, Iran, and Ghana. With so many international creative flows - there's a bright future. There is a hope that some day, we'd read their names on a Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week call list...More photos are coming this week!


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Color, Crocodile, Stripes...Action

-
Image
I've spotted this girl in Soho. I couldn't help myself but noticing the way she put so many different patters and color blocks on one outfit and it all came together in harmony... I always thought that this look not for everyone. I wish I could do it, but with her - it looks amazingly great...
Read more

New Year 2013 And The Privilege of Being Who You Are

-
Image
Last year I called my New Year blog - my new year resolutions, but aren't we a bit tired of making the resolutions that we don't seem to be able to keep? So, this year, instead of talking about how I'd lithe to be better, more productive, more attentive to my family matters, healthier, active, bla bla bla, I'd like to talk about how lucky some of us are who have someone special and dear to have celebrated the coming of the new year, when some people out there - don't... I'm lucky and I know it but it wasn't always the same. 
Read more

Asparagus Gratine: The Asparagus Way Into The German's Heart

-
Image
For Germans the  Spargelzeit , or the white asparagus season, is an eagerly anticipated sign of spring. Depending on the weather, the season for asparagus begins some time in April and lasts until St. John the Baptist’s feast day June 24, and during this time the country is gripped by ‘Asparagus Fever’. From seasonal asparagus dishes to the white asparagus queen award - there's quite a bit of the history that goes back as far as the Greek and Romans... "Asparagus Gratine" seasonal dish at the Knochenhauer restaurant in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony: served with the potato pancake, ham and Hollandaise sauce. Having spent quite some time in Germany during the pick of the season, I've learned a lot about the history and tradition of the white asparagus season. Read here to find out why Germans call white asparagus "white gold".
Read more