Has Fashion Week in New York left you exhausted? Or did you miss all the fun? Here are some highlights to give you a flavor of the mood in New York:
Oscar de la Renta
banned faux fashionistas from his show on September 10th.
Note to the faux-cialites: Oscar de la Renta doesn't want you at his Sept. 10 show.
"None of the girls who just show up to places to get their pictures taken were invited,"
our insider said. "Oscar thinks they are tacky and is only interested in the women who actually
support his work and, you know, buy the clothes." Another source said, "The list was cut
in half - the new space for the show is on Park Avenue and there wasn't room to accommodate everyone." De
la Renta's rep declined comment.
Miss Sixty, on the other hand, reportedly
paid $50,000 a person to entice hot celebs to attend the show. That surely explains the appearance of the ruggedly adorable Clive Owen in the
front row.
Thursday must have been pricey for Miss Sixty. Word is the show's planners were baiting
stars with small fortunes to get them to attend their 10 a.m. show. One high-profile
publicist informed us that her clients were being offered up to $50,000 to hit the tents in the morning.
It paid off. Demi Moore, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Clive Owen and Mischa Barton sat front row,
though all four seem way out of the edgy denim brand's tweeny demographic. Maggie's
Birkenstocks said it all!
Marchesa is expanding
beyond just doing red carpet gowns. The collection was gorgeous.
Cathy Horyn of The New York Timesdespised
Gwen Stefani's L.A.M.B. collection.
The rise of the dastardly Internets and the associated newfangled technology
has apparently sped up the time it takes to knock off a designer original. Knock offs now hit the stores before the designer originals.
Designers are not amused. Remember that
law
that fashion designers were trying to get passed to protect them from knock-offs? Congress is actually considering it again.
But by far, the most entertaining PR stunt of the week was Jezebel.com's Barf Bag swag bags. The blog hired two models to dress in vintage stewardess ensembles. The duo handed out real airline barf bags which included a tongue depressor, Ex-Lax and some breath mints. The campaign asked the question: what about Fashion Week makes you barf? Apparently, the guests thought it was funny, the supermodels, eh, not so much.
Has Fashion Week in New York left you exhausted? Or did you miss all the fun? Here are some highlights to give you a flavor of the mood in New York:
