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SAT.

That was you at Jeffery Jah/Mike Williams' Art Of Photography jam outbidding me on that Arnette Aurell print, right. Well not all of us are as shrewd as paparazzo Patrick McMullen who said he would only contribute prints to the auction if he was given $1,500 in bidding credit. I spent the night trying to unravel the reasoning behind the concept of Helena Christensen with green hair but she wouldn't divulge. To her credit she just acted as if it were the most natural thing in the world and you know what, in her world, it just might be. Julia Roberts serving committed anti-fashion, sure looked ravishing with not a drop of make-up. But alas, poor unhappy Brandi Quinones did not. She looked like she had the weight of the world on her frail little shoulders as she dragged herself through the proceedings in her floor length party dress. I wanted to just hold her so she could have a good cry but she was with that creepy banker guy who's she's been tacked onto recently and I thought "Leave it alone" The whole flock descends upon Roseland for the Versus, precisely like an invasion of locusts. I don't know but it was so funeral and somber, those black looks crawling up and down the runway, even that committed "nihilist" Pablo Ravazzani had to later confess it looked perfect for NY's cabal of vampiric nightcrawlers. Swept by the flock back to Bond St. for the after-party. Super-paranoid security all but stomps the guests out of the way when Donatella alights upon her admirers for like...10 minutes. You've all heard about Shalom's defense ("Well you haven't had your brother shot down in cold blood") so we won't be redundant. Its sad though that that Cunnan guy has robbed this effervescent family of its joy, and we can clearly see that the Perpetual Versace party of the mid-90's is quite over. Well I'll tell you where the party was at. It was at Michelle Hicks/Ellen von Unwerth's Kit Kat jam. Have you ever wondered what was it about Michelle that earns her such fierce loyalty from the Fashion Pack? Its because she is the certified life of the party. Donovan Leitch (sans wifey Kirsty Hume) and a gentleman friend were there doing this strange harlot dance with Donovan (The Harlot) draping his silky scarf around said gentleman's neck and pulling him closer and closer .Damned exhibitionist. Hip hop maestro Sean Puffy Combs is turning into quite the scene qu..... I mean casualty isn't he. I wish his boyz could have seen him dancing onstage amidst a flock of models and dousing them with Krut. I don't know what got into Carolyn Murphy but she decided to give pole dancing a spin with truly chic results. What else ...Amber crotch bumping with Shalom (as usual). Nur Khan glowering magnificently, the newly goth-rock Amy Wesson glowering with even more magnificence, Ellen von Unwerth graciously holding court. And a very imperious Natane in a bizzare bikini top with matching skirt acting so shady she could have given Naomi a tan. It was quite fabulous.

 

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Trying to unravel the reasoning behind the
concept of Helena Christensen with green hair.
Photo by Steve Azzara.

 

SUN

Screech. The swarming minions of fashion are all out and boy are they rocking their Sunday best. Its satanic they way these kids seem to find instant and silent agreement on what this year's status handbag will be (think LV) . Pablo R is quite right when he notes that compared to the London Pack the NY contingent really takes Market Week very seriously. On the low budget tip, the streets of NY are awash with the Air Rifts (the coward's version in green and black and that means its time to move on to Puma) The DKNY show is cool but why army boots with floor length skirts Donna? And y'know part of your fiscal problems has to do with the blurred identities of your innumerable lines. I mean what's the difference between D and DKNY? But onto matters of real importance ...Teresa, this stunning Indian girl from Trinidad, blows our minds ever time she emerges. She is like a baby Yasmeen, sweet yet soigne. BCBG has lots of big girls including a admirably sober and composed Carolyn Murphy in a white down coat over an ivory party dress. Shalom prances out with Max Azria at the end to take the final bows which means Amy Wesson is out and Shalom is the new campaign face. Don't cry for Amy though because guess who's rocking the Versace Couture ads . Work Amy. Literally. On the way out of BCBG run into the shapely Hollywood vixen Vivica Fox (truth in advertising) who confides "I love shopping. I wish I could do this everyday." Vivica is so innocent non? Miss Daryl Kerrigan is not innocent. I mean the arrogance and the presumptuousness. After failing to penetrate that mess at the backstage door. PR and I decide to bike it up to the Rebecca Dannenberg, especially since Rebecca is the beneficiary of a very flattering Times Styles profile. Besides Stevie is a nice PR person as opposed to ....Oh let me leave it behind. Well backstage at Rebecca's is hot and sweltering, and running a traumatic hour and fifteen minutes late. The models who do get there early (James King, Miss Natane, Jamie Rishar, Amy Nemec, Corrinne) must suffer through big hair and hooker make-up. Its Trashy in that classic early 80's Katy K tradition but that's New York for you. Funny enough Rebeccas' into pairing her apron-dresses with big combat boots. Spooky right? Jamie Rishar, back in her strawberry blonde glory comes over, soliciting help with a stubborn champagne bottle, a task I am more than happy to fulfill. That accursed Daryl K finally ends and Jodie Kidd comes sprinting in with the newly red Shirley Mallman bringing up the rear. (You liiiiike it? blasts Shirley in her big big voice when we mwah mwah at the hair station Yes Shirley we Liiiiiike it!) We burrow with Jamie between the clothing racks like excited 6 year olds sipping the half-empty bottle of bubbly. The champagne flows, the heat swelters and downstairs the Times' Constance White is looking more and more pissed. Overhear this discussion that makes me gag on the free liquor when Model X says to Model Y. "I slept until one today and missed all my shows and the agency is like freaking OUT. " Model Y turns and screams "Oh My God. Me Too!" Michele Hicks better not have another Saturday birthday party next season. Speaking of which...a lot of models just happen to have birthdays during Fashion Week don't they. Tonight's big ticket is Stacy MacKenzie's b-day party but that's at System which is a non-venue so we can't do it.


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