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Her collection consisted of sparkling cocktail dresses reminiscent of (but not emulating) flappers from the ’20s, as well as beaded accessories (masks, headbands and eyewear). When we approached her at the after-party to inquire about the difficulties she faced putting the whole production on, she leaped across the room and pretended to strangle us. Then she made us apologize to her on behalf of all Americans for the way she was treated. Move over, Alexis Arquette, we’ve got ourselves a new crazy best friend!
The worst show of the day was also an easy call—Whitley Kros. With Beck acting as musical director and almost every famous Scientologist in town in attendance (sans John Travolta), both the music and celebrities overshadowed the clothes. Not that there was much to overshadow, as we recall having to sit through 20 painful minutes of a collection that looked like it was constructed out of spare bed sheets and hospital scrubs from 1982. With a douchey tagline like “Melanie Griffith in ‘Working Girl’ travels through
The rest weren’t bad, just sort of…plain. While Orthodox’s clothing was wearable, it lacked a certain excitement that Fashion Week is known for. A lot of leather accessories, porkpie hats, and mostly black and purple material all harkened back to ’90s grunge. (An acoustic, female-vocal version of “All Apologies” opened the show.) Kelly Nishimoto’s show wasn’t bad either, just forgettable (except for the horrendous hemlines—all were either way too long or too short).
Spotted: Nick Verreos of “Project Runway” Season 2, looking mostly bored and occasionally horrified at the Kelly Nishimoto show (we can’t really blame him, there were a lot of big bows). André Leon Talley seated behind a
Marcos Luevanos is Style editor for Metromix Los Angeles.
