Isinxibo nguTe oyiNgcwele, i-Skybox yiAmerican Express, ukuma ngeminyaka yemikhwa emibi Bendihlala ndicinga ukuba iVeki yeFashoni imnandi. Kwakuyiminyaka eyadlulayo, xa iintente zazibhekisa kwezona ntente. Emuva ngemini (bekumele ukuba, oh, 2008) abahlobo bam kwaye ndiza kuzama ukuthetha indlela yethu eya kwiTommy kunye neOscar ibonisa kunye nebhlog malunga namava. Kwakumangalisa ukuba sihlala sikhathazekile kangakanani-Wenza ntoni kuthetha Andikho kuluhlu? Nceda ufowunele uEric umazise ukuba silapha-angasingenisa.
Andiqinisekanga ukuba wayekhona uEric, kodwa ngandlela thile wayesoloko eza.
Ngoku, ndimdala kwaye ndilumkile kwaye ndisandula ukuqalisa ubuntatheli ukuba ndizibeke phakathi kwabantu abakhethiweyo, ndinememo yokwenene (22, ukuba ichane), u-Anna bob kunye nomsebenzi, ukuba ndingakhetha ukuyamkela, ukuyiphatha Iveki yeFashoni ayithandi ukuqhula, kodwa njengomsebenzi.
Yeyiphi eyona inzima kakhulu kunokuba ibonakala.
Ndiqale i-odyssey yam ngokumakisha kunye Umjongi Ingcali yefashoni yokuhlala, u-Ben Le Hay, ukuya kwigumbi lokubonisa-iArchetype kwi Broadway kunye ne European designer mecca Agency V-apho, fumana oku, abantu bakunika nje iimpahla. Simahla! Konke okufuneka ukwenze kukukhetha ukuba zeziphi na ozifunayo, kwaye ngethemba ukuba umfanekiso wakho uza kuzinxiba.
Izambatho ezazinikezelwanga yayingeyiyo kanye indlela yam, oko kukuthi yayizizitayile, njenge-miniskirt engwevu engwevu engalinganiyo kwaye ifake ihempe enemikhono emide evela kwiTeyi eNgcwele eyayindenza ndibukeke njengomtyibilizi womkhenkce. (Kwavela ukuba lukhetho olufanelekileyo, okanye ke umcebisi wethu wefashoni, uMary Alice Stephenson, wathumela umyalezo ngetwitter emva kokuba sibalekile eDoo.Ri.)
Kwakukho ibhulukhwe ye-yoga efafazwe ngepeyinti eyayifakwe ibhulukhwe ukusuka ku-5 Preview, kunye neelokhwe ezazikhangeleka njenge-muumuus ezenziwe ngelaphu elaziva ngathi kukugquma kwesingqengqelo somakhulu.
Ngokubhekisele kwizixhobo, umbhali uPaula Froelich, owayekade eyiphepha lesithandathu, ngesisa wanikela ngengxowa enkulu yePrada kunye neChanel clutch. Okona kubalulekileyo kukuba bendisoyika ukutya, ukusela okanye ukuphatha nantoni na emntwini wam kangange veki iphela, hleze ndiphalaze ukutya phambi kwam okanye ndibhale ngepeni engxoweni exabiseke ngaphezu kobomi bam.
Umnumzana Le Hay undenzele iphepha le-Xeroxed cheat elinemifanekiso yayo yonke intlalontle eyaziwayo, umyili kunye ne-super-flack endinokudibana naye ngokufanelekileyo. Kwaye nangona ndizamile ukufaka ubuso kwimemori, bendihlala ndizibuza, Ngaba yayinguPoppy DeLevigne, okanye umthengi ovela eNeimans?
Ngamanye amaxesha ndandidla ngokuqikelela.
Owu, thixo wam, uEric! Ndadanduluka, ndaza ndaya kumfana endinokufunga ukuba ndiyamazi kwincwadi yokujonga. Unjani?
Ndimkhulu, unjani ntombazana?
Ukuba uDerek Blasberg uqaphele ukuba (a) asikaze sidibane kwaye (b) andilazi igama lakhe, wayenembeko ngokwaneleyo ukuba angayibonakalisi. (Le, ndiye ndaqonda, yayilikhadi lam lexilongo: Bonke aba bantu banomdla bayacaca ukuba banesimilo sokuvuma ukungaziphathi kakuhle.)
Oh uyazi ... le, Ndatsho, ndibonisa umqondiso kwindlela yokubaleka. Sooo uphambene. Andikwazi ukulinda ipati namhlanje. Bendinethemba lokuba ukukhawuleza kuya kwanela uMnu Blasberg ukuveza indawo efihlakeleyo yalo naliphi na iqela elinokwenzeka.
Owu, ewe, mhlawumbi ndiza kukubona apho! Watsho ngoncumo, eguqula ingqalelo yakhe ebuyela ku-Alexa Chung, owayefikelwa ngumfazi emcela ukuba asayine uxwebhu lwezikhalazo kwi-Model Alliance.
Silwela amalungelo emodeli, umfazi ucacisile.
UNks Chung wayebonakala edidekile. Ndicinga ukuba ndifuna ulwazi oluncinci ngaphambi kokuba ndiyityikitye, utshilo. Andizange ndive ngawe ngaphambili.
Kwangoko, ndafumana isifundo esikhawulezayo kwinto yangaphambili Vogue Umshicileli onxulumana naye uLottie Oakley malunga nendlela yokuhlala kwenkqubo. Sasijonge ezantsi kwiAmerican Express Skybox, awayeyisingatha kuyo iveki yonke. Icandelo A ngabahleli bakho baseMelika, abayili kunye nabantu bamaphephancwadi, watsho. Ngapha kwabo baseYurophu. Yabona, kukho uAmy Astley osuka Ulutsha oluVogue . Ungumntu omdaka ngee-bangs. Ndanqwala, nangona wonke umntu okwiCandelo A waye blonde ngee-bangs.
Icandelo eliphakathi, U-Oakley undixelele, lelabathengi, ngelixa izitulo zimiselwe kwindlela eyiyo-ngokoqobo, embindini wendlela yeenqanawa-zazigcinelwe abantu abadumileyo kunye neebhlogi zefashoni.
I-SkyBox yayikho nalapho Unethamsanqa Umhleli uBrandon Holley udlulise ubulumko obufihlakeleyo malunga nendlela yokubamba isihlalo esihle: Yiba yiblogger! Bendihleli nje nabahleli abasuka Ubuhle , uthe. Kwaye babenesihlalo esigcinwe kumqolo ongaphambili wonke umntu afuna. Kodwa babenganikezeli ngayo. basixelele ukuba yeyenkwenkwe egama linguBryan. BryanBoy? Wayebhlog yefashoni; wandinceda ndasebenzisa iTwitter.
Sidibene noKelly Cutrone woVukelo lwaBantu kumdlalo kaMara Hoffman. (UNks. Cutrone ebesicingile ngokusihlalisa ngaphambili, ecaleni kukayise womyili, Mnumzana olungileyo, kwaye akazange abetheke xa eqonda ukuba intombi yakhe iyile iikhondom ezibandakanyiweyo kwiingxowa zakhe zezipho.)
Xa ndiyivumela ityibilike kumbhali nakwimidlalo yeTV (ngubani othathe indawo kaAndre Leon Talley kwisizini ezayo ye Imodeli yaseMelika elandelayo ) ukuba bendizimisele ukuzenza ngaphezulu, ngexesha lale kholamu, ndiyintombazana eyi-It, wakhuza, Ungazami ukuba yintombazana engu- 'It', ubeyintombazana ethi 'Wena'. Wongeze ukuba iVeki yeFashoni ayinakuba luncedo kum njengendawo yokuzingela ekuhlaleni, kuba akukho mntu 'udibana' ngenene ngexesha lemiboniso. Ucebise ukuba ndisebenze ngokulima i-persona endaweni yoko. Unokuqatshelwa kwaye wakhe ezinye i-buzz ngokuba ngummangaliso omncinci.
Eyona ndlela yokuyimangalisa ngokwenene, kukuhlala esihlalweni esingafanelekanga ngaphambili. Ukuphungula enye akunzima kangako, UNks Cutrone undixelele: Isidingo esinye kukuba nobabalo kakhulu kwaba bafundi banezihlathi ngeapile abanxibe ii-headset, kuba ngabo abaya kuthi ngokungxama bazalise izithuba xa kuqala ixesha lokubonisa kunye nomntu obalulekileyo Ndifikile.
Owu, ukuba ufuna uncedo lokugcwalisa i-A-1-13, ndaphola ngexesha lomboniso weGeoffery Mac eRunway Exit, ndingathanda ukukunceda uphume.
Umceli mngeni omkhulu yayikukufikelela kwii-VIP suites kunye namaqela. Eyokuqala ndaye ndayilawula ngokudibanisa ukungabinantloni kwe-Drew endala kunye namakhadi amatsha e-Drew. Igumbi lokuphumla iMercedes-Benz lalinezikhululo zokhathalelo lolusu, iisofa eziphambili kunye neChampagne yasimahla. Yayikukuphela kwendawo-ngaphandle kwe- $ 10 yesandwich corral ecaleni kwendawo yokubloga-apho ndabona khona amashwamshwam ambalwa awayengekho kwifom yebha.
Ndichithe isiqingatha seVeki yeFashoni kwela gumbi lokuphumla, apho ndadibana khona neNew York Giants receiver enkulu uRamses Barden ndaza ndaqala incoko noEmma Snowdon-Jones malunga nokubaluleka kokuncoma. Uhlala ufuna ukuthetha into emnandi ngento enxitywe ngumntu, undixelele owase-Dominican-socialite. Kodwa abantu banokuxela kwilizwi lakho ukuba ukhetha into ukuze ube nento oyithethayo.
Ngokubhekisele kwimibhiyozo yasemva kwexesha, ndatsiba uninzi lwazo, kuba intombazana kufuneka itye kwaye ilale kwaye ipakishe zonke izinto zayo kuba ikwinkqubo yokuhamba. Ngamanye amaxesha, intombazana kuye kufuneke izame ukubeka kunye isakhelo sebhedi ngelixa iqhubeka nokutya kwimivalo yeFiber One, kwaye iphele ikunkqonkqoza phezu kwezibane ezimbini kunye nokuqhekeka iglasi kuyo yonke indawo.
Ukudinwa kweveki yam yeFashoni kwenzeka kwiintsuku ezintlanu kwinkqubo. Ngelixesha ndihleli kumdlalo kaDiane von Furstenberg ojijisana nomgexo omde obolekwe ngesisa nguLia Sophia, ndicinga Ndiye ndayenza ekugqibeleni. Ndikomnye wemiboniso ephezulu kakhulu kwiVeki yeFashoni, ejikelezwe zizinto ezifana no-Anna Wintour, uGraydon Carter noCarine Roitfeld. Andikho kwiVeki yeFashoni kuphela… ndinemfashini!
Kulapho ndajonga phantsi ukujonga itsheyini yam yomqala ndaza ndaqonda ukuba, ewe, ihempe emnyama ebijongeka intle kwigumbi lam lokulala elingenasibane ngentseni leyo ibizibonakalisile ukuba icace gca. Ngethamsanqa, abafoti abajikelezayo babezimisele kakhulu ukufumana u-Anderson Cooper ukuba abone.
Andiqondi ukuba ndakhe ndanombulelo wokuba ndingabikho mntu ebomini bam.
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