Fashion Week: NYFW F/W 2013

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It was my 14th year of attending NY Fashion Week – that’s 24 seasons and counting, fashionistas!  This particular F/W 2013 season with the nemo snowstorm and with me being 36 weeks pregnant made it extra memorable.  It’s not everyday that you have to deal with hail, wind and ice along with kicks from within, pregnancy insomnia and the general inability to bend over.  Luckily I had a great team in place and less sponsored shows to manage in order to help deal with the 7 NYFW Moroccanoil sponsored fashion shows (down from 23 NYFW shows last season).  They literally did the heavy lifting for me.  I just had to safely waddle my way over.

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Today, after finishing up my behind the scenes work duties for Badgley Mischka, I raced to the show next door within Lincoln Center, for Vera Wang (or as fast as my pregnant waddle could let me).  And I was surprised to see this one very fashionable front row guest sitting all by her lonesome self.

Where was her Vogue entourage?  And what was she doing arriving so early as the first and only guest?  Hadn’t she heard of being fashionably late?

The paparazzi certainly took notice.  Flashbulbs surrounded her which is when I snapped the above shots while in amazement of my lucky Anna Wintour sighting.  When most of the paparazzi craze died down, without hesitating, I impulsively asked her whether I could have  a picture with her.  Knowing this would be my most major NY Fashion Week highlight, I suddenly wished I could call back one of the pro photographers to snap the shot for me but  alas, I was left with my one-handed outstretched arm for the below amateur photo.

Fashion orgasm!  I don’t even smoke and I felt I needed a cigarette after this encounter. Little does this woman know that I once spent a painstaking hour last fashion week, waiting out in the cold after a brutally long 16hour (fashion week) work day to catch a glimpse of her and have her sign my September Vogue.  (read all about it here)

I left wondering how such an A-lister could be so foolish as to show up so prematurely at a NY Fashion Week show.  Doesn’t she know she is prime prey for fashion-crazed stalkers like me?  🙂

Thanks Anna!  You made my day and made this fashion week all that much more memorable!

NYC Fashion Week

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I’ve attended over a decade of fashion weeks in 3 cities and still to this day, I get giddy with my first seasonal fashion show.  This past Friday was no different.  I rushed out of work to attend Concept Korea and with plans to also hit Gen Art that evening.  But somehow, my usual 1hour commute from work into the upper west side turned into a patience-testing 2.5 hour drive.  You’d think that by the time I arrived at Lincoln Center, I’d be exhausted and raging with commuter road rage.  But all it took is the sight of Lincoln Center all lit up with fashionistas flocking the NY streets and almost like I had downed a Red Bull, my heart pounced with excitement and energy shot through my veins.

So happy to meet up with my friend and share in the fashion fun, we greeted each other with hugs and squealed like fashion week virgins as we entered our first fashion event for spring 2012’s season.


Concept Korea is actually a project that I helped bring to life 2 years ago so it was amazing to be there and celebrate its third run.  They showcased 5 Korean designers in hopes of launching them to the U.S. Market.  Here are some pics.

Other than Doo Ri Chung, who was awarded a Vogue/CFDA Fashion award, there really aren’t any Korean designers who have received international recognition.  Really, can you name anyone?  All those other designers that probably come to mind (Prabal Gurung, Phillip Lim, Jason Wu, Anna Sui, Vera Wang, Josie Natori etc.  they are mostly Chinese).  I know, we all look and sound the same but I swear, they are not Korean.   So it was interesting to read the press release for the event which is how I learned that Lie Sang Bong, one of Concept Korea’s featured designers, has apparel already worn by singers Lady Gaga and Beyonce and that Steve J & Yoni P created a capsule collection for trendy retailer Topshop.  As a fellow Korean, I thought that was pretty cool.

And though the post-event press mainly concentrated on the fact that Vanessa Hudgens, was in attendance (surely paid by her publicists and agents through some contractual agreement with concept Korea), I was more enthralled with the fact that Hyoni, (Korean) winner of the Ford supermodel contest was there hanging out with little to no recognition from those around her.
Hello, people?!  We have a supermodel in the house!  Isn’t this 5’9 cutie skinny?  Really sweet too.
More on the fashionistas that I spotted and the rest of my fashion week wardrobe in my upcoming posts!
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