Fashion Week continued Saturday night with the Rock and Republic runway show and afterparty, both of which I was lucky enough to attend.
This was my first time to visit the Bryant Park tents, and it was insanely overwhelming: There were swarms of people pushing past me in an effort to get to the show on time. Except, of course, the show started almost an hour late. We were herded like cattle into an area behind the seats where we could hardly see the runway, but it didn't matter: I was at Fashion Week, and you simply couldn't beat the atmosphere.
During the long wait, multiple celebs (including Sophia Bush and Joss Stone) jumped up on the runway to get their pictures taken by the line of paparazzi waiting to hound anyone recognizable. In the front row — and in my line of sight — were Nigel Barker, Damien Fahey and Tyson Beckford.
The show featured a U-shaped runway with a live band in the middle playing Beatles songs. Clothing-wise, there was nothing incredibly innovative (to me, at least), but I found a few outfits I would kill to own, including the most beautiful purple dress.
After the show, my plus-two and I ventured to the Meatpacking District for the afterparty at 1OAK. The party was very exclusive — they double checked to make sure your name was on the list — and hosted many of the celebs that had been in attendance at the show. Most of them stayed in the roped off VIP section.
Unlike the other party, this one featured a full open bar all evening. We enjoyed the champagne and atmosphere that seemed surprisingly not that pretentious. Many of the models were in attendance too, and I overheard one confess that she hadn't eaten all day. Shocking, right?
Then Tyson Beckford made his way to the dance floor, at which point my friends and I asked for a picture. He shot us down: "I don't want to end up on MySpace." He proceeded to spend the rest of the evening turning down photo ops with fans and making sure nobody got too close to him. Oh, and he stood around texting. A lot.
Naturally, we made it our mission to take as many pictures with him in the background as we could. Because, seriously, he could have stayed in the VIP section and done all that stuff without being hounded. And maybe then he wouldn't have ruined Tyson Beckford for us. It's like finding out Santa Claus isn't real.
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Whitney, in the last picture you look like you're trying to tell us that Tyson smells bad. Does he?
Also, regarding Santa, what?
I like how Whitney is Cords ying. That sounds dirty. He despises it and yet, Whitney is excited to go. And thankfully she takes us with her. But what's important. Did you get to brush up against my boyfirend, Noted Fashion Photographer, Nigel Barker? He's all caps in my book.
whitney, you are great. You have the ability to be sarcastic without sounding like you think you are better than everyone else.
Enjoy fashion week, keep up the posts, and as soon as possible, find a way to have cord go off to write snotty, cooler-than-thou record reviews for Blender full time. Even better, maybe he could start a record review site where he just bags on everyone who has ever put out a song.
That was actually my "Tyson hurt my feelings" face. It looks a little different after partaking in an open bar. But I'm sure he did smell bad, that jerk.
Re: Santa … you know how you felt when you found out Santa wasn't real (or wrestling, etc)? That's how I felt when I realized celebrities that seem nice on TV might be asses in real life.
Ju: Still no encounter with Nigel, but he was beautiful from afar. And for what it's worth, I hear he's incredibly nice in person.
Keep up the good work Whitney. Please get try a little a harder next time to get next to Nigel and describe how he smells to us in great detail. :-)
Oh and please tell Cord to stop being a pussy and give you you're own color of box.
Ladies! Praise Xenu I'm back online! I fried my internet and have spent all day trying to fix it. Plus, I made salmon and now my apartment smells like Tyson Beckford. Nigel is definately all caps and probably smells like sexy cologne and a steak. Love him.
BTW, like you hair. It's super shiny.
Just a bit of idle curiosity…Did you see any fat people at Fashion Week Whitney?…if so how many…..1…2….or less?
"….I was LUCKILY enough to attend."….huh????
I had that, "Tyson hurt my feelings", face on last night while I was trying to score some beads. Yay for mardi gras. Now that the night is over I can't understand why I worked so hard for plastic beads???????
Also, did you see Perez and his Moncho? Moncho= Mumu/poncho. I was hoping he got punched in the face for real and you got some pics.