NYTimes.com: Getting a front-row seat during New York Fashion Week offers attendees the chance to be photographed by paparazzi before the show begins, to actually see the clothes on the models as they strut by, and to exchange a self-congratulatory glance with Anna Wintour (even if that glance goes unacknowledged by the Vogue editor).
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One of my many dreams is to get a front row seat to fashion week,. not only in New York, but to shows all over the world. I remember when the shows were at Bryant park, my friends and I used to try and sneak in, but of course always failed. As I recall it was a pretty huge deal when the shows moved to Lincoln center, also because that was only a block away from my high school.
Egos. Something there is never a shortage of in the fashion world. It would take a saint to be able to put up with them all; event planners certainly must have their hands full trying to appease everyone. It's interesting that the fashion industry has managed to find a solution to this problem by changing the shape of the catwalk to S's and U's. I'm actually rather surprised that they didn't do this a long time ago, and I wonder what the reason for it happening exactly now is. How quickly will the straight catwalks die out? What is their history and semiology that has caused them to last as long as they did?
I don't understand why the fashion world has to have so much drama? Honestly, a seat's a seat, shouldn't someone just be honored that they were invited to the show in the first place? It is important to put high profile clients in the front row to increase exposure of your brand through press, but that is all the front row should be about, not paparazzi or popularity. The fact the fact that this escalated to the point where there was almost a lawsuit, is preposterous. If someone asks you to move because of a fire hazard you should move, and that's that.
Stupidity is the only word I can think of... Why would you ever slap someone asking you to move? First it makes you look stupid as well as get you negative press. I can understand how the PR people are trying to fit as many people in as possible on the front row but slapping someone is just to far... From my understanding it was more a fire hazard than anything and I think had a fire started and those people died and refused to move the press would be taking a COMPLETELY different stance...
So this article was just ridicoulus to me. I will admit fashion is something I care very little about. Give me some soild Carhartts and a Dickies button down and I am good to go. So moving on from there, slapping someone because they asked you to move. I have no words to describe that, just do not understand the mind set. I am personally trying to imagine, any situation that would bring me to such lengths but I can not.
But I really did find the discussion, let me note at great lengths, over the type of run way to use something very interesting. So many patterns, so many issues with each pattern just blows my mind. That world is just soo far away from my mind, I have no concept. I just do not understand.
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