Hits and Misses of Fashion Week

There were highlights…and then there were lowlights. Here are the Thread.co.nz team’s hits and misses of Fashion Week 2010, from both on and off the catwalk…

There were highlights…and then there were lowlights. Here are the Thread.co.nz team’s hits and misses of Fashion Week 2010, from both on and off the catwalk…

Highlights

The WORLD show in the Great Room at the Langham, which was so glam and superbly organised, and had lovely Shiseido goody bags to boot.

Good stage production, and the wow factor event-wise, at Stolen Girlfriends Club and Salasai.

The gold leaf-embellished hair at Salasai.

The ego-appeasing invention of C1 and C2, the centre aisle running down the middle of the catwalk, meaning another 60 people can have the all-important front row seating. It did feel a bit intimidating and you were in all the camera shots, though. And photographers complained (as per usual) about not being able to get a clear model shot without guests’ feet in the shot.

Derek Warburton was a LOT of fun and goodness knows we needed some fun.

Models snogging at NomD. Why? It’s models. And they’re kissing.

Christobelle (NZNTM winer cycle 1) dressed as a Barbie doll and having photos with children. Whether you love her or hate her, this pleased everyone on both counts.

The teal clutch purse at WORLD.

Jimmy D’s white silk print dress.

The black and white off the shoulder top at Zambesi.

The yellow dress at Hailwood.

Lowlights

Auckland weather. A storm wracked the city and gave everyone a natural "blow wave."

Nightmare parking due to the road closure of Jellicoe Street off Halsey meaning the loss of seventy prime P240 parking spaces.

The death of the goody bag at most shows and, at some shows, the death of the Helpful Show Notes beloved of reviewers.

Suspected food poisoning and gastroentiritis from catering at the Hangar 9 party. Luckily, Thread didn’t eat the mini burgers or the yoghurt dip.

Poor production at NomD meaning only the front row and exceptionally tall folk could see.

Piping on padded jackets at Alexandra Owen.

The Hitchcock-heroine-goes-to-the-bordello look at Michelle Yvette.

Clothes that didn’t look well made being included in runway shows. We can tell.

Sera Lilly’s street-cast non-model models being criticised for being too fat.

Not enough left to the imagination with Shortland Street stars in diamond nipple costumes at the Phoenix cosmetics show. Nurse!

The obvious over-issuing of tickets at Adrian Hailwood leading to the closure of the doors on people still queuing holding their tickets.

Being locked out of Ruby, who dutifully started their show on time, and having to break in through hair and makeup with the NZ Herald reporter who had a keycode to the garage door.

Having an Air NZ steward land in my lap after being pushed by a photographer stepping backwards to photograph Petra in the new centre aisle seats.

People with young children having to wait in a stuffy corridor for 45 minutes at Trelise Kids while they apparently fixed a mushroom. Not that we wanted a mushroom to fall on a child.

I always have my seat stolen (twice this year, not bad) but for the first time I had some old dear in the front row tell me I couldn’t sit in my own seat adjacent to her at Annah Stretton and try to arm-block me from sitting down.