Fashion Week

Trend Week officially starts right this moment, however this yr's Crimson Costume present - an annual event meant to boost awareness about coronary heart disease in women and what's being finished to forestall it - broke within the largest runway venue in Lincoln Middle final night, with entrance-row personalities like Real Housewives of New York LuAnn de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan able to struggle for their own photo ops along with awareness. "You've got Johnny Weir and all of Bravo right down there," an already beleaguered headset-wearing present organizer instructed a photographer whose befuddlement didn't bode nicely for the rest of his style week shooting. The pre-Vogue Week temper was typically high, though; reporters happily chatted about how Matthew McConaughey - whose girlfriend, Camilla Alves, walked in the show - was said to have enjoyed maybe a bit an excessive amount of of wine sponsor Kim Crawford's spoils. But it surely's early yet.

Every modelebrity walked to a different observe, and the ensuing soundtrack was a fist-pump-worthy compilation of any song that's ever been overplayed on the radio over the past three decades. This made it onerous to tell at occasions if the audience was cheering for the music, the movie star, or just the fact that they (and many non-style folks attend this one) have been at Trend Week. A few of the celebrities, like Julianne Hough, Linda Gray, and Suzanne Somers, had been extra natural on the runway than others. Some, like Audrina Patridge and Denise Richards, appeared as though locked in a battle to decide whether to vamp like a real mannequin or smile like a pageant queen. Audrina, awkwardly shuffling in her tight, sparkly ground-size Badgley Mischka gown, ultimately decided to place her fingers in the air, a transfer popularized by Victoria's Secret Trend Present models.

When Patti LaBelle walked out it was clear the viewers was clapping for her. She glided smoothly throughout the runway as if she was using a canoe, or perhaps flying, which she probably may have completed in her gown since it had wings. Ann Curry was another crowd-pleaser, throwing her head again and laughing as she made her way onto the runway in a Carmen Marc Valvo gown and twirling and vamping when she made it to the end. However what was so funny? Nothing, actually. She instructed her fellow anchors on the Right now present this morning, giving off a bashful vibe once they randomly played the footage of her between "information" segments, that she needed to do some runway training. "All they were saying to us is, 'That all you bought?'" she defended herself, thereby explaining so much! (The morning's broadcast would later embrace a narrative a few new study suggesting that day by day consumption of weight loss plan sodas can increase the possibility of "vascular incidents" like coronary heart attack or stroke by 61 percent. Final evening's fashion present was sponsored by Food regimen Coke.)

However the Red Costume show, facet-stepping the plague of pretension, is one of the most enjoyable all yr, the halftime to the primary occasion that unites everyone in a smile. It is flashy, it's enjoyable, it is loud, it is awkward, and it's, frankly, slightly drunk. Which may solely mean: IT'S FASHION WEEK!!!!

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Photos of Audrina Patridge