Yep, not just trying to be innappropriate here, this was the theme for the Spring 2012 Betsey Johnson fashion show. of which, I had the AMAZING opportunity to be a part of.
Words really can't describe my experience.
This was really a dream come true.
I have wanted to go to fashion week since I can remember, but really about fourth grade is when I first remember my calling to fashion happening; reading Seventeen, Teen People, and any other magazine I could get my hands on. Even reading the letters to the editor and at one time getting upset at one in Teen magazine calling out 'non-teens' for reading the magazinve, I was so angry that I responded with my own letter saying how we care about fashion too, I was ten.
My adventure began this summer at my incredible internship at Betsey Johnson and further continued upon my journey back to New York City on Fashion's Night Out, September 8th, 2011.
It began with a rough start...after getting about four hours of sleep due to the best blink 182 concert I have ever been to the previous night, I awoke to a phone call from the airlines saying that my flight was cancelled. Wait...what?!...good thing my mom got the same call, and immediately made a call to someone at the airport. So, I was off again, no layover in Milwaukee only to fly to Newark for me, my mom worked her magic and got me a new flight straight through to La Guardia. Once I got to the airport, everything was going smoothly, as this was my first time flying by myself (yes I am now a grown up, but still....) Then...delay...dumb...we were assured that it would only be a half hour delay, however this delay took an hour. Finally, on the plane. No such luck. 'Ok everyone, time to get off the plane, it seems there was a lightening strike to the plane, making it unsafe to fly, we need to switch to another plane in another terminal.' really? Good thing this new plane was across the entire Minneapolis/St Paul International airport.
Finally. Landed in good old NYC, many hours after first expected.
It was thursday night. Fashions Night Out. The third year of this wonderful celebration. Wonderful is the least that I can say about the night. We went out in the Meatpack District in NYC... first stop?...some weird middle of the street carnival type set up for Pop Chips. Pretty legit. Second stop?...Matthew Williamson...the store was incredible. Knits were incredible. Free drinks, but no time to wait in the line, so we wandered on...Third stop?...craziness on the street..everyone was so well dressed I only wish I had an amazzing camera to capture it all! We wandered past the 'invite only' places like McQueen and Tory Burch... Making our way towards Scoop, we rounded the corner to be greeted by a large crowd of people gathering around some dancers and Zac Posen! It was pretty cool to watch, if you could actually see, which we really couldnt, so I gave up and once I turned around I was standing by none other than Bam Margera, what do ya know... should have asked to snap a pic... The night wound down with some more awesome stores, some more free drinks, and a legit ride on the barbie bus...
Friday was back to Betsey. I. Could. Not. Wait.
I stopped at the best bagel place in the world on my way into work!...by far the best...so good... its called Bagels and Coffee. Once finally at work I did the usual, hang out in caitlin's new office :) met all of the new interns who seem like pretty great people :) and caught up with the designers and every other lovely at Betsey :) I love this place.
The day was full of model fittings, getting garments ready, running errands, and everything and anything else. It was a late night...the whole weekend was late nights...Saturday was great again, more of the same craziness, making dresser kits, staying late and drinking beverages, making gift bags... Sunday, again, awesome, again more of the same stuff, along with Betsey practicing her dance for the end of the show which was absolutely amazing, also Lulu's fitting, and model card making was in store for us.
Monday.
Show day.
SO GREAT. SO EXCITED.
it was full of running around, then making our way to the tents at Lincoln Center!! I was assigned to be a dresser, so, dressing models was my forte for the day. We began set up by putting up awesome signs and hanging ten million balloons! Once the models started arriving, we had to get them to Betsey to get their legs painted! It was kind of a whirlwind of six hours, finally it was about to be showtime and AHH Stef needed some thread and needles and help for Char trying to make hats stay on heads! We were trying to make these about 5 lb caps stay on heads with hair combs, well they wouldnt stay. Panic was now setting in. Show time was in about 15 minutes. Freaking out setting in. Talking was all yells. Peter Gray, the man in charge of the hair, in charge of Redken, finally came to our rescue! Elastic! He had some, we tied it to go around the models heads and boom. worked. Well hopefully.
Show time. Line up time. Crazy time.
Ten minutes and it was time for the finale looks, with the caps. They were going on fine, I was putting them on models heads as they were in line since the hair helpers seemed to have no idea what was going on with the caps they were supposed to be putting on, fiinally last look, it wasnt happening. The cap wasnt staying. AH...Peter pulled it off the second the model was walking onto the runway. The last cap didnt make it....but the show was AHHHHMAZING!
Time of my life.
So incredibly surreal.
Then I saw the stars, literally, they came to say hello backstage, Nicki Minaj among them...
Then after partayy :)
The night was grand. The five and a half days back in New York were grand.
Surrealism.
Pure happiness.
Xo.
