| | Last Saturday we had the privilege of being invited to attend the Anteprima Autumn/Winter Collection fashion show.
Our FIRST fashion show!
Excited? Oh, you bet! Aiyah... you know, even though we are quite good with our dress sense (ahem!), we have never had the chance to attend a real fashion show – quite 'mountain tortoise' (ignorant) type...
Got a MAJOR decision to make – what to wear... what to wear.... what to wear?
Right, 8 p.m., outside Tent@Orchard (at the main entrance to Ngee Ann City), we met with our friends and off we went... the moment we stepped into the huge air-conditioned tent....
Oh man! So packed! So many people... so many 'well-moleculed' models... so many... Hey! Isn't that Allan Wu? At the reception area there were free flow of drinks, liquor, snacks... and then our friend, who is a Vice President of a local bank, asked us to join her in the VIP lounge... and hey, better snacks, and what's this? CAVIAR! Woah..... this mountain tortoise finally gets to have his first taste of caviar (where's the champagne? Hehe).
Reception area...
VIP lounge... the lady who is talking to the 'angmoh' is Andrea Forsenka, a local celebrity.
Time for some cam-whoring...
Lyn with Natassia.
Lyn and.... *hick* me.
Okay, the show is about to get started... as we took our seats, more celebrities appeared; we saw Phyllis Quek, Cynthia Teo, Jaslyn Tay, Andrea De Cruz, Denise Keller etc. The moment they appear, there will be photographers swarming around them with camera flashings... no a moment of peace...
The runway.
On with the show... and you know what? I did not like any of pieces! What a let down... first and foremost, it was the autumn/winter collection, and in terms of colours used, they were the typical grey, black, white... the design, nothing really special to shout about, and another thing, some of the models are pretty 'ugly'... not that I am trying to be critical, but they are really a far cry from even those contestants in 'America's next top model', and a particular Asian model (from mainland China, perhaps?) has a strange walk – her body leaned very far back as she kept her head straight and upright (not sure can you imagine what I am trying to describe)... it was like she will topple at any given moment.
In half an hour's time the show was over. Everybody just stood up, grabbed their goody bags and headed for the exit. So that's it then, end of our first fashion show...
So, what do I think about the entire night? Besides being an eye opener for us, just one word – Vanity.
During the show, I was just wondering – all the glamor, dresses, makeup, the mingling, camera flashes, laughters, endless flow of liquors... but what went on in the heart of those who were there? If all these are stripped away, what will the person be left with? If a heart is empty, none of these can satisfy, for by the end of the night, after all the partying and booze, and when the person is all alone, the only thing that remains is the emptiness.
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| | Posted 4/7/2008 9:20 AM - 45 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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