Danger Zone
Sure, this weekend’s Diane von Furstenberg show gave new meaning to the phrase “bad lighting.” (Ouch.)
But believe me, fashion shows can be more treacherous than that. Consider the shameless crasher who won’t remove herself from the front row seat that is rightfully yours. Or, worse, the shameless p.r. firm that didn’t place you in the front-row seat that’s rightfully yours.
Shows can also quickly devolve into hand-to-hand combat. For one, there’s the mad dash for the goodie bags, especially if there aren’t enough. Another thing to keep in mind, though you’d never believe it till you saw it: Stand between a fashionista and free food at your own peril, especially at the end of a long day of back-to-back shows. (Free alcohol, it goes without saying.) I almost lost a hand — or at least a shoe — in the stampede for cups of pumpkin soup at an evening show in Paris once. Didn’t help either that I was jet-lagged and off my game.
And then there’s the dreaded doppelganger disaster, as previously discussed, and as Mariska Hargitay, Serena Williams and Eva Longoria did at the Marc Jacobs show on Monday.
But perhaps the scariest thing that can happen at a show? Being the first attendee to arrive. It’s a newbie mistake to actually show up on time, heaven forbid (and we’ve all committed that mistake once upon a time). After all, there’s a reason they call it fashionably late.
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