First, I saw Frederic today! Some of you might remember this same Frederic from his foray into Auburn last January. We met up briefly for foie gras and champagne at a cafe near his apartment and did some very fast catching up, plus he brought me a magical chord to recharge my phone and replace my broken one. It was so great to see him again!
Then I ran away to Ungaro to see everyone again, and we left for the defile, pronounced day-fee-lay, not to be confused with its English cognate. This took place at the tres class Hotel Bristol. So I checked, and a regular room is 750 euros ($1042), and the presidential suite is 9,300 euros ($12,930). Yes, a night.
I thought I would be watching it, but I was definitely helping instead! It was fun. First we did lots of scurrying to make sure that the racks had all the pieces of the outfits that corresponded to the pictures of the outfits of what each model was supposed to wear. After much discussion of socks and tights and hats and such, we started (about 45 minutes late.) I was dressing a model from China named Xin. The models are all about 6 1/2 feet tall with their shoes on. (I will post pictures of them when I can.) I felt very short even though I was wearing heels. Once the show started, it was madness: as soon as your model got back, you had to almost literally rip her clothes off and re-dress her in a matter of seconds. It took two to three people per model, because we would have to take off the heels (which have a tiny buckle,) take off the black tights, put on the pink tights, and re-buckle the shoes, plus zip up the super-tight zipper (newsflash! the models can't breathe in these tight dresses, either!!) There was much barking of orders and much yelling of, au secours! (help!)
Unfortunately I didn't get any tea at the High Fashion Tea, but it was fun nonetheless.
