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A Funny Thing Happened at Elie Saab

(quick note - sorry we have not been posting too much lately, I finally on the plane finished numerious entries that I started, I should be posting more later tonight and through the weekend)

Yesterday I attended a couple of shows during Fashion Week. I had received a couple of invitations and the shows were located over at the Louvre. I got somewhat early at American standards, but to find out that Parisians don’t get outside until early afternoon or late morning. At 10am no one was on the streets. The only people out in numbers were the runners of marathon that was happening around the La Halles Square near the apartment.

I made it over to the Louvre around 1025, now any fashionista would know that fashion shows, never start on time. The reasons vary, either the actual show is behind or they are waiting for some big editor or journalist. Never for a celebrity…LOL – When I arrived at the Louvre, I had to go down 3 escalators to get to the level the showrooms are located. Tourists had already arrived at the museum and were staring at all the black clad people (like myself) speed walking or running through the corridors of the Louvre. When I got to the security checkpoint someone starts ushers us into this line for standing or tickets.

While standing in line I meet a woman whose here from the UK to review the shows with her boss. I cannot remember what magazine she said. We had a light conversation and then her boss runs up and tells her she’s in the wrong line. She introduces me to her boss and her boss asks if I am here for Elie Saab, I say “Yes”. She grabs both our arms and runs us through security really fast. We race into Saab and she moves me from my 6th row seat to the second row with them.

Then about 1 minute after we sat down the lights go down and a Black Eyed Peas song comes blaring over the sound system. There in the show lights I notice Hal Rubenstein a buyer for Bloomingdales….a staple in the fashion industry. He to arrived at the last minute and was shuffling for his pen and paper. He noticed me looking at him like a normal starfucker…and smiled back at me. Then comes the funny part – after the 6th or 7th look Hal starts to nod off. Now for those of you who don’t know, Hal is very important in the Fashion world and he always sits front row. The funny thing about this is Hal nod off through the whole show, and there was an older woman sitting next to him, with her husband., watching and smiling every time he closed his eyes and jerked his head down.

I tapped my new little friend to show her and she giggled and the gasped. She says “Oh no, that’s Elie Saab’s parents”. LOL

So the show continues on and I am taking photos and video of it, while peaking a look at sleeping Hal. Now in my footage of the show, the reason hal is in all my shots is because he was in my direct angle of viewing the show. The show over all was, OKAY. No strong looks and not a jaw dropper. I’ve posted a review on my Turlie blog. As the show is going on, I do notice that the only other big name there was Hamish Bowels, an editor. When the show ended I said thank you to the two ladies who helped me and scurried off to catch Mr. Bowels before he left. We the runway gets crammed with Paparazzi and I have to go around the seating – when I arrive on the other side, Hamish is gone.

I exited the show all broken hearted and began to walk to the concourse area where everyone is waiting for the show. As I am walking out the doors and man bumps into me and says sorry. I say “Oh not a problem” and then notice its Hamish. Well, I said hello and introduced myself and chatted with him about the show, he didn’t like it either, “off the record” he says. I laughed and asked if I could take a picture, and he obligies. We both walked out and he says, “are you viewing Valentino” and I said No ☹. We said goodbye.

Here is a little movie of the Elie Saab show.

http://homepage.mac.com/clem/iMovieTheater33.html

posted by turlie @ 6:56 AM