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| The Vogue business card we constructed for ourselves |
After getting denied entry to the Prada Show on Thursday, we decided that desperate times call for desperate measures. We knew the Emporio Armani show was on Saturday and we really wanted to go. So last night, Lorraine, Dawn, and I decided to make fake Vogue business cards. We used our own names but we all claimed different job titles, ie Beauty Director, Accessories Columnist, Fashion Editor. We went to the copy store in the morning, printed them, cut them out, and WAL-AH! (See right). It was a very simplistic card, but it looked legitimate enough! We figured as long as we were confident with it, we had a shot!
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| Outside the 2011 Fall/Winter Emporio Armani Fashion Show |
Once again, the first thing we did upon arriving at the show location was examine the security. And of course, it was very tight. There were men in suits standing at the front and side entrances and people with invitations lined up outside. We inconspicuously hung around the doors for a bit, people watching and gazing at the outrageous outfits. And while we were out there, I felt like I was famous! People were taking photos of my outfit and even asking me to write down where I got each article of clothing. Of course, I made everything up. My entire outfit was probably under $100. I said my $5.99 skirt from Forever 21 was Versache, my $20 fur coat also from Forever 21 was Gucci, etc. :) After a bit, Lorraine and I noticed there were three separate lines to get in the door. One for those with invitations, one for the photographers, and one for the press. Well, we decided that being from Vogue, that made us press. So we waited in that line until they began letting people in. When I got to the front, I nonchalantly gave my card to the woman with the list of names. She looked at it and said, "Oh, you're the Beauty Director from New York Vogue!" Naturally my response was, "Yes, yes I am!" She then looked at her list for my name. When she didn't find it she said, "I don't know why you're not on my list, hold on one second please!" She put her list down, immediately wrote me a seat card to fix the mistake, and IN I WENT!! :)
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| We're IN! |
Once we got in, we had absolutely nowhere to go, but we made sure to keep walking before anyone could change their minds about letting us in! We were one of the first ones in, so it definitely wasn't incredibly obvious where we should go. We walked around in circles for a bit, then finally found the entrance. And the venue was incredible. The seats were completely escalated, so there wasn't a bad seat to be had. The runway was completely illuminated in front of a wall-size Emporio Armani logo. Once again, there was a tree of photographers posted up in front of the runway and stage crew running around like crazy people. We went to find a place to sit, but there were sealed invitations on every seat. We decided to sit in one anyways until someone asked us to move. Which they did, about 5 minutes later. There was standing room behind all of the seats, so we found a front row spot there and waited for the show to start. However once it did, I moved down a couple stairs and snagged a seat there :) I got the first couple minutes of the show on video, but then my bloggie died! :( I was super bummed, but I still got some pretty good pictures!
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| The Emporio Armani Fashion Show venue |
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| Emporio Armani |
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| The only spruce of color in the entire show! |
It was such a great show! Even though the entire line was completely black (with the exception of the picture above) it was still so much fun. The music was great, the crowd was bouyant, and the clothes were spectacular! The models in this show walked right off the runway. Usually they walk down, pose at the end, then turn around and walk back. At this show, they walked right off the runway and out the door! It was very interesting.
Tina Turner was at the show, and the crowd went insane when she came in; apparently old school American artists are really big in Italy. Giorgio Armani himself also made an appearance at the end of the show, just for a second! I've noticed that they don't come out for very long. At the Alberta Ferretti show, the Krizia show, and now the Armani show, the designers come out for about five seconds, give a quick wave, then disappear again.
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| The show was held at its very own theater in Milan |
that's really awesome, Jackie!!
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