Fashion Episode

Lawrence — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:39:39 -0500

Hello again. Thanks for reading. I mean this blog, not the fact you know how to read -although if you didn't know, you wouldn't be able to read this so I guess it applies.

Fashion in New York City was one of the most difficult shoots in the entire series. Something happened here that didn't happen for the rest of the entire series. No. The cameraman got drunk every night. No, the producer did too. No, the soundman was arrested in several other cities as well. In New York City … it rained. Now usually, rain isn't a problem. Certainly not for me. I'm English. It rains every single day in Britain, everywhere. That's why the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament takes three months.

But for us in New York, the rain, which came in the form of some type of deluge, drowned out the fashion show we were scheduled to film. There I was, about two hours away from arriving , putting on my makeup and strapping up my reporterly credentials when we got the call. The whole evening's festivities had been called off.

The show was planned to take place in an old factory by the river and apparently water flooded the place. Models as you know have a tough time walking in a straight line with their hips jutting out as they do when it's dry, so doing it on a wet runway seemed like certain disaster. Well that's what they told me when I suggested they suck it up because I was coming.

So we had to wait 24 hours for the second night, which had less designers, less models, and a smaller crowd. As you can see in the show, I think I made the best of it but it was really the only scheduled event that fell through during my entire cross country journey.

The bad weather also affected my "photo shoot." The industrial wasteland chosen was not my first choice but it was the only place that was undercover. The designers didn't want their creations soaked while being worn by me. Nor did they let me take them home. Unless I paid for them. Clearly someone hasn't told them about the modern journalism code of ethics.

Thanks to everyone at "Love Brigade." I really hope your label becomes gigantic. In popularity, I don't mean I hope you only make clothes for the obese. Unless you decide to price your clothes by the yard … in which case good luck.

Thanks also to our lovely model friend who let me into her home. In case you're wondering that was indeed her actual apartment. I hope the camera shows just how tiny it was. When I say tiny, I mean really, really small. Smaller than the basement of mother's boyfriends who used to lock me in when he wanted to take her to Spain for the week. Don't worry … he left me food and water all within reach of my leash.

New York is a wonderful City - apart from the rain. And the people were by far the easiest to talk to on the street. I had no idea such a small patch of land could sustain so many human beings, so many hot dog stands, and so many differing views of the world and sport, politics, or whether the sky is blue … truly remarkable.

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Fashion Episode