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Dear Xanga, forgive my lengthy absence and let me fill your pages once more with apologue and mirth.
I recently ended my sabbatical from my sabbatical from real life; I started modelling again after my break since May. The catalyst for my illustrious return was the first ever “Downtown Calgary Fashion Week”. While New York has Olympus Fashion Week and Toronto has L'Oréal Fashion Week the unusual epithet attached to our humble city's event has similar mundane origins: the event was sponsored by the Calgary Downtown Association, hence “Downtown Calgary Fashion Week”.
Though the location may be less exotic than my previous exploits, the event was no less exciting. A zoo of models, stylists, hair, makeup, designers, assistants and interlopers replete with late costume changes, screaming directors and the frenzied mélange, the hidden backstage of a visually cool and collected fashion show. The crew t-shirts read "Catwalks, catcalls, and catfights. We promise at least two." I congratulate them on delivering all three.
From DCFW backstage, as I continue to battle the stereotype of the dumb model, I would like to share with you this photo. Instead of zoning out with an ipod, our guys play bridge and sudoku. I took this snap while zoning out with an ipod.
Besides the models, fashion, in general, has a reputation for frivolity and farce. Lest you think the whole industry is irrelevant, I encourage you to consider this very wearable and practical piece from Giles Deacon’s Spring 2007 collection. Straight from the runways of last week's London Fashion Week, you would be foolish to be caught without one of these garments in your wardrobe next summer.
Source: Style.com, Photo: Marcio Madeira
Should you need any further fashion advice, feel free to send me an email. That seems to be your only option now that the iconic Tim Blanks is stepping down from the throne of Fashion File. However, if you have the facility to fare well in such a role consider auditioning as a replacement.
Farewell friends. And don't worry. The next article will be less locquatious and not so f-ing alliterative.