You know what makes a Dries Van Noten show even better than it’ll inevitably be?
Sitting on Lynn Yaeger’s lap. It’s also the secret to half decent pictures.
While the rest of the Vogue-ttes squeezed into a corner, we perched almost atop the runway in a most precarious position to watch Dries send out his mega-luxe but semi-incognito spring collection.
The designer’s clearly picturing his customer skipping from Bali to Bangkok to dinner in Saint Tropez wrapped in sumptuous fabrics and sarong-type dresses absolutely dripping in jewels. With his usual mash up of patterns and prints and colors, he awoke from his subdued fall collection with a woman who could handle color and luxury and copious amounts of far eastern vacation.
His clothes, though, are so grown up they almost look walking down the runway on sixteen-year-old boy bodies — maybe he can cause the curvy stir next season?
—REBECCA SUHRAWARDI AUSTIN
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We’ve made it abundantly clear that we love Montauk and Mr. Mickey.
And this Sunday the 5th, the two shall come together for the Paper mag editor’s second annual Celebrity Sidewalk Sale at Screaming Mimi’s.
The shindig is co-hosted by Peter Davis, Charlotte Ronson, and Emma Snowdon-Jones and will feature loads of merch from people like Catherine Malandrino, Julia Frakes, and Lynn Yaeger.
Plus, the money goes to charity:water which builds freshwater wells in developing countries. We actually had no idea that it only takes about $5000 to give water to a whole village for 20 years!
So shop away, friends. We just wish we were going to be out east too. But ‘tis wedding season and we’re off to another one in Ann Arbor come Friday.
Those of you still worried about what will happen with Lynn Yaeger’s career, take comfort - She’s been hired by New York magazine to blog Fall 09 Fashion Week.
Which means:
1. More of Lynn’s spot-on reactions (all day long!)
2. Mickey can stop looking for a front row buddy
But Lynn seems pretty neutral about the gig, wondering, “Do you think my seat will get better or worse?”
Hm.
Lynn, no! …And who will Mickey whisper and giggle with in February?
ps. We don’t feel as bad for Lynn as we do for the Village Voice - someone amazing will scoop her up in under a week (Katie, are you listening?!) As for the Voice, well…
