RESORT 2010 NOT TO BE MISSED

WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER ??? AND CAN BE RELATED TO HELMUT BERGER AND LUCHINO VISCONTI ??????
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/2010RST-CHANEL

MET PARTY WINNER AND LOSERS

WINNERS
BLAKE LIVELY --ALL GROWN UP
GISELE--IMAN--CLAIRE DAINES
LIZ HURLEY --VICTORIA BECKHAM
DAPHNE GUINESS--LIV TYLER
KATE HUDSON-EVA LONGORIA
ALEK WEK --HEIDI KLUM --ALL JUST BEAUTIFUL
LOSERS
RIHANNA LOOKING STUPID
AGNES DEYN LOOKING 50
HILLARY SWANK LOOKING BAD
ANDRE LEON TALLEY LOOKING LIKE ARETHA
LEIGHTON MEESTER LOOKING LIKE THE COURT JESTER
MOLLY SIMS LOOKING FOOLISH

SPECIAL MENTION
DAVID LAUREN --ONLY YOUR FATHER CAN PULL THAT OFF
TOMMY HILLFIGER--SPECTATORS REMAIN NOT SUITABLE FOR BLACK TIE

MET PARTY

LET'S TAKE APART A FEW RULES THAT TIME SHOULD NEVER ERODE ---WHEN DRESSING FOR BLACK TIE /GALA---A LADY SHOULD NOT WEAR LEATHER SHOES ...THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE ATTIRE ..MESN SHOULD TRY TO POLISH THEIR SHOES BEFORE GOING OUT .....HOSE WOULD BE A NICE TOUCH INSTEAD OF BARE LEGS WHEN POSSIBLE ...OPAQUE BLACK HOSE FOR THESE OCCASIONS IS NOT EVER RIGHT ....WHEN HAVING YOUR PHOTO TAKEN ..TRY NOT TO STAND PIGEON TOED FOR ALL TO SEE...IT IS NOT THE PROPER VENUE TO "GET YOUR FREAK ON " UNLESS , OF COURSE YOU ARE A FREAK ...REMEMBER JUST BECAUSE A DESIGNER SAYS YOU LOOK FABULOUS DOESN'T MEAN YOU ACTUALLY DO LOOK FABULOUS...

MET PARTY

ONCE UPON A TIME ---WHEN THIS PARTY WAS THE FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER ---THE REAL FUN CAME AFTER THE DINNER WHEN FOR A NOMINAL CONTRIBUTION THERE WAS DRINING AND DANCING IN THE LOBBY OF THE MUSEUM ---IT WAS THERE THAT THE ACTION WAS ---NOT THE DINNER ---THE AFTER DINNER EVENT WAS THE PLACE TO BE IF YOU WERE YOUNG AND HIP ---IT WAS THE HEIGHT OF THE 70S AND EARLY 80'S AND WHAT FUN IT WAS ---THERE WAS NO RED CARPET --THE ONLY PRE REQUISITE FOR THE DINNER WAS A FAT WALLET ---THAT MUCH HASN'T CHANGED ---BUT THE CALIBER OF THE DINNER GUESTS WAS SO MANY RUNGS UP ON THE SOCIAL LADDER THAN TODAY

MET PARTY

CHECK THIS OUT --COMMENTS TO FOLLOW
http://www.style.com/peopleparties/parties/slideshow/redcarpet-050409_Costume_Institute_Gala/?loop=0&iphoto=0&play=false&cnt=160

THE NEW RETAIL

WITH THE NOW DIMINISHED STATE OF BENDELS AND THE SLEW OF SPECIALTY STORES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR BATTLES ----WE HAVE A NEW LANDSCAPE FOR RETAIL .....I HAVE LITTLE DOUBT THAT THE "SPECIALTY STORE" AS WE KNOW IT WILL DISAPPEAR FROM VIEW...I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WERE FINE SPECIALTY STORES IN EVERY MAJOR CITY OF THIS COUNTRY WHICH CATERED TO THE TOP TIER OR CARRAIGE TRADE OF THAT CITY ---SOME WERE ON AIR STRIPS ---SOME ON PARK AVENUE---SOME IN LITTLE POCKETS OF WEALTH THAT WERE HARDLY KNOWN UNLESS YOU SHIPPED THERE OR LIVED THERE ....STORES THAT TREATED MERCHANDISE AND THEIR CLIENTS LIKE GOLD AND NOT A CUSTOMER #...IT IS SAD TO THINK THAT THE COUNTRY WILL BE SOLELY MADE UP OF NEIMANS AND SAKS AND THE LIKE ..SADDER TO REMEMBER WHAT WAS