By Mark La Monica
Some things I regret having missed or that just didn't occur:
- Tim Gunn. He was nowhere to be seen by me at the Project Runway show. Of course, it's not like I had great access, but no one I asked had seen him either. That's a shame. He's the best. We all should have little moments in life where Tim Gunn walks into our office and asks to see what we're doing. "Mark, I'm a little concerned about this paragraph here. It doesn't seem to work with what you're doing elsewhere in the piece. I'd try a different verb, maybe even start the sentence with a clause. Make it work!"
- Emmanuelle Chriqui. She was in attendance at a show on Saturday. I was watching college football on Saturday. Life just isn't fair sometimes.
- I was really hoping to see Russell Simmons come out at the end of the Baby Phat show and say "Thank you all for coming out. God Bless. Good night." as if he were closing out a Def Comedy Jam show. I understand he and Baby Phat designer Kimora Lee Simmons are no longer together, but that would have been funny.
- No real gangsta incidents at the Baby Phat show.
- Missing the Oscar De La Renta show hurt. That would have provided the opportunity to see many well-dressed women watching other well-dressed women.
Comments (2)
Just to make you feel better, Tim Gunn was backstage the whole time during the Project Runway designers, encouraging his pupils from the sidelines.
I was sitting pretty close, and was able to snap a picture of him giving a round of applause after each designer came off the runway showing their collection.
And for Baby Phat...
Where were you seated???? Clearly, you must have missed all the action!
50 Cent had a little incident in the first row and hit a guy that wouldn't get out of a seat.
And at the end of the show Russell didn't give the classic Def Jam speech, but he did give his daughter a kiss when she walked out with her mother at the end.