Wednesday night at 7pm was Vivienne Tam’s show at the Stage in Lincoln Center. Along with showing her spring collection, she was debuting her jewelry line TSL. Just arriving at Lincoln Center, you are welcomed by the sign “Mercedez-Benz Fashion Week” which can give any fashionista chills. As you look around you see people posing for photographs, busily typing on iPhones, and those hoping to catch a glimpse of a celebrity. We walked into Lincoln Center and there are a ton of booths set up around the room. To retrieve your ticket, you go up to this machine to get a print out or to the person behind the Apple computer. Very high tech and chic! We walked into The Stage and the room is pitch black. The only way to see is through the red backlight coming from the opening at the front of the runway. You have your chance of being able to have five seconds of feeling like a model as you walk the runway to get to your seat. To be able to get to your seat is a challenge in itself. It’s almost like a maze as you are trying to dodge the photographers, people doing interviews, and those mingling. I had an amazing seat: fourth row near the front of the runway. And I had an aisle seat making for easy viewing and picture taking.
The spotlights turned on and the show started. The show was based on the five elements of Chinese cosmology: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The colors and structure of the clothes were a complete representation of this theme. The show started with a gauzy dress that had a geometric print on it with the colors of red, black, silver, and gray in the design. The audience got a view of her new jewelry collection with the large, octagonal shaped earrings.
The color scheme for the show stuck mainly to red, black, tan, white, and gray. Then you got the pop of color with this beautiful sea green color and metallic golds and silvers. The sea green went perfectly with the water/ earth theme and the metallics fit with the metal concept. The makeup was muted and au natural. The hair was slicked back with a middle part and some of the models had red/blue colored paint in the part. Every model wore the same bootie shoe. The black material went up quarter length of the shin and the material went right before the toe. The sides had several straps and a killer 5 inch heel. A reoccurring trend in the collection was the prints and cutouts. These cutouts coincided with the jewelry shapes which really brought cohesion to the clothes and jewelry. I was in awe of the ENTIRE collection! The styling from the the slicked hair, jewelry, clothes, and shoes were on point. The collection was delightful and very wearable.
My boss (Ginger) is a a very close friend of Vivienne and I had the luxury of going backstage. When you go backstage after the show, it is complete mayhem! People are pushing and shoving to get a glimpse of Vivienne. There was media EVERYWHERE trying to talk to Vivienne about her new jewelry line. We stayed until the last minute to say a personal ‘hello’ to the designer herself. There was an after party at 9pm for her to debut the jewelry line. It was held at this new Japanese restaurant called Hakkasan. The restaurant was quite chic and was almost like a maze with the various walls and lounges. There was an open bar where they were serving margaritas and champagne. Servers came along with traditional Asian cuisine as well. There was one room with Vivienne and dozens of press that you could barely get into. The entire party was packed with various people. Vivienne had an extraordinary collection and made my first Lincoln Center show an event to remember!
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