Fashion Week Wrap-Up: In Sum, My Bum HurtsA horrible new disease is afflicting the fashion crowd. Some are calling it "bleacher bleach·er n. 1. One that bleaches or is used in bleaching. 2. An often unroofed outdoor grandstand for seating spectators. Often used in the plural. butt"; some are calling it "fashion fanny." Either way, it's not so pretty. There is one principal symptom: Your posterior flattens out dramatically. Two distinctly rectangular edges form on either hip. The overall look reminds me of the early 1960's, when women used to wear panty girdles under tight slacks, thereby acquiring a square butt. It's very Bauhaus.The origins of this affliction can be traced to the shockingly surreal delays at last week's fall fashion shows. Zac Posen I sat for what seemed like an eternity in a tent in Bryant Park next to Jane's Addiction front man Perry Farrell. We chatted. We shared concerns about how hard it was to find a decent narrow-legged flat-front trouser. We got to know each other. His wife had a baby. She raised it. We stopped speaking. We made up. One of my teeth fell out. We grew old together waiting for Zac. Three-quarters of an hour into the wait, rumors began to swirl. "Apparently they are waiting for somebody," said a passing paparazzo pa·pa·raz·zo n. pl. pa·pa·raz·zi A freelance photographer who doggedly pursues celebrities to take candid pictures for sale to magazines and newspapers. . Who could it be? Which macher de la mode had the editorial or buying power to delay the proceedings and keep hundreds of people trapped in a tent in midtown Manhattan? Anna Wintour? Bloomie's Kal Ruttenstein? "Ashantiis coming in! Ashanti is coming in!" Mayday! Mayday! This frantic message suddenly began to crackle crackle /crack·le/ (krak´'l) rale. forth from the walkie-talkies of all the adjacent attendants. "Who's Ashanti?" asked several fashion professionals in my row as they shifted from one cheek to the other. The gorgeous songbird songbird Any oscine passerine (suborder Passere), all of which have a complex vocal organ, the syrinx. Some species (e.g., thrushes) produce melodious songs; others (e.g., crows) have a harsh voice; and some do little or no singing. See also birdsong. , her buttocks buttocks /but·tocks/ (but´oks) the two fleshy prominences formed by the gluteal muscles on the lower part of the back. annoyingly unflattened by fashion fanny, eventually wiggled into her seat, and the parade of Posen bias-cut and pleated glamour gowns began. Marc Jacobs Credit where credit's due "Credit Where Credit's Due" is episode 2 of season 1 of the television show Veronica Mars. Plot When Weevil is accused of credit card fraud, Veronica sets out to prove him innocent. Also, Veronica is put into journalism class, taught by Ms. : Marc Jacobs is definitely Lord King Bleacher Butt. The long wait that typically precedes his 9 p.m. Monday shows is as much a part of New York Fashion Week New York Fashion Week is a semiannual fashion week held in New York City. History The first New York Fashion Week, then called Press Week, was the world's first organized fashion week. as Suzy Menkes' sausage-roll hairdo. However, last week saw all previous records broken. At 9:10, I skipped into the Lexington Armory, plonked my butt on the bleacher and prepared to spread. I kibitzed with Barneys fashion director Julie Gilhart about her fox terrier's tumor removal and about the frenzied sales of the Duro Olowu neo-hippie frocks ($750) at our place of employ (Barneys). Everyone at Fashion Week seemed to be wearing one, and the runways were littered with copies. A half-hour turned into an hour. The seating attendants clutched their clipboards with white-knuckled paws and fielded questions from spectators. What was causing the delay? Beyoncé and Jay-Z were already in the house; so was Debbie Harry. Grudgingly, a Jacobs flack admitted that what we were actually waiting for was THE CLOTHES. As I contemplated all those gorgeous garments still on the cutting-room tables of some factory in Italy, my booty began to throb throb v. To beat rapidly or perceptibly, such as occurs in the heart or a constricted blood vessel. n. A strong or rapid beat; a pulsation. throb a pulsating movement or sensation. . The metal benches which added such a high-tech je ne sais quoi je ne sais quoi n. A quality or attribute that is difficult to describe or express: "Fishing has lacked a certain je ne sais quoi in terms of its public image, as all activities must that involve beer, worms and to the overall mise-en-scène were engaging in a heated dialogue with my glutes. To add insult to injury, we Barneys execs were skwunched up against the Bergdorf people: THE ENEMY! This is like seating Princess Diana next to Camilla Parker Bowles. In the 1980's, this kind of faux pas would have been unthinkable. Now that we dynamic fashion professionals all take second place to celebs, nobody seemed to care. "Hello! Nice to meet you!" An hour and half later, even Li'l Kim's pert bottom had flattened out. I stared at the people opposite, looking for signs of white-hot fury, and noticed something strange: There was none. In fact, everyone in the room was smiling idiotically, me included. We all had a strangely blissed-out look. Drew Barrymore was plucking lint lint - A Unix C language processor which carries out more thorough checks on the code than is usual with C compilers. Lint is named after the bits of fluff it supposedly picks from programs. off her dark hose (an important trend for next year), Beyoncé had an itch in her weave-but neither was complaining. The show began just before 11 p.m. The next day, the fashion world was hissing with indignant, how-dare-he fumings. 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Oops! I nearly forgot: the clothes. The Marc Jacobs show was epoch-making and revolutionary. He put his models in oversized o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. children's togs, low heels and dark hose. Very Tim Burton–Edward Gorey. Marc's new infantile chic signifies a gorgeous and much-needed change. It's hard to imagine who will actually buy these doll clothes, but so what? It was just such a gigantic relief not to have to look at the same beanpole bean·pole n. 1. A thin pole used to support bean vines. 2. Informal A very tall, thin person. beanpole Noun Slang a tall thin person models stomping their tired, silly, late-90's circus-pony walks up and down the runway in six-inch heels. Thank God for something new. Marc Jacobs, my bum forgives and applauds you! 
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