En insiders fortælling fra modeugen

Vogue Paris’ Carine Roitfeld og Emmanuelle Alt under Milan Fashion Week
Copenhagen Fashion Week er på trapperne! I morgen vil hovedstaden blive invaderet af alskens modefolk, der skal se, hvad dansk mode disker op med til aw09. Flot tøj, fantastiske shows og fede fester er måske det, de fleste forbinder med modeuger, men den illusion er for mit vedkommende bristet en smule efter at have læst Liberty London Girls (min favorit insider-blogger er endelig vendt tilbage til blogosfæren!) beretninger fra Milan Fashion Week.

Nu ved jeg godt, at Milanos modeuge er på en helt anden skala end Københavns, men enhver fashionista drømmer vel om at komme til de store modeuger i New York, Paris og Milano? I seks indsigtsfulde, humorfyldte og velskrevne indlæg viser Liberty London Girl os en mindre glamourøs side af modeugen. Her er hendes indledning:

The biannual fashion collections in New York, London, Milan & Paris are the nexus around which fashion magazine years are planned, but they aren’t always looked forward to with the glee that you might expect (Fashion! Foreign travel! All expenses paid! Celebrity! Parties! The Glamour! The shops!) The more usual reactions for those who have been on the hamster treadmill for some years are Jetlag! No sleep! Sore Feet! Always hungry! Standing in line for hours! Working with morons! Language barrier! What The Fuck Am I Going To Wear?!

Because here’s the thing: the shows are Work. Unless you are a shiny, just out of the box assistant or junior editor, brimming with youthful enthusiasm, the shows are Exhausting. Attending the collections as a senior magazine editor is not, as most people imagine, so much about seeing the beautiful clothes that remind you why you love your job, it’s about being nice to advertiser brands. Behind the stardust supplied by beautiful dresses, models and the odd celeb, is a schedule that brings you to your knees by the time Paris is over.

Og her kan du læse afsnit: Et, to, tre, fire, fem og seks.

(billede fra jakandjil.com)