I really do heart Fashion Week

so just like I did in September last year, this February I volunteered again for Fashion Week. I was not really looking forward to it at first - mainly because I can only ever volunteer after I get off work and the hours are long and I am exhausted by the time I get home.

however, this time it was TOTALLY worth it.

I was in the Tent both of the shows I worked (those are the fashion shows that you actually hear about on the news, for those of you who have no idea about any of this). the first show was Narciso Rodriguez. it was interesting because the set-up for his show was the EXACT same as it was last year. however, this year I was able to see Anna Wintour!! (she was at the show last year, but sitting on the opposite side of where I was standing so I never actually saw her) it was so cool, because not only was she there but also Grace Coddington and pretty much the ENTIRE editorial staff of Vogue. what was also cool was the fact that watching her at the show was literally like watching the movie "The September Issue," but live. she was there with her fur coat, her little bob haircut, and true to Anna style as soon as the show started her sunglasses went on.
the next show I worked was the best of them all. not so much for the designer (Tommy Hilfiger - I really just cannot seem to get into his clothes), but because it was the last show EVER at Bryant Park. I am not sure why they are moving Fashion Week to Lincoln Center now because whenever anyone thinks of Fashion Week they ALWAYS think of Bryant Park - I mean heck, they have been doing it there for 18 years! so yes, not only was the show cool because it was the last one ever in Bryant Park but also because it was my first show where men were walking the runway as well.

and now for the greatest moment of all. you would not believe the amount of "celebrities" at this show. Anna was there again (of course, though I would definitely say that if it weren't for the last show you probably would never see her at a Tommy Hilfiger show), also Ashley Olsen, Hayden Panettiere, Rosario Dawson, Penn Badgley (Dan Humphrey from the show Gossip Girl), and the best news of all.... Chuck Bass!!!! (a.k.a. Ed Westwick) there was even a moment when Chuck and I locked eyes - like a little 12 year-old-girl with a playground crush, I shall never forget that moment. ;)
(yeah, I was standing behind all of them at the show)