Black is Back

It's nice to see even the fashion world do their part in relief efforts for Haiti. On the second day of the Mercedez-Benz New York Fashion Week, super model Naomi Campbell put together a Fashion for Relief runway show, with some of the biggest names in modelling world plus other well known celebrities - including Chris Brown. Such a lovely, lively event!

I recently did a report on the LBD (little black dress) and this event had plenty of those! Love it!!

The models looked like they were having lots of fun. Naomi herself rocked the catwalk (love that roaring 20's dress!).The girl in the red dress and Tina Turner hair had a bit too much coffee to drink I guess. And she just wouldn't leave! Was too much for the next girl in a gorgeous yellow frock. Uh oh to the shoe adjusting! And Agyness, what happened to ya? :p

Good job, Naomi.

It was bittersweet though. The last seven outfits were from Alexander McQueen, with whom Naomi is/was friends with. It was a tribute to the late, great designer.

At NY Fashion Week, sea of fashionable black
Source: AP

NEW YORK — Naomi Campbell brought an emotional end to the second day of New York Fashion Week on Friday with a runway show for the relief effort in Haiti, capped with a finale tribute to Alexander McQueen.

McQueen, who was found dead on Thursday in London, wasn't known to have many close friends in the fashion industry, but Campbell was in his inner circle. At the end of the runway show, she walked backstage with tears in her eyes.

The last seven outfits in Fashion for Relief were McQueen's, modeled by Campbell, Helena Christensen and Karen Elson, among others — all wearing impossibly high heels by the designer, including one pair of platforms that didn't actually have any heels.
Everything seen on the catwalk will be sold on the Net-a-Porter Web site, beginning March 15. The clothes, though, were secondary to celebrities like Chris Brown and Kelly Osbourne, Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson and designers Donna Karan, Diane von Furstenberg and Georgina Chapman of Marchesa.

Models who rarely strut anymore, including Maggie Rizer and Agyness Deyn, strapped on their stilettos, too, with the audience cheering on Deyn when she fell twice wearing towering Burberry sandals.

But the crowd clearly came to see Campbell, who did not disappoint. The 39-year-old showed why she was once queen of the catwalk, making a short, black sequined flapper dress practically do its own dance.

At runway shows throughout the day, black was the color of choice. Three out of four editors in the front rows wore black — so don't let anyone tell you there's a new black.