Now that Style week and Fashion week is over…which was better? Why? What expectations did you have and were they met? Let’s speak on it.

I for one enjoyed CFW waaaay better. But then, my expectations were as such. I’ve always felt that the two were on different levels, SWJ tries to please the crowd by bringing us “hype” and “flava” while CFW brings world class presentations to us so that we get the feel of a fashionweek that would happen in a Paris or Milan. Style week. Both of the had horrible delays. On CFW’s opening night, the showed started 3 HOURS late as we waited patiently while the stage was being built!!! Are they serious??? Style week had us wait almost an hour in between shows for an editor who had just flown in from London or something…because my presence alone is clearly not enough.

The CFW location was much better, it was indoors for one and I could actually see what was on the runway. Fashionblock is very overhyped, the sidewalk can only hold so much people (which was way too stuffed for my liking) and outside of that you can’t see jack! The sponsors on board made for a better CFW experience…Taboo, Smirnoff Flavoured Vodka and Nestle Supligen mixes were free flowing…though the combining of all three is not something I’d recommend! The idea of setting up booths so that the audience can actually meet the designers and purchase items on spot, also one-ups SWJ.

SWJ had great entertainment at Fashionblock, the fire-spitting dancers were HOT, pun intended LOL. The gas they left on the stage also made for very funny trips from the models as well…ok that wasn’t really funny but hey no one got seriously hurt.

I really enjoyed the collections from both shows though, this years collections were really good. Colour was definitely a trend…bright, vibrant colourful pieces…I was disappointed by only a minimal few.

Enough of me babbling on…what do our loyal FOS readers have to say?

Jhay:

Ofcourse the whole production of CFW is superior to SWJ. CFW had a more internatinal flair. Pulse is a lot more organized and it showed. Pulse’s venue choice was WAY better 2.
CFW lacked a certain something though that SWJ has - i think its the “hype” that SWJ brings which makes their shows not so boring as CFW.
Both events had shows that started late and unnecessay delays.
WRT [with regards to] designers, both brought designers that i really liked (i.e. Fauvette, Kevin O’brian, Ande Sew & Reve from SWJ and Claudia Pegus, Catalin Botezatu, The Cloth & Bill Edwards from CFW) and others i didn’t.
I missed Posh Punk (ye that piece that Jaunel is wearing on the cover of the CFW book) that showed the previous 2 years at CFW though.

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