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"PinterestFacebookFashion Week is going on but Paris is also hosting Premiere Vision, a massive trade show for all the mega luxury clothing and accessories companies. One of my really good pals, Binith Shah, came in for the night to present Rickard-Shah, the bag and shoe line his wife, Elizabeth, designs. He was telling me about this insane case he had made to carry a whole collection at once so he could travel more easily. Celine Dion is a big fan of their shoes, and when she saw it, she had him make some for her. Now, if she goes on, like, a two-week trip, she takes six cases. SIX, PEOPLE. That&amp;#39;s 120 pairs, more or less.\nPinterestFacebookBinith was telling me they just launched a new capsule line called Icon based around this one shoe, the Kelly, that they&amp;#39;ve put on everyone from Kate Winslet (she wore a modified version to the Oscars this year) to Jessica Alba to Penelope Cruz to Angelina Jolie, who wore them to a recent humanitarian summit sort of meeting in Washington. This seems to be a new way for young companies to get instant staying power: they isolate one successful, central piece and offer it forever. (See: The Balenciaga Motorcycle bag.)\nPinterestFacebookOK, so I promised I&amp;#39;d dig into this next topic. How do fashion chicks get ready for the shows? How is anxiety avoided? Pret-a-porter paralysis skirted? Granted, when you work in the field, you tend to be a slightly more confident dresser (if only by osmosis). But everyone feels the pressure. Editors have twin dilemmas: they have to go all day from show to show but they have to look good for each one.\nPinterestFacebookAnd they&amp;#39;re all dressing out of suitcases. Another reason why everyone wears black.\nPinterestFacebookMelanie Rickey, the fashion director of Grazia (think US Weekly in the UK), takes this approach: &amp;quot;I look at what I&amp;#39;ve just seen in Milan and here and try to discern a silhouette. I&amp;#39;m seeing that the swingy, trapezey shape is starting to die down, so I dug around my suitcase and found this wide belt, which I wrapped around this poufy Raymond Spencer dress. (He&amp;#39;s a new designer out of LA.) And the flats are London Sole&amp;#8212;so so comfortable.&amp;quot; (PS. You can get them at www.londonsole.com)\nPinterestFacebookPer Robin Givhan of the Washington Post: &amp;quot;It helps me get out of the house to think people&amp;#39;s attention will be on the runway instead of me. But then I also work for a newspaper and don&amp;#39;t have the pressure of being magazine-chic, which is a whole other level. My first show today was at 9:30 and my last is at 8:30, so on a day like today, I just try not to embarrass my publication.&amp;quot;\nPinterestFacebookI had a drink with Glamour stylist Maggie Mann and the rest of the crew yesterday, and Maggie was all curled up in this very cute Chloe sweater dress, explaining that being as warm and cozy as possible is key. She just got a kicky little brocade mini at H&amp;amp;M, though, so she was going to have to give it a whirl the next day, despite its lack of snuggliness.\nPinterestFacebookToday was Chanel, which is one of those Very Important Shows. I knew I&amp;#39;d be seeing everyone I knew, not to mention their bosses, so I tried to pull it together. After almost a week at it, though, this is about as close as I could get.\nPinterestFacebookDoes this help? Hit me with more questions, people! I am loving being able to respond.\nA bientot!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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