While scurrying around backstage at the Bryant Park tents, one notices a lot of things. First, most of the models have tracks attaching their natural hair to long, fake hair. Interesting. Sometimes the stylists are more divafied than the models. And other times you see new products like dry shampoo (I have to investigate that) clips with new fangled fastening technology. But sometimes you meet nice people too. Joanne Martin is from Connecticut. She was hanging out backstage at the Malan Breton show because her daughter, Alexandra, was one of the models. (They are pictured above.) Joanne told me she schleped her daughter back and forth to shows all week. My bubble said, "Why?" Isn't her daughter a big girl? She's 15, Joanne said as if reading my mind. I know models are young, but what a wake up call. Bravo for her mom! Alexandra is beautiful, yes, but she's far from grown. No wonder some grown women say feel can't compete with models. Of course they can't; they are 15! Another real life, in-your-face example about how the fashion world is so disconnected from the rest of us.
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The Mirror Image team consists of Inquirer and philly.com writers with a passion for fashion and an eye for the trends. We live to shop and shop to live, but always appreciate a good sale. We know that “What I am going to wear?” is a serious question, possibly requiring consultation and multiple outfit changes. We believe beauty treatments can be a necessity instead of a luxury, and consider awards shows required viewing. Above all, we strive to bring style into our daily lives – and have fun telling others about it.
Contributor Elizabeth Wellington has been the Inquirer's Fashion Reporter since 2003 and writes the Mirror, Mirror column for the Sunday Image section. She is a bargain shopper who hates buying pants and rarely meets a dress she doesn’t like.
Contributor Chris Gray is the editor of the Image section, and has been a reporter and editor at the Inquirer since 2001. She believes you are never too tall for heels and considers text messaging a vital form of communication.
Contributor Karen Heller covered fashion for several years, nationally and regionally, and has an enduring interest in style and fashion. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in commentary, she reports on popular culture. Her column appears in the Wednesday Daily Magazine.
Contributor Kristen Graham is a Philly.com producer and columnist. She is still recovering from her mother dressing her in homemade cotton plaid bell-bottoms as a toddler, and regards religious Project Runway and What Not To Wear watching as the only way to make amends.
Contributor Jodie Chester Lowe is a Philly.com Entertainment producer and a member of the Great Expectations project team. By college, she knew she needed to expand her wardrobe beyond casual shirts and jeans. She’s branched out with the tops, but denim still gets its own drawer (or two) in her dresser.
Contributor Ellen Dunkel is the Philly.com Entertainment channel manager. She was almost literally born to shop, having grown up in Paramus, N.J., the No. 2 ZIP code in the United States for retail sales. She often serves as a personal shopper for family members who are missing the fashion gene.
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