"Models" Take a Tumble at NYC Fashion Week
If there’s one thing that rings in fall in this city, it’s New York Fashion Week. And it does not announce itself quietly. Mostly, I ignored it. “Um, hey tourists waiting outside of fashion shows. Can you please step aside so I can get on the train and schlep home in my non-designer sneakers? Kthanks.”
But Opening Ceremony’s show was something I couldn’t just scroll past on my Instagram feed. Because not only did it have dancing—moves by Justin Peck and movers via New York City Ballet—but it was delightfully tongue in cheek.
It started off normal enough.
All about the #ivory last night at #openingceremony #ss16 ..those sunglasses tho ? #kyliejenner
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Sep 14, 2015 at 6:10am PDT
And then this happened.
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Sep 13, 2015 at 7:13pm PDT
Eek! The audience didn’t know what to do.
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Sep 13, 2015 at 6:40pm PDT
Suddenly they realized these were no ordinary models, but graceful NYCB dancers.
What might have seemed like a series of “epic falls” on the runway just now was actually a dance orchestrated by world-renowned choreographer @Justin_Peck. Thank you so much to all of the talented @nycballet dancers who acted as models at our show #NYFW
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Note Laverne Cox and Kelly Osbourne’s approval.
last night at the @openingceremony SS16 show – sitting front and center across from Kelly Osbourne, Laverne Cox, and Kylie Jenner ♥️ #NYFW #openingceremony #ss16
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New York Fashion Week, you’ve never looked so good.
