Huntington Beach, CA was the place to be today if you are any of the following 1) Teen Fashionista, 2) Surfer, or 3) Jesse McCartney fan. It seemed like everyone in SoCal that fell in any of these 3 categories found there way to HB today for the US Open / Teen Vogue fashion show. Needless to say… it was crowded.
It wasn’t a typical lazy day at the beach as the whole place was buzzing by 2PM. Hordes of teenage girls were lined up for hours before the fashion show. (Reportedly there was a line before 10AM and the show didn’t start until 4 in the afternoon). The complacent chatter was periodically broken by sudden commotion and screaming as the crowd got glimpses of Jesse McCartney going in and out of the tents backstage.
Luckily, after about an hour of people watching, we were able to skip the crazy line and walk straight in to the VIP area to watch the fashion show.
Yeah for cold water and colorful lounge chairs. Teen Vogue spared no expense (haha) as the “furniture” was clearly from Ikea and the seats were turned over trash cans. Bonus points, however, for creativity and excellent use of vibrant colors.
And of course, as always, I beelined it towards the buffet (very classy, might I add!). After successfully stuffing my face full of chips and finger sandwiches, we sat down to enjoy the show.
Here’s the first public sighting of Mr. McCartney on stage as he starts off the show. By the way chicas, Ryan Sheckler showed up today riding around in a black Escalade. Not sure where he snuck off to, but there was definitely a Sheckler sighting!
The runway show had a sports theme. All the models came out carrying either a ball or some sort of sporting paraphernalia like a baseball bat or tennis racket. Someone commented they were so bored of seeing models carrying golf clubs they would rather hit themselves over the head than continue to watch more of the same old continue down the runway. And more of the same it was… oh, so uninspiring…conjure up memories of Heidiwood for anyone?
At least the food and ambiance received great marks. Overall, it was a solid event, even though the fashion show was a little redundant (I think the main offense is almost no one would ever perform sporting activities in the outfits they presented. Well… maybe Paris Hilton). I have to give them points for keeping everything organized in the midst of pure teenage carnage chaos though.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
teeny boppers are so cute, arnt they?
July 26th, 2008 at 10:02 am
I like the color scheme and some of the outfits were cute.
July 28th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
TEEN Carnage was the correct word in this article. The event before the show was poorly organized, and the security was awful. So many teens were pushing and crushed to get into the private tent area to get a free tote bag full of nothing. We will NEVER go again.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
I went last year with my daughter Nataline Sarkisyan and my godchild. I will never forget that day, it was my daughter best day ever, she was so happy knowing she will be going to FIDM the following year. Unfortunatly her Leukemia came back and she was in need of bone marrow ,her brother our son was a perfect match after the transplant she was in need of liver transplant thats when our insurance company Cigna denied the coverage and my 17 years old beautiful daughter passed away, I lost my daughter on December 20, 2007 because some insurance person behind a desk denied to pay for her transplant. We need to change the system in this country and I will fight back and talk against insurance companies and safe as many ill kids as possible, this is my mission now. I wish my daughter Nataline was still alive,I will take her again and again to vogue fashion. I miss her so much. I had a fashion show couple of months ago at the Mercedes Benz showroom in her momory. I encourage every mom out there to spend as much time as possible with their teenager, I don’t regret it.
January 4th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
was Lauren Conrad there???