And That's All!

"Anna Wintour wants designers to schedule their shows during these three days. It has bad consequences for many, many people involved in the shows, from stylists to models to hairdressers. It's absolutely crazy. She's welcome in Milan but if she only comes for a fleeting visit, perhaps it would be better if she stayed at home."
- Mario Boselli, President of the Italian Fashion Chamber

For the Chinese New Year overhaul, I was at the salon for a record four hours, from 2.30pm till slightly over 6.30pm. Ben has been doing my hair for over a decade, and pure genius (I can't say enough good things about Ben who is talented, stylish and kind any encounter with him improves one); But that makes him the busiest man standing on any given day, not to mention during festive periods. The boys and girls at the salon are all super sweet and sooo nice, but still. One does feel quite marooned at the chair and somewhat like a zoo animal as sundry people come and peer at you (all this is kindly meant, to be sure) and you need to be all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed even whilst your hair is all up in cling film or you're wearing a cushion-like silver plastic cap. It's defeating.
This is what I overheard at the salon:
M: "Am I alone in thinking that a lot of editors and magazine journalists here take their so-called image more seriously than their jobs? Seriously... I wanted to yank the arm off one at an event - she was so carrying on like she was Meryl in The Devil Wears Prada. Such a twit!"
J: "There are seriously TOO MANY Anna Wintours in Singapore. I don't know why the world thinks Anna Wintour is so special... They only need to come to Singapore to realise they are a dime a dozen in SPH.
M: "Her highness and her Andre Leon Talley doppelganger... I wanted to slap her!"
J: "They should just invite all the Anna Wintours here, then Milan won't have to shorten their fashion week ler!"
F: "This new editor might be a very stylish woman in person, you have to admit that she is stylish, but it does not show in her work. Just look at the magazine."
C: "I was in Milan when I heard that Alexander McQueen died and my first thought was... why couldn't it be Marc Jacobs?"
J: "Did you know that Mrs Jacobs is now designing a line of swimwear?"
As a treat, I also heard a TOP photographer say that things are going swimmingly now because working with the editors now is like being in a "think tank" where they all share ideas.
Now, that, my dears, is quite an idea.