Flashing Lights...

New York consists of two worlds in my opinion, the regular, ordinary people such as myself and the elite who attend grandiose events, galas and the tents at Bryant Park. Last night, I had the chance to have a toe in the “elite” world of fashionistas…remember Baby Steps. So last night I attended the grand opening of the flagship store GANT and it was pure fabulousness in the air. The clothes are classic American apparel with a European flair and I loved it, a little on the pricey side, but there were items that would be worth the splurge.

As my friends and I sipped on Chardonnay and nibbled on Bruschetta, we passed the likes of former ANTM contestant Eugena Washington from Cycle 7…remember her? She’s very skinny, needed a better weave and was eyeing us because we were the only other brown-skinned girls parading through the store. I want to say she was staring extra hard because of my fabulous makeup that my friend Ana did, but that would be just cocky.

I also spotted Mr. Sean Combs current stylist and former Market Editor at Vibe, cutie Derek Roche perusing through the racks of clothes. Seeing Derek (yes we’re friends..in my head), just made me feel like Diddy was actually there, *sigh*…clearly he wasn’t. Lets just say that he was looking for pieces for Diddy.

The men were all impeccably dressed and equally attractive (sans a few), they looked like they walked straight out of a campaign for GANT. The girls were very trendy and fashionable as well. The opening was very chic, fabulous and sooo New York. I loved it! Check out some stills from the Scott Shuman project where he collaboed with GANT consisting of real New Yorkers wearing pieces from GANT. Fabu!

BTW…the African American model, Luke is very handsome in person and maybe had a little too much to drink...LOVES IT! Check out GANT at http://www.gant.com/. Thanks Tiffany & Doug for hooking us up!