SCENESTER SECRET NIGHTS

Plunge to the Navel
By: Diana Lee

Highlights however included her fierceness herself: Miss Pamela Anderson in all her plastic glory wearing a plunge to the navel Dsquared2 number that almost had a wardrobe malfunction in the press room when a photographer accidentally stepped on the train of her fire engine red dress. 

The body painting including a voluptuous model sporting nothing but a dress made of painted on diamond glitter was a real crowd pleaser and the last runway show featuring dozens and dozens of rose inspired frocks sashaying down a runway in the shape of the AIDS ribbon.  Simply breathtaking.

Fashion Cares 2006 marked the 20th installment of MAC Viva Glam 20 Fashion Cares; an annual and beloved benefit for the AIDS Committee of Toronto.  This event, seen as one of the shining gems in the Toronto nightlife crown was a pale imitation of previous year’s fabulousness.  The theme this year: 20 years of Drama Daring and Dreams should have been renamed: "Ok let’s regurgitate 20 years in two hours"

Most of the show featured resurrected costumes from previous years that neither had a cohesive whole nor showed any new creative interpretation.  Perhaps they were not meant to be, but there definitely was a lack of that creative eye popping energy that makes Fashion Cares such a unique fixture.