“While it didn’t disappoint, it also didn’t prove quite as exciting as it could have been. Scheduled for 9 p.m., the spectacle clashed with rising young designer Thomas Tait’s time slot and, in true diva style, started an hour late. Underdressed fashion folks in line outside shivered and whimpered about the delay: Run-throughs taking too long? Over-crowding? Rihanna’s nap-time? All plausible.
Once past the velvet ropes, the venue — a cavernous old post office — was very dark and smelled like a malfunctioning smoke machine.” -Alex Rees, NY Magazine