It's a little after 11p on Black Friday and Mikey George’s peeps, dressed primarily in black, are closing in on the short white stage in Detroit’s MAX for the climactic fashion show, derigueur with charity events.
Three hours of free booze have preceded tonight's presentation. When the premiere model makes a second turn in a bum-skimming mini & thigh highs, photographers drop to their knees to snatch the view for posterity and no pain is felt. The music is good and the crowd is visibly aroused.
This fall the fashions are stimulating. Plaids and warm colors, lots of textures and great knits. And the trend in menswear is interesting, fun, colorful, layered. Dolce Moda (the Royal Oak boutique known for putting on the area’s best fashion shows) knows this, as do its customers. I wonder out loud why we don’t see people dressed like this on the streets. The people standing near me begin to edge away.
Jenny and Rey have cobbled together unexpected ensembles, mixing up European and American designers, extremely flirtatious pieces with some things more conservative — suggesting, perhaps, our own Detroit-chic to embrace and build on. Mikey's peep's appear to be satisfied for the moment. It’s a classy show.
PHOTOS BY NICK MARTINES
