Out of My Face Akimbo // Wilting Whities

How did model diversity fare on the New York runways this season? About as well as an Ugg after a slushy snowfall: not at all, and ugly.

The Calvin Klein show dazzled us AnA girls -- we sat front row, two seats from that pre-teen blogging whore and sadly out of clawing range-- with tons of black and muted tones on cool shoulders but no Lyndsey Scott, the New Jersey native who stomped out this Spring as the first black Calvin exclusive. With Shena Moulton in the lineup and 90s supermodels Stella Tenant, Kristen McMenamy and Kristy Hume as muse, we forgive Francisco for his lack of diversity!

Miss Moulton went ponytail-t0-ponytail with 90s supes!

The Row designers dazzled the 176 super-VIP invitees -- Ms. Streisand gave a pity wave to Tila Tequila, shunned outside the venue before she was stoned to death by Grace Coddington -- with an epically minimalistic collection in mostly black that was pieced together by an army of tiny goblin hands.

The clothes were about the only thing black in that room, besides of course the olives floating in Ms. Ross's early morning martini. Pump up the casting! If we see one more wide Eastern European face sneering down a runway, we'll smash Magdalena's.

Kudos to DVF for picking all mannequin types for her cute, flouncy, expectedly wearable presentation. The casting included:

...boring white girls...

...black girls (hey girl hey!)...

...asians...

...blasians...

...blatinasians...

...dots...

...supermodels...

...new girls (who dat?)...

...too many Canadians...

...VS Angels...

...bones...

...fatties...

...perfection caught in a ground-tilted stare...

...and of course Ms. Ross herself, in her singular runway appearance. She knocked Naomi right off the catwalk! Work! Maybe they'll let more ethnics in at Lincoln Center!

"Fresh" Faces

Style.com recently named their favorite faces, the most popular girls on the runway this past season. Girl. These faces are about as fresh as that arugula salad Dolly left in the AnA refrigerator last month, citing a moody bowel, which in reality turned out to be a severe coke addiction. The nose knows, missy.

I see one Asian face and a whole bunch of blah. Amidst a lackluster fashion week, save the brilliance of Alexander McQueen and a few notable others, these bony, pallid faces leave a bad taste in my already sour mouth. Note how Style gives top billing to Tao Okamoto and her flawless bowl cut, but she's only at the ten spot.

Personally, I couldn't pick the majority of these girls out of a line-up, but then again, that is the point. I guess as long as there's a fierce token for us to latch onto we really can't complain. Come here, Tao. That's right, shh, you're with family now. AnA will never let you go...that is unless we're in the vicinity of alcohol or reasonably attractive men.

White and Whiter

Despite the recent buzz surrounding race and fashion (thank you Mr. Meisel), a look at the latest couture runways it becomes clear that, still, no one seems to give a shit.

There were only 4 runways that had any 'ethnic' models whatsoever : Givenchy (where 3 ethnic girls opened the show - the only real statement thus far), Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Elie Saab (with the return of the forever flawless Yasmin Warsame).

Only in JPG and Elie Saab did the black models have more than 1 look. Only JPG and Givenchy had more than 1 black model in the show.

Chanel, Armani, Lacroix, and Valentino were complete white-outs.

So fucking boring.

Below please peruse the fiercest stompers around.

Take note bitches.

Chanel & Jourdan @ JPG

Yasmin Warsame @ Elie Saab

Lakshmi, Jourdan, & Sessilee @ Givenchy

Chanel @ Dior