Fashion Weekend

The coming weekend looks like a major fashion holiday for Taipei. There's the opening of the Vivienne Westwood exhibition at the Fine Arts Museum - introduced in my previous posting - and there are quite a number of fashion shows as well.
Taipei 101 held a news conference this afternoon with a regional Prada manager to prepare for the fashion party tomorrow at 10 pm, which should focus on the Italian brand's Autumn/Winter 2005 collection. The organizers sent me sms messages about the news conference, but unfortunately I was unable to attend.
Another tall building, the Far Eastern Plaza, is the scene for a row of fashion events. Today - too late for that, but I can still mention it - Blumarine, Moschino and Aigner had their day. Tomorrow Saturday will see shows by GF Ferre, Just Cavalli, Escada Sport and Design 21. Sunday will be dedicated to Italy's Max Mara.
While all of this is going on, I'm also still reading Lynn H. Shih's book, and an update on that should follow in a couple of days. I keep promising things, and I will deliver. Just stick with me for the ride.