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FERNANDO FRISONI'S LATEST COLLECTION "DISORDERED DISIPLINE" WAS SENT DOWN THE RUNWAY LAST THURSDAY EVENING TO A VERY FULL HOUSE IN FASHION WEEK HQ'S CARGO THEATRE. WITH ANOTHER BACKSTAGE PASS AND A HANDBAG FULL OF CF CARDS LATER I CAN TELL YOU I'VE NEVER SEEN A BACKSTAGE SO INTENSE, THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE A DIRECT RESULT OF HAVING 35 MODELS (YES. 3. 5.) A TEN MAN TEAM OF BOTH HAIR AND MAKEUP, STYLISTS, ASSISTANTS AND ACP COMMISSIONED PHOTOGRAPHERS WITH CAMERAS AS BIG AS MY HEAD ALL JAMMED INTO BACKSTAGE AREA B, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF AN OVER-THE-KNEE BOOT BOX. IT WAS BUSY. GOOD BUSY. THE KIND YOU EXPECT AT FASHION WEEK ON DAY THREE WITH THE BEST TIME SLOT. AS I WAITED BY THE DOOR PRETENDING TO FIDDLE WITH MY CAMERA (A VERY GOOD TRICK TO LOOK UBER IMPORTANT/ACCOMPLISHED WHIST FIGURING OUT WHAT ON EARTH YOU'RE GOING TO DO) MY CHIC CHARADE WAS THANKFULLY INTERRUPTED (NEVER SETTLE FOR TOO LONG) WHEN THROUGH THE LENSES OF SAID MULTI-LANYAN WEARING PHOTOGRAPHERS I SPOTTED TANIA G WITH GLITTER DUSTED EYE'S AND IT WAS THEN THAT MR. FRISONI IMMEDIATELY WON MY AWARD FOR BEST MAKEUP. IT WAS TIME I BROKE AWAY FROM THE SLIDING DOORS (ACTUAL, NOT A METAPHOR REFERENCING THE TERRIBLE LATE 90'S MOVIE STARRING GWYNETH PALTROW) AND BEGUN TO GET ALL MARIO TESTINO, SNAP HAPPY. AFTER 30 MINUTES OF POINT, POSE AND CLICK AND 40 MINUTES PAST THE ORIGINAL "GO" TIME US PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE ORDERED TO STAY BEHIND AN IMAGINARY LINE DRAWN OUT TO BY SEMI-TERRIFYING LADY WHO WAS FULLY EQUIPT WITH A HEADMIC AND CLIPBOARD COMBINATION THAT SCREAMED "YOU BETTER DO AS YOUR TOLD". I DID AND WAS REWARDED WITH A FRONT ROW POSITION IN THE MAKESHIFT PHOTOGRAPHERS PIT BEHIND THE COLOUR BLOCKED CONGA LINE THAT WAS FERNANDO'S MODELS. IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE MORE MODELS THAN SOME AGENCY'S, BUT TO HAVE EACH IN "MONEY SHOT" OUTFITS IS JUST DOWN RIGHT AMAZING. I'D LIKE ONE OF EVERYTHING. IN EVERY COLOUR. THEN AS QUICKLY AS THEY LINED UP, THEY FILED OUT, AND MANY ROUNDS OF APPLAUSE LATER WE WERE ALL ON THE WAY TO HIS AFTER PARTY CO-CHAIRED WITH ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN FAVORITE KIRRILY JOHNSTON. THE INVITATION ONLY EVENT HELD AT NORTH BONDI ITALIAN WAS IN MY OPINION, THE BEST AFTER PARTY ALL FASHION WEEK. IN HONOR OF TOYOTA'S NEW SUPER CUTE PEOPLE MOVER "RUKUS" THE CREAM DE' LA MER (OR IS IT CREME?) OF SYDNEY'S SOCIAL CIRCLE MINGLED WITH EACH OTHER OVER POTENT COCKTAILS IN PAPER CUPS AND ARANCINI BALLS IN PAPER NAPKINS. VERY PICNIC CHIC. IT WAS LIKE JUMPING STRAIGHT INTO THE BACK PAGES OF W, WHERE THEY COVER ELITIST PARTIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, JUST SWAP THE CHARITY PART FOR TWO PEOPLE MOVERS AND WE'LL CALL IT A DAY! AND AT AROUND 12AM I DID. AHHHHH, ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.