The Jewish Pavilion, one of my favorite local organizations, scored big when they got Carmen Marc Valvo to bring a show to their January charity event. Besides the fun of seeing lots of my friends and bonding with new ones over Carmen's swoon-inducing creations, it was a chance to write about one of my great loves, the art of fashion.
Now, Lucky Magazine bans its writers from describing clothes with food-related metaphors for good reason. Here, I only slip on that banana peel once--with "confections." But to me, the word connotes the soft sigh of a swirl of chiffon (the fabric, that is, not the pie) as much as it does a more, er, comestible item.
I loved my brief encounter with Carmen, and when he told me his collection was inspired by sea and surf and sand, it was easy to set the mood with a few beach-y metaphors...
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