The Shows, At the Right Price
Mere mortals who don't work in the industry, but who have an American Express platinum card or a serious shopping addiction to their favorite designer, can attend Fashion Week shows along with the buyers, media, and assorted celebrities and hangers on. By purchasing pricy packages through Amex, you'll get to see the show and be taken backstage to meet, say, Phillip Lim, Diane von Furstenberg, or Tory Burch, who are no doubt thrilled at the prospect of interrupting their frantic activities to make chit chat with starstruck fans from New Jersey.
Zac Posen, ever the mercenary, is even restaging his Thursday night show for cardholders willing to pay $150 a ticket, which means that while you won't have the opportunity to gawk at the likes of Anna Wintour and Glenda Bailey, you will enjoy noticing from your front row seat that even 100lb Ukrainian 19-year-olds have cellulite and eyebags.
