On The Catwalk With 'Plastic Surgery Models' At New York Fashion Week
"Fashion week is about fashion ... it's not for people to decide on what face-lift to get."
So snapped New York Fashion Week founder Fern Mallis to the Daily News on Tuesday. In a few hours, the curtains would open on the first ever Faces of Fashion runway. The show's "designer" was Dr. Ramtin Kassir, a tri-state area plastic surgeon.
The proposition was surreal: The doctor's patients were to model his work -- puffed lips and pinned-back ears -- down a catwalk.
This was not an official NYFW show, though its press release suggested otherwise. It was closer to an ad on the subway. As the models -- hand-picked by Kassir's publicist -- strutted the length of a gallery space abutting Central Park, "before" and "after" pictures flashed on two background screens, along with a rundown of the surgeries the men and women had endured.
Audience members, made up of fellow patients, friends-of-models, and the odd plus one who came to see if this was really happening, whistled and whooped. One middle-aged man in sunglasses and a suit -- "Rhinoplasty," the screen behind him announced -- stooped to high-five an onlooker.
"Fashion week is about fashion ... it's not for people to decide on what face-lift to get."
So snapped New York Fashion Week founder Fern Mallis to the Daily News on Tuesday. In a few hours, the curtains would open on the first ever Faces of Fashion runway. The show's "designer" was Dr. Ramtin Kassir, a tri-state area plastic surgeon.
The proposition was surreal: The doctor's patients were to model his work -- puffed lips and pinned-back ears -- down a catwalk.
This was not an official NYFW show, though its press release suggested otherwise. It was closer to an ad on the subway. As the models -- hand-picked by Kassir's publicist -- strutted the length of a gallery space abutting Central Park, "before" and "after" pictures flashed on two background screens, along with a rundown of the surgeries the men and women had endured.
Audience members, made up of fellow patients, friends-of-models, and the odd plus one who came to see if this was really happening, whistled and whooped. One middle-aged man in sunglasses and a suit -- "Rhinoplasty," the screen behind him announced -- stooped to high-five an onlooker.
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