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Lane Bryant: Do Your Clothes Rock?
By: Tanya Jensen
Photos by: Visko Hatfield
NEW YORK, Feb 8, 2002/ FW/ --- Tuesday night's Lane Bryant fashion show was not your usual
big panty parade.
An eclectic group of models -- including a rejuvenated Carre Otis, Anna Nicole Smith, Joanie
Laurer (formerly known as Chynna in the WWF), R&B diva Kelly Price, Mia Tyler, and male arm
candies Tyson Beckford and Marcus Schenkenberg -- rocked the runway.
Make up for the models were done by Bobbi Brown.
A little trivia - it took an hour for the Kiss band members to finish their make-up. It only
took 30 minutes for the Backstage Lane Bryant for their faces to be made up.
The theme at the show, held at the Roseland Ballroom, was seriously rock'n'roll, as the
tanned and oiled models showed the collection while hard-core rock band KISS banged out some
of their classic tunes like "Love Gun" and "Shout It Out Loud" and their big hit "Rock & Roll
All Night and Party Every Day."
Lane Bryant is the largest retailer of plus-size fashion.
The show was a mix of spring-summer 2002 intimate apparel and sportswear.
The styles were diverse: gypsy ruffles, safari animal and rock chic.
Aside from the rock-star-appropriate looks of corset, suspender and lace panties, the girls
wore chiffon blouses in flesh and aqua, low-slung jeans with lacy one-strap white tops, bras
with ribboning, and knickers with feather and fringe ties.
There were also full-length nightgowns in a palm print with appliquéd flowers that could
easily double as a summer evening dress.
But it was the ensembles of KISS that really stole the show.
Their satin Lycra rhinestone bodysuits, silver armor plates, and silver platform go-go boots
were commendable.
The audience was captivated by their tongue-flicking, bottom-slapping, pelvic-thrusting and
high kicks.
KISS band member Paul Stanley made his feelings clear about the runway show when he yelled
out, "Thank God for healthy American women, and God bless them all!"
The dramatic all-black finale -- which included sequins, ruffles, ribbons, lace, fringing,
studs and florals -- was only intensified as fire burned from the stage, fireworks exploded,
colored paper streamed down from above.
Paul Stanley smashed his guitar in half and threw it into the audience.
Backstage Lane Bryant
Backstage Lane Bryant
Backstage Lane Bryant
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