By Nadine Kam

Nadine Kam photos
Media filled the front row of the Indashio fashion show at the Honolulu Design Center Saturday. Smart magazine’s Sarah Honda snaps a photo.

Designer Indashio had promised to bring a bit of New York to Hawaii with his “Viva Las Vegas” fashion show, and that he did. The energy and decibel level was definitely higher than any local show thus far. It was HOT!The noise, the crowd, the security detail, the photographer’s gallery was pure New York Fashion Week, and I couldn’t believe how seating in the tiny Cupola Theatre was configured to accommodate the number of people there, while giving everyone a great view of the runway. But anyone who’s lived and worked in New York is probably accustomed used to making the most of small spaces.

Indashio hams it up for the cameras after the show with Vivalicious, left, and Didi.

The spectacle of barely clad “showgirls” reminded me of a typical Heatherette show, and Indashio finished with a dance down the runway carrying our company’s magazine HI Luxury, which sponsored the first major fashion event of the New Year. I think we’re appropriately warmed up.

The video here shows part of the show.

Nadine Kam videoIn the end, I went up to congratulate the designer and he mentioned my Thursday story, saying, “You GET me!” As I was trying to place that line (to the Jake Gyllenhaal/Jennifer Aniston film “The Good Girl),” he scooped me up and carried me through the air, and I thought first of all, “He’s tiny and he’s gonna drop me!” and then, “I’m so glad I wore this dress!” The Robert Rodriguez shift I bought the day before at NM had a Prada-like formality appropriate for the Honolulu Academy of Arts’ “Starlight Ball” I had just attended. That meant there was no chance of body parts going astray. If I had not gone to the academy first, I would have worn a party-ready Alice+Olivia halter mini dress and that would have been a disaster in such a moment.After I crawled down, my spotters below confirmed, “Don’t worry, nothing was showing!” Whew!

In the front row, Smart magazine’s Sarah Honda, left, and Molly Watanabe.

Photographer Russell Tanoue and Crystal Pancipanci, who’ll be heading for New York Fashion Week for a peek at the fall collections. Below, Russell’s shoe.

Also in the audience, from left,were Juli Roger, Kyoko Palma and Kristen Chan, in a Gucci dress, who was testing me, holding out her silver metallic clutch and saying, “Do you know who made this one?” Easy. The logo was the big giveaway. Tory Burch.

Indashio with HI Luxury during the show’s finale.

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