Rain stopped for Fighting Eel
By Nadine Kam
Nadine Kam photos
Fighting Eel designers Lan Chung, front left, and Rona Bennett pose with their models after the show.
The day before The Butik’s first anniversary party, I was over at Fighting Eel. It had been a rainy week so they were worried that the outdoor FE fashion show planned for the Dec. 8 event might be rained out, while hoping for the best.
It all worked out though, with not a drop of rain in sight. The sidewalk in front of the boutique was dressed up with flexible LED strip lighting to make a runway out of the plain sidewalk. Against the backdrop of blue balloons, models showed what we could look forward to in early 2008. FE’s sexy dresses were alive with color, from bright yellows, reds and purples, to brilliant blues with a geometric print or two, and some clever cut-outs. I don’t know how they do some of that engineering. When other people try pukas and other daring, body-revealing tricks, you worry about certain body parts popping out somewhere, but with FE, a girl can always feel securely contained.
Johnelle Anderson on the runway.
It was kind of funny to be sitting next to Fighting Eel designers Lan Chung and Rona Bennett during the show, the first time they had a crew of dressers so were able to sit down and see their own work come down the runway. Let’s just say possibly no one squealed louder, especially when one of the taller models came out with a very mini, form-fitting dress. I was like, “What? You never saw this before?”Afterward, women were buzzing about the dresses they must add to their growing collections. Start saving.
Inside The Butik, from left, Fighting Eel’s Linh Owen and Rona Bennett with The Butik’s Landy Cheung.
Back in civilian clothes after the show were models, from left, Chanel Wise, Johnelle Anderson, Courtney Arndt, and party host Yasmin Dar. Below, boots in the front row.
