 
	 
	Our heart goes out to 23-year-old model Alexandra Tomlinson. She took a spill on the Chanel Couture runway today in Paris. Grazia reports that a member of the front row helped her up. A play-by-play of the fall hasn't yet surfaced, since, sadly, they don't broadcast the couture shows like hockey games. But the shoes are pretty high — if not nearly as outlandish as the spring 2009 shoes — so perhaps they're to blame. Man, falling at couture is so much worse than falling at any old show. Because couture is all about "the dream," and "the dream" doesn't eat it in front of the whole world. But it's okay, Alex. You're the star of the show now!
 
	One model took a tumble on the catwalk, before being helped up by a member of the front row. Oh, it takes us back to Milan fashion week when the models couldn't stop falling. Let's hope this week's couture doesn't go the same way...

IMG New York Show Cards FW0910
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Gorgeous showcard!

 This is the singular shot of this entirely wonderful spread that continues to catch my eye.  Look at the intensity of the gaze here, and the styling? So striking and complementary to her jawline.  A lot of showcards for Autumn/Winter 09/10 have fallen flat, but this can certainly stand up as one of the most subtly impressive...thank goodness her agency had the common sense to pull this, what better image to evoke the splendour, though perhaps subdued elegance, that awaits us in New York, next week.  Best wishes, Alexandra.  Haute Couture is behind you, and ahead are the runways where we will see you in glorious form again.
 This is the singular shot of this entirely wonderful spread that continues to catch my eye.  Look at the intensity of the gaze here, and the styling? So striking and complementary to her jawline.  A lot of showcards for Autumn/Winter 09/10 have fallen flat, but this can certainly stand up as one of the most subtly impressive...thank goodness her agency had the common sense to pull this, what better image to evoke the splendour, though perhaps subdued elegance, that awaits us in New York, next week.  Best wishes, Alexandra.  Haute Couture is behind you, and ahead are the runways where we will see you in glorious form again.  
  Akiyama here.
 Akiyama here. Could be her season.
 Could be her season.
