Better than Bryant Park

[For those of you who have never lived in NY, or seen the Sex and the City movie, Project Runway, the Real Housewives of New York, Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane, or anything else on E!, Bryant Park is the location of New York Fashion Week. Oh and it is the best spot in NY for Sunday Brunch!]

Last Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, the Pacific Arts Festival held Fashion Shows at the auditorium to showcase clothing from different islands in the South Pacific. I missed Saturday but all anyone was talking about the next day was that the Tahitian woman displayed "pre-colonial" clothing that consisted of a grass skirt and little else. So come Monday I decided I had to check this event out for myself. We went early and got seats right up front. Monday's show included Norfolk Islands, Samoa, Palau, and Taiwan. Each island nation interpreted "fashion show" very differently.

Norfolk Islands displayed dresses dyed using natural vegetation for prints:



Samoa put on quite a display, showcasing everything from pre-colonial wear to modern clothing.





Even Celine Dion made an appearance!!


Some girls from Palau performed a traditional dance in modern outfits.


And finally Taiwan...