Initial reaction:

One Flew Over The Hand-Beaded Couture Cuckoos Nest.

Atmosphere:

A multi-room mental hospital, with white padded walls and hanging headless mannequins.

Show delay:

Time ticked away under the flickering hanging light bulbs; each time the creepy music loop would end, show goers clapped, hoping it would bring on the start. All it brought was their own 45-minute descent into insanity.

So keep them sweet:

White M&M’s served in tiny plastic cups like pills in a hospital.

Unexpected details:

Two feathered birds perched on the edge of a bodice, rubber wings with lace appliqué and undulating barnacles growing out from dresses.

Beauty:

Acrylic fingernails glued to the ends of elbow-length rubber gloves, and electroshock hair tucked neatly into hairnets dotted with pearls.

Music:

Bjork's Oh So Quiet, shhh shhh.

Walk the walk:

Models hobbled with glazed looks of contrition in restrictive bodices and skirts.

Overheard:

"This is insane!"

Least likely to:

Be forgotten.

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