Rochester's first ever Fashion Week debuted last Thursday with a "Boutique Crawl." It was like a pub crawl but with sequins and stilettos instead of beer and wings.
I joined the "crawl" downtown at Eye Candy, a new-ish boutique for Rochester hipsters. While the clothes on the whole were lovely, what fasinated me most was the crowd. Old, young, male, female; gay, straight; pierced and tatooed artists along with Eastside housewives; people from every ethnicity and background-- they were all there to toast Rochester's young designers and creativity.
I've attended art openings, concerts and theater events, and have never seen a crowd quite like it!
Wrapped up as I am in the ebb and flow of my kids activities-- artistic, academic, athletic-- it was such a reminder to me that while Rochester is a small city, it is not homogenious. Here's hoping that future events bring together this same variety of Rochester's population!
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