Nautica
Spring 2001 Collection
New York Fashion Week
September 2000
Let me just say that I have loved Nautica clothing for years, but David Chu gave me a whole new reason to like him last fall. I don't care what the critics had to say, the Nautica show was so much fun to watch. For once, I could watch a fashion show and not have the urge to throw up or hurl heavy objects at the television. The models were "normal" and they had fun - there were no skeletal waifs walking like flamingos. The Style Channel replays the show occasionally, so check your TV Guide - it's worth taping! Or watch this clip.
From Fashion Wire Daily:
As if further proof were needed that the teen
invasion was in full swing, Nautica will be bringing the pages of the three T's
- Teen Beat, Tiger Beat and Teen People - to life for the company's upcoming
runway show on September 14 at 2:00 p.m.
No fewer than 18 young heartthrobs from teen films and shows such as "Dawson's
Creek", "Popular" and "Young Americans" will be modeling the spring 2001 Nautica
collection at the Bryant Park tents. It all makes sense: Today the actors on
teen sitcoms are all picture-perfect poster boys. And they want respect for
that. After all, they're not just acting talents, but pretty faces, too.
Just in case they don't walk like models, the Nautica crew will throw a
rehearsal cocktail party the night before so a 'real' model from the Nautica ad
campaign can teach them to walk the walk.
"A lot of them are really into fashion and are excited about it," said a
spokesperson for Nautica. The company found the actors, he said, by "scouring
through teen magazines and TV programs."
The list of actors to hit the catwalk will include: Kerr Smith (the gay
character on "Dawson's Creek" who took part in the first American on-screen gay
teen kiss), Rodney Scott and Ian Somerhalder ("Young Americans").
From
Metrodream:
Fashion & Beauty: NY Fashion Week 2000
Nautica David Chu
The runway sizzled with 15 hot actors hitting the catwalk, including a
smoldering Ian Somerhalder from the WB's Young Americans.
The clothes, however, never got the cheers that the guys did, especially since
some of the shirts were a little too big for the svelte stars. Even so, the
audience loved Chu's use of hi-tech materials for his sporty windbreakers and
sleeveless tops.
-Nelson Mui
From First View.com
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Screen caps from the coverage of the show
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