ONYX Saturday dawned brightly in SL®, and the audience filled quickly - the fashion savvy crowd of the night before elbowing for room against the people who had caught wind of what they missed, not wanting to be left behind. Everyone loves black. It’s the great equalizer; the most wearable color in the fashion pantheon. It has such scope, such room for interpretation – and there will never really be “a new black.” So the AVENUE models proved, this show having designs for both the men and the women of SL. The ONYX design team which gravitated to black did more than justice to this deepest shade. The essence of haute design flowed up the runway, emerging from the waters to engage the audience in dark worship. Black. It stirs many emotions. For some, black is the colour of sadness, of the gloomy dark moments in life. For others, it is a magical cloak that keeps you safe from the world’s judging eye. Shadows. Dark and veiled is the colour that can take you down or lift you up. It is how you perceive yourself and others. It is how you want others to perceive you. Introspection. Memories may want to shape you into something twisted, but it is how you rise from your ashes that dictates who you are. Now is the time to open your eyes and reinvent yourself...
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