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Lauren's Fashion Week Diary: Survival Kit

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Survival Guide: Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 08

New York Fashion Week is rapidly approaching (Feb. 1-8) and the excitement is building: the clothes, the fabulous people, the parties ... isn't it all lovely?! Of course it is, it is fabulous but there are also those nagging details that spin me into survival mode: the cold, the sleepless nights, and all the work I will be doing. Not one to let details get me down, I am ready for anything the big apple throws at me with my Fashion Week Survival Kit.

Give me coffee and vitamin C: 12 hour days in 5 inch heels requires two things: energy and defense. I will be hopped up to no end on my new favorite indulgence, the Skinny Latte from Starbucks. With only 90 calories this foamy drink will have me up for hours. While being up for hours can be fun it can be damaging to your health. I like to kick my immune system into high gear with a gulp of Emergen C and a chaser of Air Borne for good measure.

It's business time: While I wish I could just twirl around New York dashing from show to show like some celebutard but the reality is I will be working it -- literally I am going to be working the whole time. I can't possibly get any work done without my Mac Book for blogging, Moleskin reporter notebook for note taking and sketching during shows, and of course my business card holder for schmoozing.

For sanities sake: I can't leave the house without my trusty Blackberry in hand and I certainly can't leave those same hands unsanitized, so I always carry a little bottle of Purell with me at all time.

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