Cavortress: Charleston Fashion Week Street Style Day 1

Charleston Fashion Week^® is one of my favorite Holy City events. The buzz about town for the past month has been, "What are you doing for Fashion Week? Are you going? What nights? Do you have your outfits planned? Where should we do happy hour? Where should we have dinner? Where is the afterparty? Can you walk there? How far is it?"

If you are a CFW veteran, you already know that you can’t possibly plan your outfits nightly because the weather in Charleston that surrounds the first day of spring is highly unpredictable. (Note: the combination of unpredictable weather and #chsfw makes it acceptable to wear fur in the South in March. After all, winter technically ends March 19). The reality is that you will probably not have time for happy hour because it took you too long to get ready, and it doesn’t matter how close the afterparty is—if you are wearing heels, it’s too far. That’s what a pedicab is for!

Night one at Charleston Fashion Week is always, for me, the most exciting. Tuesday night sold out, but not as fast as some of the other nights. For that reason, many attendees on Tuesday (and Wednesday, stay tuned…) are only coming that night. Of course, on Tuesday night, you will see those that are coming EVERY night—sponsors, contestants, participants. People ask me what Charleston Fashion Week^® is like. A five-day fashion event with a different vibe each night? My response is always, "It’s like a Grateful Dead concert…for fashion people…in Charleston." Drug of choice? Not brown acid, but champagne!