When the runway doors opened at the Pink Magnolia show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Mexico SS13 and I saw the first blonde model wearing a baby blue jumpsuit with a pink tulle skirt, embellished with Swarovski crystals, my mind immediately went to Sharpay Evans. You know, High School Musical? Duh! The next few looks continued along the same lines (Barbie-wear and Heatherette and a whole bunch of twinkle), until...

  The first designer I got to see on day one of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Mexico 2012 was David Salomon. My friends and I had arrived late and missed two previous shows and thus got not-so-good seats, but they ultimately served its purpose. I’m not very picky about that kind of thing. At exactly 8:45 p.m. (I checked), after a few commercials from the various sponsors projected on the wall behind the runway, the door...