WWD to CFDA: "Fire the Scriptwriters"

June 8, 2005

Women's Wear Daily had some choice words for Monday's Council of Fashion Designers of America awards. "It wasn't the heat, the less-than-stellar wine, or the overpowering steak au poivre that wore the audience down. Instead, it was the lackluster jokes rattling down the teleprompter that were often as flat as a blown-out tire," says today's paper, which also cites presenters Heidi Klum and Catherine Deneuve's poor skills at reading the teleprompter, and Sean Combs' mangling the name of sponsor Swarovski.
Posted 06.08.05

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