Carolina Herrera Hosts a Glamorous Adventure in Mexico

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The Moment: “How are you sensation with the altitude? ” asked Carolina Herrera late on Thursday night in Casa Luis Barragàn in Mexico City, where the thin air has been known to slower some visitors down. Let’s just say that it seems to have had the opposite impact on Herrera, who hasn’t stopped moving since she arrived here this week for any gala that will take place tonight in her honor.

While Herrera (pictured, above) continues to be overseeing model castings and plans for a double fashion show that will consist of both her spring 2015 collection and looks from her CH division, this wounderful woman has also been inundated with fans seeking selfies. Mexico, it turns out, is the designer’s best market for social media engagement. So we’ve invited her to take over InStyle’s Instagram account starting tonight to provide behind-the-scenes access to an event that Mexico Town is buzzing about.

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Why It’s a Wow: Herrera fans through around the world are converging for tonight’s show. Olivia Palermo, Dita Von Teese and Dianna Agron (pictured, above, from L-R) were among the first to arrive for any pre-dinner in the former residence and studio of architect Luis Barragàn, a good austere but fascinating example of modern architecture with its famous cantilevered staircase as well as pink painted roof terrace. Touring the bedroom and guest rooms, with their very humble tiny beds beneath portraits of the Virgin Mary, Agron and Von Teese were equally impressed to discover traces of Barragàn’s less pious passions, for example an extensive record collection and, of all things, a handmade shrine to the model Iman, whom he felt was the embodiment of physical perfection.

Meanwhile, Herrera ushered guests into the late architect’s studio for any dinner of corn soup (spiced to taste), squash blossom crepes along with poblano chili sauce and Veracruz-style fish served with almond rice. It had been so delicious that a rather large brown spider descended from the rafters for any taste, nearly landing on a guest, when Marc Puig, the chairman from the fragrance company that owns Herrera, deflected it gallantly. Minutes later, the actual spider landed on him, and suffered a far less glamorous fate. Nicely, at that point, as one guest noted, you either name it, or you kill this.

Learn More: Stay tuned to instyle. com for updates on Herrera’s Mexican journey through Monday, and watch for updates on Instagram from tonight’s show as well as festivities, which promise to run until the wee hours.

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