Shaolin Monks Bring Down LA Fashion Week
At a recent Shadang fashion show, LA Fashion Week producers decided to have Shaolin Monks do an opening performance on the catwalk.
Towards the end of the performance, one of the monks attempted a forward flip and landed on his back, breaking a hole in the catwalk. The monks recovered from the mishap and finished their performance.
No one at the fashion show seemed concerned or attempted to repair the damaged runway and the show continued on.
Sarah Welch, a former contestant on the American Bachelor TV show, walked out onto the catwalk to strut her stuff forgetting about the hole the monks made. A few short steps and she found herself falling through the hole on the runway, which was above the swimming pool at the Mondrian hotel.
Jimmy Jean-Louis, actor from hit TV Show “Heroes”, quickly comes to her rescue and helps her out of the hole.
Designer Rafi Anteby later reported that “all’s well with Sarah…” so no animals were hurt in the making of this article.
By Ratty on 27-10-2007
Comment by darkwing duck
October 27th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
that funny
Comment by Tourex
October 27th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
The monk that broke a hole on the catwalk should lay on top of it,until the show ends,to prevent models walking through it!
Comment by Sm4ll
October 30th, 2007 at 5:06 am
Smart idea =]
Comment by jonico
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Not really sure how the monks being part of the fashion show really spreads the message of the Buddha. Additionally, the fashion industry is one of the biggest proponents of materialism. Also, the fashion industry relies heavily on sweatshops and other bad working conditions in the manufacturing of their clothes. The monks have taken a vow to avoiding attachment to material things. So this doesn’t make much sense for them to be doing this, seeing that by their appearance at the show, they are essentially condoning what the fashion industry stands for,
Or perhaps they are not real monks and I am reading too much into it
Comment by zlongbow
November 13th, 2007 at 12:17 am
The Shaolin temple is no longer the original one. What the monks are doing nowaday have nothing to do with Buddhism. The only purpose is to make money.
Comment by ]V[
December 16th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
I resent that. Shoalin should be sacred. Real shoalin cannot be betrayed. Just read their history.
Real shoalin act in just cause.
]V[