IS FASHION STILL COOL? On the weekend The New York Times accused fashion of being bland and unoriginal, House of Diehl was proving the opposite. A standing-room-only crowd at the Tribeca Grand Hotel witnessed House of Diehl's latest adrenaline-fueled mini-opera. This intoxicating, multi-media collage of the culturally-relevant included human butterfly Amanda Lepore, Grand Slam-champion rapper Julian Curry, go-go dancers, a string quintet, and 20 extraordinary, new couture creations...

CAN FASHION SAVE YOUR SOUL? With "Revelation" - a metaphoric exploration of God and Man - House of Diehl delivered an avant garde experience directed as much to lovers of Bergman as to lovers of Bergdorf. The program began: "Fashion has never been concerned with the silence of God as much as the chattering of men..."

House of Diehl collaborators included: Donald Simrock, Sharon Gault, Laurent D at Prive, Frame Eleven, Sebastian, Amanda Lepore, Julian Curry & Mari O'Conner.