FASHION DESK: BACKSTAGE PASS; I GO BEHIND THE SCENES AT NEW YORK FASHION WEEK WITH GUNMETAL'S MICHAEL SPAULDING AND GEORGE GUBLO TO GRAB A SNEAK PEEK AT THEIR COLLABORATION WITH READY-TO-WEAR DESIGNER DOO RI CHUNG.

Footwear News, October, 2006

5:00PM: I meet Michael Spaulding and George Gublo backstage at the Bryant Park tents about an hour before the Doo.Ri show. I had run into Michael at a restaurant in Chelsea a couple days earlier, and he invited me to spend time with the designers backstage to preview their collaboration with hot new r-t-w designer Doo Ri Chung. Backstage, George and Michael are beaming like proud parents. They're in the middle of the action: models getting hair and makeup done, dressers preparing runway looks and Doo Ri fielding interview questions.

But despite their excitement, George and Michael ...