The invites are pouring in and if we’re quieter than usual it’s just because we’re organizing our schedule – and wardrobes! So to get you as excited about New York Fashion Week as we are, here’s a roundup of FW stories.
Looks like The Daily Mail jumped the gun on the Katie Holmes/fashion week story, and the blogosphere jumped right after them. (Yeah, yeah, all the cool kids … a bridge … we get it.)
Katie Holmes will not be debuting Holmes-Yang at this year’s fashion week.
“The Sun in London got it wrong and the false rumor seems to be proliferating,” a spokesperson for Holmes said.
Guess the pic, at right, of Holmes in one of her own creations at the Tropic Thunder premiere is the only glimpse we’re going to get of the collection right now.
New York Fashion Week will honor the designer with a high-tech exhibit, called The Red Thread: The Inspiration and Passion of Valentino Garavani. Get your tongue around that mouthful, and you can be guaranteed an all-together new exhibition experience, known as “digital curation”, thanks to the folks at Samsung Electronics.
Marc Bouwer will once again skip showing in the tents during New York fashion week in favor of an online presentation.
The designer will present his spring 2009 collection on September 8 at noon, with editors, buyers and VIP shoppers logging in to marcbouwer.com.
The online fashion show has its advantages. Amidst a busy week editors can simple sit in their offices or hotel rooms and relax for a minute while still getting work done, and clients around the world can be part of the excitement of an exclusive preview without leaving home.
I guess we’re a little lower rent than some fashionistas. Not only do we not own an Iphone to tap changes into, but we actually turned to pen and paper (how gauche!) when making changes to our fashion week schedule.
The change in question? Matthew Williamson’s rather last minute move to the tents. The Catwalk Queen favorite will be showing in the main Tent venue on Tuesday, September 9th at 10am.
Looks like Charlotte Ronson has hit the big time, showing her spring 2009 collection, her sixth, in the Bryant Park tents.
Ronson’s siblings – D.J. and possible Lindsay Lohan paramour Samantha Ronson, and brother Mark Ronson (a D.J./musician as well) – tend to come out to support one another for big events. Does this mean we can look for Lindsay in the tents? Could help the celebrity shortage…
“It wasn’t really a sudden decision, it’s been a progression,” Ronson told Fashion Week Daily. “It’s very exciting for me to know that at this stage of my fashion career, I am able to show in the Tents. At the same time, I am nervous and overwhelmed at the thought. Being in the Tents has always implied a certain status and achievement as well as recognition within the fashion world. I am thrilled and feel honored.”
Designer duds from Victoria Beckham could be heading for New York Fashion Week. The Spice Girl revealed her plans to unveil a collection of upscale dresses in time for September’s show season.
“It will be something completely different from what I’ve ever done,” she told WWD.
Read on to find out all about her planned collection…
I still haven’t gotten the hang of the fashion week schedules (I just wait for them to be announced each season) but there’s surely a method to the madness if the Council of Fashion Designers of America is already starting to work out a schedule so that American designers don’t have to show on Labor Day in 2009.
This has prompted Diane von Furstenberg, president of the CFDA, to announce that February’s New York Fashion Week will now take place from February 13 to February 20 (instead of February 6 to February 13), shaking things up early in readiness for the following September.
As the memory of New York Fashion Week fades, what is left behind? SWAG! We hounded PR reps, dashed into empty front row seats (once the PRs okayed the move, natch) and cabbed it clear across the city for beauty events just so we could bring you the best freebies fashion week had to offer. And now we are giving it to you, our diligent readers.
Keep reading for details on what’s in the bag (okay, it’s actually going to be a box) and how to win.
We’re still wrapping up a few show reviews from over the weekend, so expect a bit more New York Fashion Week from us as we also delve into London Fashion Week.
Japan born Tadashi Shoji is well known for his collection of red carpet gowns worn by celebs like Kate Walsh, Tyra Banks and Emmy Rossum. But with the debut of his Fall/Winter 2008 collection, Shoji dabbled in something a little different by adding in a bit of daywear. I’m not talking high wasted denim, tailored pants or cashmere sweaters. Instead, modern and sophisticated looks that are dressy and feminine–just not as glitzy or red carpet ready.
Before the show, I talked to Shoji who shared his inspiration for the collection, keep reading for that interview. ”
We know we already gave you tons of Carmen Marc Valvo with our interview and backstage pics, but we thought you might like a little more. We know we can’t get enough. This will be our last New York Fashion Week video, but keep coming back for tons of London Fashion Week coverage from ourselves and U.K. sister site Catwalk Queen.
Bill Blass has never been an edgy label but with Peter Som taking over from Michael Vollbracht for the first time I was eagerly anticipating this show. Som managed to work within the confines of classcism and wearability and come up with something that stayed true to the label’s origins.
She’s still the model of the moment and Agyness Deyn opened the show for Anna Sui’s catwalk presentation in a riot of print. Sui’s trademark look of printed minidresses and knee high boots was still in prominence but had less of a ’60s feel than previous seasons. Managing to mix a plethora of influences from Native American and Art Deco to medieval without coming up for air the collection was eclectic to say the least.
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