It’s in the Air :: NY Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
08.31.10
It may only be August, but Spring 2011 is in the air. New York Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week starts in 9 days and my fashion obsession is bursting at the seams with excitement. I get this feeling every six months when the worlds most talented designers, and those who love their work, flock to New York City for 8 days of all things fashion. This season marks major changes to fashions largest industry event including a technology upgrade to the 21st Century, a schedule packed with over 90 designers showing their Spring 2011 collections and the move from Midtown to Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center. This season everything will be digitized including invitations, access to the venue and seating assignments. With the promise of no longer having to wait in endless lines before each show, I’m really looking forward to a seamless show experience and I can’t wait to see my tweets on the American Express Tweet Wall. This season will also host the largest schedule of designers presenting their collections to buyers and the press. Many designers who have shown at New York Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in the past, are back for this season. The most obvious change is the move uptown. At first I wasn’t crazy about the move from Bryant Park, the coveted destination for up and coming designers, but now I look at it as a new chapter in fashion history. So while the tents will no longer transform 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, I am anxiously anticipating all the Lincoln Center has to offer.
One of the great things I love about Fashion Week in September is that it marks the change of seasons from Summer to Fall. It gives me a sense of new beginnings, new goals and inspiration for fresh ideas. The other great thing is Fashion’s Night Out which will on Friday, September 10th from 6:00 – 11:00 pm. The goal of Fashion’s Night Out is to support the fashion and retail industries. Click here to Learn more about the participating stores. I’ll be keeping you posted on the daily happenings at Damrosch Park right here on the House of Papier blog. I’ll also be Tweeting live about the shows and my escapades during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, so be sure to follow me at @house_of_papier.
In the words of Coco Channel: “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”
Fashionable Yours,
Tags: #MBFW, Dramrosch Park, Fashion, Lincoln Center, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, NYMBFW
