Fashion-Forward Bar Codes to Eliminate Fashion Week Wait Lines

Bar codes have never been so trendy. As Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week moves to the Lincoln Center, it turns to digital tools that will assist with the registration, invitation and check-in processes. According to WSJ.COM, Vice President of Strategy at technology services firm Control Group explains, ‘these new technology systems will transform the experience of virtually [...]

Will A Fashion Week Picket Line Strike At The Lincoln Center?

While Mercedez-Benz Fashion Week is only weeks away, it may be welcomed with a picket line. According to the Wall Street Journal, there’s a dispute between IMG Fashion, which produces Fashion Week and the labor union Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, which oversees the majority of the theatrical labor at [...]

Interview with Karl Lagerfeld on Fall/Winter Haute Couture Collection

It can be universally agreed upon that Karl Lagerfeld is the ultimate trend-setter and an undeniable creative genius. Which is why, time and time again he is able to produce beautiful and well crafted collections. As stores are begining to receive their early fall lines, we the consumers are forced to look a head a [...]

Shakespeare in the the Park ,Prospect Park

EBE Ensemble will produce its first free, outdoor summer program at Prospect Park’s 1887 Music Pagoda from July 24-August 7, featuring a repertory company in productions of Shakespears Romeo & Juliet and Julius Caesar.

CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Announces Nominees

Every year the CFDA and Vogue partner to award promising emerging talent the opportunity to develop their brands and collections. The winner, will receive $200,000 and a mentorship by industry leaders, and two runners-up will receive $50,000. These 10 finalists have just been announced and the nominees are: womenswear designers Joseph Altuzarra of Altuzarra, Prabal [...]

Ports 1961 Resort Collection inspired by Patti Smith’s Downtown NYC Vibe

‘New York is the thing that formed me; New York is the thing that deformed me…’–Patti Smith Pre-spring resort collections 2011 have been showing internationally with designers finding inspiration in equally diverse places and intangible ideas. But for Tia Cibani’s resort collection, New York and icon Patty Smith have rooted her collection’s aesthetic. Tia Cibani [...]

Last Days of “Hipsters and Hassids” painting exhibition

“Hipsters and Hassids” celebrates two diverse cultural groups who maintain an uneasy yet cozy coexistence in the creatively charged neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The CFDA Awards Recap

Last night the Council of Fashion Designers of America held their 28th annual award show at the Lincoln Center. The big players of the fashion industry rolled up to what could be coined as the Oscars of Fashion. And the awards go to…. Marc Jacobs won the Womenswear Designer of the Year Menswear Designer of [...]

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim Announces Record Number of Designers Showcasing Collections

The summer season is upon us and the countdown has begun for Miami Beach’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim. This July, IMG Fashion is pleased to announce its line-up with a record number of designers to showcase their collections for 2011. The Raleigh will once again become the epicenter of the fashion industry from July 15-19, [...]

DIVA’s Shop for Opera Shopping Event Raises $95 Grand for the New York City Opera

Last Thursday the New York City Opera hosted the 5th annual DIVA’S: Shop for Opera Shopping Event in which fashion lovers purused exclusive designer clothing, accessories and home furnishings provided by the City Opera Thrift Shop and donors alike. In addition, this year 25 designers including Carolina Herrera, Narciso Rodriguez, and Christian Lacriox designed one [...]