Get ready for fashion week’s last show under the tents at Bryant Park as the twice-annual event moves uptown from its original home to the Lincoln Center beginning in September 2010. This upcoming season, which will take place from February 11th to the 18th, will include more than 70 shows, a number that has doubled from when the event first began in 1993 with about 35 shows.
As expected, IMG remains the driving force behind New York Fashion Week, with Mercedes Benz and Olympus alternately serving as major sponsors. In a press release, Fern Mallis, Senior Vice President of IMG remarked, “all of us at IMG Fashion are excited about the outstanding and stellar lineup which has come together from around the world to share in this historic Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week…This will be a significant season, as we reflect on 17 years, 31 seasons and close to
2,500 fashion shows in Bryant Park that have launched many careers….from Designers to Editors, Models, Producers, Celebrities, TV Commentators and Reality Shows. We all also look forward to the change – and September’s move to Damrosch Park in Lincoln Center.”
As for the schedule this season at Bryant Park, so far the following designers are slated to show: BCBGMAXAZRIA, Richard Chai, Duckie Brown, Toni Maticevski, Ports 1961, Anne Bowen, La Perla, Farah Angsana, The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection 2010, Cynthia Steffe, Project Runway, Yigal Azrou?l, Michael Angel, Christian Siriano, Nicole Miller, Charlotte Ronson, Venexiana, Lacoste, Georges Chakra, Andy & Debb, Adam, Academy of Art University, Prabal Gurung, ARISE Magazine African Collective – III, Lela 
Rose, Luca Luca, Malandrino, DKNY, Rebecca Taylor, Calvin Klein Men’s Collection, Hervé Léger by Max Azria, Diane Von Furstenberg, TonyCohen, Y-3, Tuleh, Custo Barcelona, Vassilios Kostetsos, Carolina Herrera, Carlos Miele, Jill Stuart, Donna Karan Collection, Tracy Reese, Monique Lhuillier, Yeohlee, Tadashi Shoji, Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation, Perry Ellis, Elie Tahari, Badgley Mischka, Vera Wang, Pamella Roland, Max Azria, Dennis Basso, Diesel Black Gold, Thuy, Tibi, Narciso Rodriguez, Toni Francesc, Tory Burch, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Milly by Michelle Smith, Alexandre Herchcovitch, Anna Sui, Brian Reyes, Ralph Lauren, Isaac Mizrahi, Trias, Calvin Klein Women’s Collection, Naeem Khan, J. Mendeland, and Tommy Hilfiger.
Posted by : Tia Nicole Newton at 03:20 AM (IST)
(Tia Newton is a student at School of Fashion/Academy of Art University/California)
