Prabal Gurung, New York
Fashion weeks occur twice a year each year to debut the designer collections for the next season, one in the fall and one in the spring. In September-October (starting this week), are the Spring Summer 2014 fashion shows, and in February-March will be the Fall Winter 2014 shows. These shows tell the industry the upcoming trends and what is "in" and "out" for the next season. The four major fashion weeks are in the following cities in the following order: New York City, London, Milan, and Paris. Generally, buyers, press, photographers, designers, stylists, industry, bloggers, and select celebrities are in attendance to these elite runway shows.
So, if you're like me and your invitation is obviously lost in the mail, don't worry because you can still stay up to date on what's happening in the Big Apple this week.
1. Thanks to technology, we can actually watch the shows live. I'll be watching from the official youtube channel here.
2. Secondly, connect to fashion week on your twitter, instagram, tumblr and/or vine accounts! Many of the attendees post updates as they happen to their social media. Track the hashtags #nyfw and #mbfw to get all the live posts.
3. Finally, look for news and reviews from your favorite blogs and bloggers (I know I'm the favorite right? ;)
We can't all go to fashion week, but fashion week affects all of us. So stay tuned for more blog posts as it's happening. I know it can be tedious to track fashion weeks when you're busy to begin with (there are over 250 shows and presentations just this week!) I'm planning to have short and summarized blog posts to fill you in the best way possible :)
In the meantime, check out this awesome countdown video from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week's youtube channel:
Happy New York Fashion Week....xoxo <3