Since Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth hit theaters in 2006, global warming has become a mainstream issue and concern that has finally initiated change within the New York fashion industry. In the past year, Sweden, a sustainable fashion leader, brought its exhibition Eco Chic: Towards Sustainable Swedish Fashion stateside; the Green Shows became a regular [...]
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Made in Midtown with Fern Mallis
June 4, 2010 – 5:21 am
Fern Mallis. Image by Jenni Avins. Wednesday night at a Port Authority pop-up, the Design Trust and the CFDA launched Made in Midtown, a multimedia study and symposium series about the New York City Garment District. Fern Mallis, who established New York Fashion Week during her tenure at IMG, turned out for the occasion. “I [...]
Opening Day at the CFDA Fashion Incubator
May 21, 2010 – 5:20 am
A welcome from Waris Ahluwalia, Prabal Gurung, Tom Scott, Alice Ritter and Joel Diaz Maybe it’s because everyone was dressed up and drinking coffee all day, but the mood at Wednesday’s official opening of the CFDA Fashion Incubator—the glossy-floored corridor of 12 glass-walled studios in New York City’s Garment District—seemed giddy and full possibility, like [...]
Concept Korea at NY Fashion Week F/W10
February 14, 2010 – 1:01 pm
I was taking notes in front of mannequins draped in Hexa by Kuho at the New York Public Library Friday night when two Korean men in suits approached me, also with little notebooks, and began to question me about the event. “Did you know that this was organized by the Korean government?” they asked me. No, [...]
The Importance of Fashion’s Night Out
September 2, 2009 – 12:08 pm
As many of you already know, September 10th from 6pm to 11pm has been decreed Fashion’s Night Out: the world’s largest shopping event. Over 700 retailers and designers in the United States and 11 other countries (including Russia, India, Brazil, Japan, China, the United Kingdom and Greece) will participate, linked by not only the international [...]
