As the rest of the city looks forward to New York Fashion Week S/S11, which kicks off today, Dossier Contributing Editor Jenni Avins takes a look back at city’s role in fashion with this short video. Fashion Week founder Fern Mallis guides her through the historic jaunt, but it’s Avins’ own grandmother—affectionately known as Mom [...]
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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 [...]
