MB Fashion Week -- Spring Collections 2013 -- How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love Lacoste

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Parent Category: Expos and Conventions

Category: Previews

Published on Monday, 27 August 2012 05:27

Written by Brad Balfour

For the uninitiated, Fashion Week seasonally inaugurates the current collection of a set of designers -- some veterans, other the hungry and trendy. Once a bastion of Paris or Milan, the internationalization of this community building experience really took off once the Fashion Week rooted in NYC went beyond the industry and became intergrated in the city's cultural life -- a celebration of special crowd of the cool and terminally "In."

The Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, held in Manhattan, September 5 – 13, 2012, brings previews of the latest fashions to locations all throughout the city and kicks off at the New York Public Library (476 5th Avenue) with an exhibition of clothes from Joseph Abboud on September 5th.

Primarily situated on the Lincoln Center campus, most of the designers show their latest wares -- whether formal or casual, cutting edge or classic -- and hope those in the first row pay attention whiel the wags in the back provide "oohs" and "ahhs."

Once called the tents (because they used tents when it was in Bryant Park), the shows are housed in a temporary construction on four stages (Box, Studio, Theater and Stage) and overlap in long days of show from 9 am to 9 pm or later. Many other shows are off site as well.

Some of the many brands/names making it for this season include:

• Nicholas K
• BCBGMAXAZRIA
• Kaelen
• Richard Chai
• Chadwick Bell
• Monika Chiang
• Ruffian
• Marissa Webb
• Lacoste
• MM6

Among the many other special events during this week, Arise Magazine will do a special presentation on African fashion with designers Ozwald Boateng, Gavin Rajah, Tiffany Amber, Tsemaye Binitie, and Maki-Oh.

And The Art Institute of New York will do an exhibition of works from their students. 

NY Fashion Week is one of the world’s most prestigious events in fashion and clothing. Also in celebration of Fashion Week, many, many stores throughout the city celebrate through Fashion Night Out on Seopt. 6th.

So come observe people that will be better dressed than you can ever hope to be. Hey, at least you might learn a thing or two about looking nice whether you're cool or not.

To learn more, go to: http://newyork.mbfashionweek.com/

New York Fashion Week
September 6 – 13, 2012

New York Public Library
476 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10018

Lincoln Center Campus

Various Off-site Locations

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