When Is New York Fashion Week?

Another goal: to make NYFW an “all-encompassing cultural event – as it is the largest [trade] event in New York”, notes Bennett.

Fashion Week will soon be back in New York, with thousands of industry professionals, designers, and lovers of style coming together in one of the world’s top retail centers.

The Polo Ralph Lauren Spring 2016 collection is presented during… “But it was really nice to get that approval, having done dance costumes all my life!” Shane Gabier, one half of the critically acclaimed designer duo Creatures of the Wind does, and it helped inform the collage vibe the label was going for with its show Thursday.

The Globetrotters, Serena Williams Signature and Adam Levine collections are all part of KIA STYLE360’s fashion shows and will be shown at Metropolitan West. These shows will be streamed live from September 14 – 17 at http://www.style360nyfw.com/. The web portal’s own fashion show Wednesday night was a good example of this, with a diverse array of models in all shapes, heights, ages, sizes and genders walking down the runway.

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As with any Fashion Week experience, comes great conversation around the designs and wares. Already, Maddy, the Australian model with Down syndrome, has been making waves with her announcement that she’ll walk during the shows.

Costs for shows can run into the hundreds of thousands, and even the millions (the Great Wall of China show reportedly cost $10 million).

It was a strong statement that a one-size-fits-all model is out of date – and perhaps, out of touch – and more so, passe. Among them are “Project Runway” victor Irina Shabayeva, who’s part of a show benefiting Freedom Ladder, a nonprofit that aims to get people talking about human trafficking.

The rest of the show was as untraditional as you would expect from Hood by Air: There were denim looks with rips and zippers and shirts and trousers that were layered with whimsical – and sometimes inexplicable – contrasting insets. The retail chain has been a longtime partner of Pittsburgh Fashion Week and has held past events in the Downtown store and featured fashions by student designers in its windows. But with the rise of Snapchat and livestreaming, brands are increasingly connecting with consumers and fans around the world and expanding the size and scope of brand exposure. Each day, we’re letting our squad take over our Instagram, Snapchat, Periscope, and Twitter to give you the most authentic and personal look at Fashion Week.