Forget Project Runway—the real fashion showdown is at “Fusion,” the annual competition that pits future design superstars from Parsons against those from FIT in a runway show with only one winner and one school going home with the gold. Past Fusion contestants have included Prabal Gurung, Chris Benz and Alexander Wang. The catwalk competition includes Read More
Navigating the realm of fashion publication relations can be a difficult job. For in-house publicists and leading New York PR firms, such as KCD, PR Consulting, Karla Otto, Starworks, Bismarck Phillips and HL Group—fashion week is a marathon: RSVP-management, developing press releases, endless email chains, photography and artistic direction, event and runway production, front-of-house organization, Read More
“Oh I love The Observer — it comes on pink paper!” said Carson Kressley, best known as the fashion expert on Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. He was standing toward the back of the marble ballroom of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, on the Upper East Side at this year’s Couture Council Read More
On May 25, 1,400 students will graduate from the Fashion Institute of Technology and get advice about the real world of fashion from their commencement speaker Nina Garcia, fashion director of Marie Claire and Project Runway judge.
Last year’s speaker was Annie Leibovitz, who has been having some financial difficulties this year. “You are starting Read More
At the summer party for Couture Council of the Museum at FIT at the home of interior designer Charlotte Moss on the Upper East Side on Wednesday, August 5, Valerie Steele, the museum’s director, was giddy about the various exhibits coming up. There is the Isabel Toledo exhibit that includes the dress Michelle Obama wore Read More
“This is an evening I like to call Saks and the City!” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was on hand to honor Saks CEO Steve Sadove during a fund-raising gala for the Fashion Institute of Technology at Cipriani 42nd Street on Thursday, March 19. “I had to work at that,” Hizzoner then added, sheepishly.
Mr. Sadove, a Saks exec Read More
