Twice a year - in February’s snow-covered chill and then again in September’s sunshine - New York’s streets overflow with models, buyers and fashion editors alike. For both the spring / summer and the fall / winter collections, New York fashion week (NYFW) promotes America’s fashion talent to the world, from big name designers to up-and-coming talents. With official runways, after parties, and off-schedule events scattered across the city, New York fashion week brings a packed program year after year. Below you’ll find coverage of New York fashion week 2012 and past years such as NYFW 2011 and NYFW 2010.
A cool girl’s way to do warm-yet-stylish: a primitive, pelt-like fur coat provides warmth and volume on top, while the the skinniest of skinny silhouettes on the bottom half keeps it balanced and chic. Even with the addition of masculine accessories – hat, motorcycle boots – the overall feel is confidently feminine. This look was snapped outside Karen Walker’s show at New York fashion week
With an aesthetic Daniel described as school girls gone bad, Veda’s fall 2012 collection melded elements of sexual confidence and maturity with elements of youthfulness. Attending the show as a guest, Ashley Smith epitomised the mix fittingly with her playful hairstyle: sophisticated from the front, revealing a youthful duo of bobby-pinned buns from the back.
Kolfinna Kristófersdóttir oozes such attitude that it’s hard to even notice what she’s wearing. You get drawn in to her elfin features, her intense and knowing eyes – made all the more edgy with the residue of makeup from the Marc Jacobs runway. These shots of Kolfinna in her leather-and-fur ensemble were snapped in the East Village about an hour after Jacobs’ New York fashion week…
With hair and makeup “sleek, architectural & androgynous” to match Rad by Rad Hourani’s F/W 2012 collection, model Alyona Subbotina looked ice-cool in the best of ways. Wearing her own off-duty outfit of a tough black leather jacket and bright blue mesh scarf tied into a bow, Fashionising.com photographer Kelly Defina snapped these photos of her on the rooftop of the Sun West Studios where…
View all the catwalk photos of the Anne Bowen autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at New York fashion week.
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View all the photos of the beauty & make-up at the Jad Ghandour autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at New York fashion week.
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Everyone might talk about the actual catwalk, but it’s backstage where you get to get up close and personal with the hair, makeup and clothes that makes a runway show what it is. Fashionising.com headed backstage to take in the finer details of Jad Ghandour’s fall / winter 2012 showing at New York fashion week (NYFW).
View all the photos from backstage at the Vantan Tokyo autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at New York fashion week.
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View all the alternative-angle photos of the Milly by Michelle Smith autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at New York fashion week.
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View all the photos from backstage at the Mara Hoffman autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at New York fashion week.
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View all the photos of the beauty & make-up at the Kevork Kiledjian autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at New York fashion week.
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View all the photos from backstage at the Kevork Kiledjian autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at New York fashion week.
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View all the alternative-angle photos of the Anna Sui autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at New York fashion week.
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There’s something very sexy, sensual and vulnerable about a bed head hairstyle. The credit for majority of its popularity goes to the roots of its origin – that being the bed and potentially the act the preceded it. Contrary to common belief, however, not all bed head hairstyles are created equally. Each variation on the style entails several points of difference, each dependent on the…
View all the photos of the beauty & make-up at the Ruffian autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at New York fashion week.
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View all the photos from backstage at the Ruffian autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at New York fashion week.
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Backstage at Derek Lam hair is being teased into a deliberate chaos of messy strands, turned into a bouffant shape and then knotted at the base of the neck into what feels like a lived-in style. The fringe is pinned to the side with a girlishness that belies the roughness of the rest. Derek Lam’s fall 2012 girl is youthful and sweet, but a little…
View all the catwalk photos of the Vivienne Westwood Red Label autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at New York fashion week.
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Fashion is built up of many ingredients; style, trends, uniqueness… so when embarking on the journey of a new season some trends and styles carry over. Others get put into a blender and get splattered onto the runway as a fresh interpretation of modern dressing. The Aquascutum autumn 2012 show looks clean, long and lean on the surface; but have you looked closer?
Diesel Black Gold fall 2012 was promised to be a collection rooted in fear. In these days where fashion shows have to offer guests an experience and not just a new collection, it meant that Diesel had to find a venue that offered something of a fear factor along with a suitable space. Enter New York’s Pier 57.
