In the hot New York sun after the Philosophy spring 2014 show, gorgeous models Esther Heesch and Anna Luisa Ewers posed with their minimal makeup and chic low ponytails.

Embodying off-duty model attitude in everything from the effortless outfit to the nonchalant pose: Svea Berlie photographed outside the Proenza Schouler show in New York.

The roaring twenties is one of the most memorable eras for women and fashion. It was an era of change that has inspired many looks like this one from the Badgley Mischka show during New York Fashion Week. For their spring / summer 2014 show, an elegant ’20s inspired hairstyle was created by Peter Gray for Morrocanoil. Taking cues from the flapper look this spring…

The off duty model uniform quite frequently consists of classic black and skinny cuts. This time, Caroline Brasch Nielsen was looking particularly elegant in her incognito oversized sunglasses, masculine watch and simple black outfit after the Marc Jacobs show in New York.

View all the photos from backstage at the Gregory Parkinson spring / summer 2014 showing at New York fashion week.

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Variations on softly waved hairstyles comprise one of spring 2014′s key hair trends – making waves both literally and figuratively for the season. Perfect for spring, this very feminine take from the Ruffian show is great to wear day or night. Nick Irwin, Global Creative Director for Catwalk by TIGI, was the one behind this look that – aside from the waves – also features…

Preppy, minimalist, sporty, cool… as every city and every fashion week offers up something different in the way of street style, so New York offers up these things. Encapsulating a love of thigh high boots, crop tops, and prints – from vibrant florals to classic plaids – is our gallery of 20 of the best looks from New York that you can take inspiration from.

Somewhere along the line, plaid took a slightly grungy turn, manifesting in relaxed shirts that beg to be a) tied around the waist or b) worn with some buttons undone and sleeves rolled up. Daring to do either with a skirt that’s also plaid may seem like tartan overdose, but it can work for the better. Clash prints a little (not too much, keep some…

I don’t quite know who these two girls were, where they were from or how old they were (though, they seemed to be accompanying James Goldstein to some New York fashion week show or other when I took this shot outside the Lincoln Center); all I can say is that between the two of them they had youthful, Parisian chic down pat.

Coco Rocha was obviously in a hurry. Leaving after one of the shows at New York fashion week, her supermodel strides took her across the Lincoln Center courtyard faster than the legs of mere mortals could manage to keep up with. And yet, a bright red jumpsuit to photographers is like a flag to a bull. You couldn’t miss her, you couldn’t help but want…

View all the catwalk photos of the Joanna Mastroianni spring / summer 2014 showing at New York fashion week.

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Everything is exaggerated during fashion week: colour, print, even sleeves. You might not see these kind of flowering bell sleeves often, but when you do – you notice them. Cutting a beautiful silhouette, this dress was photographed during New York fashion week.

It’s iconic: the I <3 NY t-shirt, a long-felt echo from a tourism campaign that was born in 1977 and has dominated souvenir stores ever since. It still works, too, in a way other tourist kitsch items don’t: you can wear it with a grungy plaid skirt and jacket tied around the waist and wear it to fashion week. It fits right in.

Exotic glamour is what the Rachel Zoe spring / summer 2014 collection is all about. The collection – shown on the runway at New York fashion week – is reminiscent of a woman who loves travelling, and this time she goes on a safari. Moroccanoil Artistic Director Antonio Corral Calero created the hairstyle for the Rachel Zoe show. The result: this deconstructed, tangled braid hairstyle…

There’s nothing quite like a braided hairstyle to give your outfit that something extra, especially when said outfit leans to the side of minimal chic. To keep the braid even more effortless? Forgo the hair-tie and leave the ends undone. Get enough texture into your side braid first to make this style possible.

There are those breathtaking, embellished gowns fit for royalty and red carpets (you can find our picks of 10 such amazing evening dresses from New York here) – and then there are the outfits that strike you as wearable enough to actually add them to your real-world wishlist. As far as the New York fashion week runways went for spring 2014, there were so many…

The spring 2014 fashion season presents many a sporty, minimal outfit. But from all the big four fashion weeks, there was still room for evening gowns that exist to steal breaths and turn heads. New York brought lace and embellishments as well as understated gowns in immaculate cuts. We couldn’t help but admire them. In no particular order, here are 10 of the most beautiful,…

Every fashion week has its highs. The catwalks. The parties. The people. But the fact that New York is first on the calendar of the ‘big four’ fashion weeks makes it a stand out for me. In being first, it gives me, anyone, the chance to travel there early. And in being early, I have chance to do more than a fashion week normally offers and to truly be a traveller in a foreign land.

What follows are a few photos from New York during its spring 2014 fashion week season, all from the eye of a fashioniser.

View all the catwalk photos of the Pyer Moss men’s spring / summer 2014 showing at New York fashion week.

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View all the catwalk photos of the Sachin + Babi spring / summer 2014 showing at New York fashion week.

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