Lawsuit Filed to End Fashion Week at Lincoln Center

Residents who live around Lincoln Center are fed up with the restriction on their access to Damrosch Park, a public neighborhood park, due to commercial events such as NY Fashion Week and Big Apple Circus.  These events cause the park to be occupied 10 months out of the year.  Moreover, environmentalist complain that 67 trees had to be removed from the park in order to make room for Fashion Week tents.

Nemo Who? The (Fashion) Show Must Go On!

Photo by John Minchillo

New York City fashionistas braved the historic storm Nemo which brought rain, sleet, snow and wind to the Eastern seaboard in order to attend Fashion Week.  Luckily most were smart and dressed appropriately wearing boots and warm winter gear over the usual high stilettos.

However, a lot of international show-goers were missing as planes were unable to land in NYC on time as well as missing designer samples which were to be flown in all over.  

Lacoste which held its show Saturday morning at 10 am was still half empty as it waited for show-goers to make their way to Lincoln Center.  By 10:30 am, most attendees arrived and the show began.  However, not every designer is was lucky.  Marc Jacobs, one of fashion week's biggest headliners, postponed his Monday show to Thursday at 8 p.m. due delay in delivery of bags, garments and two fabrics.  The change to Thursday night creates a slight scheduling conflict with London fashion week which is starting the next day.  Designer Tory Burch, who is finishing her collection in time for her Tuesday morning show, told The Daily Beast that she's having staffers who live outside the city stay overnight so they don't get stuck.

All other designers are scheduled to show on-time and ofcourse, the show must go on!