Last week marked the end of an era. The tents that so epitomized New York Fashion Week hosted their last shows in Bryant Park after 17 years. “The semiannual event moves from the park near Times Square to a plaza within Lincoln Center in September.” [Yahoo! Finance]
Close enough in distance, designers could be seen wheeling racks of clothes from the garment district to the Bryant Park tents. “Fashion Week had outgrown the tents,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg maintained, “the garment district also changed from its manufacturing heyday, with banks, fast-food restaurants and chain retailers moving in as factories moved out, primarily to Asia.”
AP Press reports:
It takes some three weeks to set up, stage and clean up after the star-studded invitation-only shows. More than 100,000 people have come through the tents this week for eight days of previews; events the city estimates generate $466 million in visitor spending a year.
Tommy Hilfiger was the last show to take place in the tents. “It’s the end of an era. The tents have been a great experience,” Hilfiger said in an interview Wednesday. “It’s an honor to close fashion week, but it’s bittersweet.”
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Now for the last shows at Bryant Park and the ones that closed out Fall 2010 RTW:
Thursday/February 18, 2010
Ralph Lauren, Isaac Mizrahi, Adrienne Landau, L’Wren Scott, Trias, Stephen Burrows, Davidelfin, Paris68, Calvin Klein, Leifsdottir, J. Mendel, Naeem Khan, Tommy Hilfiger,
All photos are from WWD.com: http://www.wwd.com/fashion-week/fall-ready-to-wear-2010/new-york/review
