L’Avenue, the swank restaurant freshly imported from Paris by Saks Fifth Avenue and located on the store’s eighth and ninth floors, quickly became the place to see and be seen during the recently completed New York Fashion Week, attracting global trendsetters and Manhattanites trying out the latest
New York Fashion Week seen quite a bit of change over the past decade. In 2010, the event fled its longtime home in Bryant Park, relocating to Lincoln Center. And then in January 2015, Mercedes-Benz, which had served as NYFW's title sponsor for eight years, announced its departure. Later that same year, Fashion Week relocated
Laverne Cox walks the runway for the 11 Honore fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Gallery I at Spring Studios on February 6, 2019 in New York City.
A futuristic Rag & Bone show sits alongside Kate Spade’s homage to the late designer
The buzz about this New York fashion week was that there wasn’t any. With Calvin Klein sitting out the season and Rodarte the latest brand to jump ship – the designers escaped the New York winter to show in sunny Los Angeles last week – this was set to be the fashion week nobody was talking about.
But the absence of marquee names has freed up the spotlight for new talent and innovative ideas. One of the...