New York Fashion Week February 2013

Just a few of the things I am looking forward to seeing during New York Fashion Week...

Models taking a tumble

Starting tomorrow, that's February 7th, through Valentine's day, Fashion (that's an intentional capital F, for Fashion Week) will once again take over the Big Apple with all the ensuing craziness that is New York Fashion Week! Along with every fashion reporter and photographer known to man, the newer craze for street style divas and fashionista bloggers will mean that this year, more than ever before, high  fashion will be totally accessible to anyone with an interest, and of course with the internet. Seems Twitter has a new application called Vine that apparently promises, fingers crossed, that any model who takes a tumble on to her ass will be blasted across the web with a mere split second or two's delay, how scrumptious is that? It's not that I don't feel for the poor model who hits the catwalk posterior first, it's just so unfair that they can walk in six inch, pin thin, heels while still looking so glamorous, so I'll take whatever little payback there is for the rest of woman kind and smile demoniacally when each and every one of those topplers bumps her bony ass on the catwalk.

Did I say six inch heels? Think these may have been seven!

Thank God that even a Prada dress and the face of an angel didn't save this poor model from looking, well, unladylike :)

Kenneth Cole

Showing February 7th at 7pm, 537 W 27th Street

While many veteran designers have opted out of NYFW this year, Kenneth Cole will present his first show since 2006. I love this man. He is chairman of the Foundation for Aids Research, and has been an activist for AIDS for almost thirty years. I also love that his clothes are so wearable, and I often wore his ready to wear line for work when I lived in the US, but mostly I love his constant giving to a charity close to his heart. 

Cole has recently teamed up with Sarah Jessica Parker to create twenty limited edition clutch bags, the profits of which will go to amFAR. The bags include wallets designed to hold your credit card, mobile phone, mirror and a condom, as the man himself says " It suggests the importance of looking good and, at the same time, being safe" You can see why I love him, can't you?

These fabulous bags retail for $1000, but I'm sure the ones being auctioned by Cole and SJP at Fashion week will go for at least ten times that amount. But fear not oh charitable ones, even if this bag is out of your price range, you can still get involved and help the amFAR, as Cole has promised to donate $1 every time an @KennethCole follower tweets with #KCRunway during his catwalk show, see times above. Again, you can see why I love him, can't you?

Betsey Johnson

Showing February 11th at 5pm, Studio

Ah Betsey, whom, if you didn't know better you could be forgiven for thinking, looks like a homeless art teacher. I have always liked her, her steadfastness in sticking around such a fickle industry for almost 45 years, her fight against breast cancer - and her unwavering support of so many breast cancer charities, and of course, her fashion. No one says  "girls just wanna have fun" as well, in the design world, as Betsey...Ohhhh Isn't that a song?

Oh yeah, a song by Cyndi Lauper, the perfect choice to present Betsey's Birthday cake!

Betsey Johnson, she just makes fashion fun!

NYFW Street Style

From the sublime to the ridiculous - New York street style during Fashion Week has it all, and I love to see it.

Maybe I should have said, from the ridiculous to the sublime! After all, who wears bright red lipstick with an orange outfit?

Now this outfit is getting closer to the sublime, no?

Ahhhh, success :)

So, there you have it, just a few of the things I am looking forward to during the coming week of NYFW! And, it doesn't all end there, oh no. New York is merely the start, and is swiftly followed by major runaway shows in London, Milan and Paris, in that order. The fashion overload we will endure enjoy in the coming days is not the end, hurrah!

Is there anything in particular you are looking forward to seeing during New York Fashion Week?

Photo credits
Kenneth Cole & SJP bag, pic from www.style.com
Catwalk pics from The Telegraph
Betsey Johnson pics originally by www.sofeminine,co,uk
Street style pic #1 & 2 www.lelalondon.com  # 3 www.textstyles.ca