New Plans to Make NY Fashion Week More Accessible

The Fall/Winter 2010 Fashion Week collections which showed in Bryant Park in February were the last to be shown in that iconic location! In September, the Spring 2011 collections will be showing at Lincoln Center — quite far uptown from Bryant Park! These changes have been in the works for a long time now, but the CFDA held a press conference on Thursday to discuss them.

In addition to the public Vogue fashion show that will take place, the organizers are trying to make Fashion Week more accessible to the general public. Giant television screens will be set up outside of the tents so that those not lucky enough to score tickets to a show can still watch it live on screen!

The venue at Lincoln Center will also be able to accommodate more people and more designers, and the ultimate goal is to have everyone show in the actual Fashion Week venue as opposed to in outside showrooms.

I can’t wait to see how these changes make a difference. I am often in the Lincoln Center area, and I have to say that the work they’ve been doing to renovate the location looks fantastic. Viva la Fashion Week!

Source: The Cut