Watch for this year's fashion extravaganza - beginning Friday, September 5 to Friday, September 15, 2008 - as designers gather from around the world to exhibit their Spring 2009 collections. New York City hosts two major "Super Bowls of Fashion" with the big names of fashion unveiling their fall designs in February, and their spring collections in September. The Big Apple goes out of its way to welcome high-powered media moguls and Hollywood movie stars who come to see, or be seen, at one of the planet's most celebrated fashion events. Last year, the city promised to provide a newer, bigger showcase to house the bi-annual event, but it appears that the traditional venue at Bryant Park will continue until at least 2010. As always, IMG remains the main driving force behind New York Fashion Week, with Mercedes Benz and Olympus alternately providing major sponsorship. Behind the scenes, a lucky handful of volunteer interns from city fashion schools, such as nearby FIT or Parsons School of Design, toil as volunteers. Mere commoners, meanwhile, can tune in to watch full coverage on local channel 25…which annually devotes more than 60 hours of coverage with nightly recaps during the whole of New York Fashion Week on special editions of Full Frontal Fashion. For more information or to see the complete line up, check out http://www.mbfashionweek.com/. Fabulous!!
