NEW YORK FASHION WEEK

THE  FIRST  NEW  YORK  FASHION  WEEK  WAS  THE  WORLDS  FIRST  EVER  ORGANISED  FASHION  WEEK.FIRST  HELD  IN   1943,THE  EVENT  WAS  DESIGNED   TO  ATTRACT  ATTENTION  AWAY  FROM  THE  FRENCH  FASHION  DURING  THE  WORLD  WAR  2.FASHION  MAGZINES  LIKE  VOGUE,WHICH  WERE  NORMALLY  FILLED   WITH   FRENCH  DESIGNS,INCREASINGLY  FEATURED  AMERICAN  FASHION.                                                                                                                                                                      IN  1994   THE  EVENT  WAS  MOVED  TO  ITS  FORMER  SITE  IN BRYANT  PARK  BY  FERN  RALLIS  WHERE  IT  WAS  HELD  INSIDE  A  SERIES  OF   LARGE  WHITE  TENTS  IN  THE  ALMOST  BLOCK  LONG  PARK.                                                                Dates for the 2013 shows were September 5–12, 2012 (Spring/Summer 2013) and February 7–14, 2013 (Fall/Winter 2013).                                                                                                                                      The Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014 shows at Lincoln Center ran from September 5–12, 2013, although independent shows began a day earlier. On November 4, 2013, IMG announced that it is outsourcing production of its New York and Miami fashion weeks to LDJ Productions                                                                                                                                                                                  For the 2014 New York Fashion Week, the Tory Burch brand was the first to use Google’s LIGHTBOX , which is Google’s custom brand exchange, to livestream video of the runway show.