More Looks from NYC Fashion Week – Stephanie

It’s hard to think that we will not be seeing those big, white tents at Bryant Park anymore. Those big, white tents which symbolize New York as the fashion capital of the world, will now be moving to Lincoln Center.

Bryant Park was close enough to the garment district that designers could be seen wheeling racks of clothes to the tents. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg maintained that Fashion Week had outgrown the tents, and the garment district also changed from its manufacturing heyday, with banks, fast-food restaurants and chain retailers moving in as factories moved out, primarily to Asia.

It takes some three weeks to set up, stage and clean up after the star-studded invitation-only shows. More than 100,000 people have come through the tents this week for eight days of previews, events the city estimates generate $466 million in visitor spending a year.

Here’s Stephanie from Boston, who works for a Chicago Fashion Magazine and was waiting on line to get into the J Mendel’s show
Her favorite designer: Zooey Deschanel
Suit: vintage
Blouse: vintage
Bag: Mark Jacobs