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Alternative NYC Fashion Weeks
By admins | April 24, 2010
For those of you, who like us, find yourselves inexplicably drawn to the train-wreck that is the Real House Wives of New York City, you may have noticed this season’s repeated mentions of Brooklyn Fashion Week. First Alex brought the ladies together to help chose designers for the show (of course like the vapid middle-school drama queens they are, this got overshadowed by yet another rehashing of an old catfight) and explained a bit about the project. Then later in the season we got to see bits of the show (and of course more RHONYC drama, jealous much Jill?) Brooklyn Fashion Week was presented as the younger, more indie, and perhaps more low-brow cousin of NYFW (and a backdrop for the crazy-eyed Ramona to strut her stuff). This got us thinking, besides the famed New York Fashion Week in the Tents, what other fashion weeks are to be found in our city? Well, quite a few it turns out.
Brooklyn Fashion Week — As mentioned on RHONYC, this fashion week takes place after the big Manhattan shows, and focuses on Brooklyn based designers. This show is held twice- yearly and it benefits the Brooklyn Style Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping up and coming Brooklyn designers. For more info please click here.
Queens Fashion Week – Not to be out done by Brooklyn, this is also a biannual Fashion Week of events. QFW is an upscale series of events that shines a spotlight on the trendy goods and services available in Queens. As one of the most diverse communities in the nation, Queens offers a wealth of fashionable attractions and events. For more scoop please click here.
Full Figured Fashion Week – This show takes place this June and is geared towards “The State of the Curvy Community.” They will be addressing a huge segment of the population that often gets overlooked when it comes to fashion. We are eager to see how it goes! For more info click here.
Eco Fashion Week – The Eco fashion shows take place during the traditional NY Fashion Week but are in separate locations around the city. Some of the outstanding designers that participated this year are Gary Harvey, Vaute Couture, Sonkja De Elzen, Joann Berman, Keia Bounds, Popomomo, Samantha Pleet, Duex FM, Ekovaruhuset, and C. Marchuksuska. For more info on Eco Fashion week please click here.
Urban Fashion Week – This week of events has been going on for over a decade now and it has some of the boldest fashion statements in all of fashion. With a distinct flair for the urban fashionista, it is also one of the few fashion events geared as much to men as women. For all the details click here.
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April 26th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Yay, shout out to BK fashion week!
And Jill’s snarky comments about Brooklyn being lowbrow are just more signs of her insecurities and jealousy for not being asked to walk in the show like the other housewives.
April 26th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
I am a total fan of RHONY and not afraid to admit it – LOL!!
Besides Brooklyn Fashion Week, I had no idea about the others, so thank you for sharing this info ;-)
ps – definitely missed seeing you last week, but I hope your move is going along well,love!
April 27th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Great post– I’m particularly interested in BK Fashion WK!
April 30th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
And are we hearing rumblings of a separate NYC men’s fashion week?