Watch Fashion’s Night Out and MADE Fashion Week LIVE on Livestream

As Fashion Week kicks off in NYC, Livestream invites you to experience Fashion Night Out and MADE Fashion Week’s live runway shows on New Livestream. And thank heavens for Livestream as I’m traveling from NYC to SF and back again to NYC on Sunday.

Wherever I am, I’ll be able to get my fix as if I never left… or went to Paris for a night of Vogue’s Paris FNO! See what’s happening both on and off the runway with real-time photos, video clips, and text updates seamlessly integrated with live HD video of the runway shows. Details below – enjoy 🙂

Check out the full schedule here:
http://new.livestream.com/madefashionweek

Selection of Upcoming Events:
Vogue Paris Fashion Night Out http://new.livestream.com/vogueparis/voguefashionnight
7:00 pm EDT on Thursday, September 6, 2012

Peter Som http://new.livestream.com/madefashionweek/petersom2013
10:00 am EDT on Friday, September 7, 2012

Alexander Wang http://new.livestream.com/madefashionweek/alexanderwang2013
5:00 pm EDT on Saturday, September 8, 2012

The Blonds
http://new.livestream.com/madefashionweek/theblonds2013
9:30 pm EDT on Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Jeremy Scott http://new.livestream.com/madefashionweek/JeremyScott
1:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Sh*t Fashion Girls Say: The Series

If you’re like me, you CANNOT get enough of these “Sh*t Fashion Girls Say” videos from The Platform — they’re hysterical! That being said, I wanted to post the three videos here for all Consuming PR readers to enjoy whenever they want.

Here are a few of my favorite quotes that I cannot stop referencing in my everyday life:

• “Who pulled that look? Lisa Frank?”
• “Little tea pot. Chin down. Eyes up.”
• “Andre Leon Talley is my spirit animal”
• “Victoria Beckham is a space alien from planet fashion.”
• “People were worried about me. I want to be that thin again.”
• “Hashtag. Chic to the next lev!”

And, without further ado…

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History of Nails at Fashion Week [INFOGRAPHIC]

Drop knowledge during NYFW with this infographic of the history of nails! Enjoy 🙂

Source: CND Fashion Week

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week: Preliminary Lineup for Fall 2012 Collections

This week, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week announced the preliminary lineup for the fall 2012 collections! Taking place Feb. 9 – 16, 2012, at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park, fall fashion week should be another amazing time of year. Here’s the lineup of designers as of Jan. 10:

Nicholas K, BCBGMAXAZRIA, Kaelen, Richard Chai, Honor, Tadashi Shoji, Candela, Chadwick Bell, PARKCHOONMOO, Concept Korea, General Idea, Rebecca Taylor, Brandon Sun, Rebecca Minkoff, Nicole Miller, Katya Leonovich, Charlotte Ronson, Academy of Art University, Ruffian, Lacoste, Porter Grey, Jill Stuart, Son Jung Wan, Mara Hoffman, Hervé Léger by Max Azria, Vantan Tokyo, Vivienne Tam, Monique Lhuillier, L.A.M.B., Venexiana, Lorena Sarbu, Lela Rose, DKNY, Tracy Reese, Joy Cioci, Custo Barcelona, Diane von Furstenberg, Y-3, Carmen Marc Valvo, Mathieu Mirano, Timo Weiland, Jenny Packham, Carolina Herrera, Carlos Miele, Zang Toi, Emilio Cavallini, Donna Karan New York, Reem Acra, Norman Ambrose, Betsey Johnson, Leather Japan 2012, J.Crew, Badgley Mischka, Vera Wang, Bibhu Mohapatra, Fotini, Naeem Khan, Dennis Basso, Pamella Roland, Tibi, Haus Alkire, Narciso Rodriguez, EMERSON, Whitney Eve, Michael Kors, Rochambeau, Nanette Lepore, Joanna Mastroianni, J. Mendel, Suzanne Rae, Milly by Michelle Smith, Farah Angsana, Anna Sui, Ralph Lauren, and Calvin Klein Collection.

Now, the countdown begins! Which designers are you excited to see this season?

Hearst Digital Media Covers Fashion Week in Droves

(Image: HarpersBazaar.com)

Fashion Week is in full swing and fashionistas and ‘os everywhere are covering it 24 hours a day on Twitter and Facebook, in the blogosphere and on online publications. Hearst Digital Media is currently covering Fashion Week in New York and plans to keep bringing it to the people during the weeks to come at every other fashion week in Europe.

HarpersBazaar.com and MarieClaire.com are both covering Spring 2011 with teams of editors and bloggers providing the details and headlines. People around the world can follow the news and trends on the sites and track updates via Facebook and Twitter. RealBeauty.com is also providing coverage of the emerging beauty trends, and even Esquire.com delivers details from the male perspective for all of you fashionistos.

Here’s your full Hearst low down for Fashion Week:

HarpersBazaar.com

• Daily News from the Front Row – Derek Blasberg takes site visitors front-row, backstage, and into the most exclusive Fashion Week parties, reporting daily on the trends, the faces, the hot spots, what everyone’s wearing and of course, the season’s news-making fashion.  This can be found right on the home page.

• Laura Brown sits down with Francisco Costa and Prabal Gurung to talk about fashion week, trends and inspirations.

• 100 Best Looks Photo Gallery – Every day, the Bazaar editorial team will identify the 100 best looks from the runways in New York, as well as in London, Milan, and Paris.

• Fashion Week Guides: NY, London, Paris, Milan

• Shows, shopping, parties, models, and more! A city-by-city must-do list

• Derek’s Diary Photo Gallery: See exclusive images from the parties in New York, London and Paris

• The Daily Dispatch: Highlighting coverage of Spring 2011 Ready-to-Wear  spotlights all of the HB Fashion Week blog and content updates. The Dispatch will also highlight galleries featuring the best Street Style at the shows

• Accessories Bazaar: Bazaar offers a peek at the accessories gracing the runway—and the designers behind them

MarieClaire.com

• Elle and Blair Fowler: The influential YouTube style stars are Marie Claire’s Fashion Week correspondents. Find them blogging, tweeting and filming video daily during the shows

• Elle & Blair Get a Makeover: Marie Claire fashion editors style the girls for their first Fashion Week

• Front Row Photo Gallery: Exclusive images from the front row of celebs at Fashion Week

• Cheat Sheet: Round up of Fashion Week news

• Designer Dossier: Who’s Who at Fashion Week with photos of the hottest designers

• What to Wear to Fashion Week: MC editors talk about what they wear when they are among the stylish set

Post Fashion Week:

• Fashion Week Playlist: Get the music played on the runway
• Top 10 Spring Trends (beauty and fashion): Editors pick the trends you’ll be wearing next spring

RealBeauty.com

• Backstage Beauty: Behind the scenes of NYFW to find out how to turn this season’s beauty trends into everyday regimes

Esquire.com

• The new Style Blog: Focusing on NY Fashion Week with ongoing Fashion Week coverage culminating with the “Esquire Fashion Week Awards” on Friday, Sept. 17. 

Twitter Goes to New York Fashion Week

Happy Fashion Week, everyone! No matter if you’re in New York or you’re on the west coast wishing you were at Fashion Week, you too can attend Fashion Week at all hours by living vicariously through the hashtag: #NYFW.

And, similar to Twitter’s microsite (shown above), I added an RSS feed of the hashtag #NYFW to the right column of this blog. Of course, it’s not as advanced, but I didn’t want you to miss a second of Fashion Week, no matter where you were on the web!

Now, Twitter built a microsite aggregating and organizing every tweet and picture with the hashtag #NYFW. Sponsored by American Express and partnering with @Modelina, @WomensWearDaily, @Bergdorfs and @AskBobbiBrown, Twitter has also created @nyfw account bringing content from a number of reputable sources.

“What’s useful about the microsite is that it allows followers to hone in on the topics they’re most interested in, whether that’s runway news, designer interviews, beauty trends or behind-the-scenes gossip. For those who aren’t interested in following Fashion Week minute-by-minute, Twitter has also made it easy to catch up with daily recaps and archived footage,” reports Mashable.

How are you tracking spring New York Fashion Week? If you’re attending the shows, are you also using Twitter to follow the shows you may be missing?

Harper’s Bazaar Presents the Accessories BAZAAR at Spring 2011 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week

Get ready for spring 2011 Fashion Week because it’s right around the corner: Sept. 9 – 16! Looking for a sneak peek in the tents before you take the trek to Bryant Park? Here’s a taste of how Harper’s Bazaar, “America’s first fashion magazine,” with the help of CFDA, is giving emerging accessories designers an opportunity to showcase their work alongside the best of American fashion during the New York Fashion Week Collections.

Harper’s Bazaar is putting on the first Accessories BAZAAR, sponsored by Willow Club, at Avery Fisher Hall. Featuring the spring 2011 collections of 18 jewelers, milliners, footwear, handbag and small leather goods designers including Alexis Bittar, Philip Crangi, Albertus Swanepoel, Alejandro Ingelmo, Fenton’s Dana Lorenz, Pamela Love and Dean Harris in a gallery-like setting, the Accessories BAZAAR is right in Lincoln Center, where the international press and representatives from the world’s most important retailers will be gathered to see what New York’s runways have in store for the season.

The exhibit kicks off with a cocktail party on Monday evening to celebrate the participating designers, and will be open all day Tuesday, September 14 and Wednesday, Sept. 15 to Fashion Week attendees.

“I am so thrilled to be a part of such a special presentation,” said Dana Lorenz. “The Accessories Bazaar is giving my jewelry an amazing showcase, in a setting that once was just for ready-to-wear. It is revolutionary!”

The exhibit will also highlight key spring 2011 accessories from established designers such as Phillip Lim, Thakoon, Ralph Lauren, Jason Wu, Rag and Bone, Michael Kors, and Calvin Klein.

“I’ve wanted to do this for years, and this is the perfect opportunity for us to partner with the CFDA to bring all of these talented accessories designers under one roof so that they have a chance to share their spring collections with all of the press and retailers that pass through Lincoln Center,” said Glenda Bailey, editor in chief of Harper’s BAZAAR.

“The CFDA is pleased to support Harper’s BAZAAR in bringing accessories to the forefront of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. The Accessories Bazaar is an opportunity to create focus on an important category of the American fashion industry,” said Steven Kolb, executive director of the CFDA.

Here’s a rendering of the exhibit:

Baby Phat Struts Down The Twitter Runway

I hope everyone followed @BabyPhat on Twitter last night during their Fall ’09 show! The collection layered light-weight fabrics paired with stylish outerwear that were true to the feminine form. It was fun to experience the madness and excitement that goes on backstage from their perspective. I felt as if I were standing right next to their PR people at the show! @BabyPhat described the crowd,  the fashions, the make-up and even the after-party in real time. The tweets were very personal with statements like, “Kimora has arrived. She looks stunning!” and “10 minutes til show time!” @BabyPhat even used Flickr, shown below, to give people an insiders perspective.

Many readers have predicted this is just the beginning of scheduled Twitter sessions during large events. Jack with FashionVoices.com predicts that more labels will be utilizing Twitter this time next year and even posting video. Accessibility is key to building trust in an audience and Twitter is one of the best social media tools to employ. As I have said before, Twitter is on it’s way to changing the face of the fashion industry. Baby Phat is just one of many labels to make this intelligent change and bring their audience closer to the action.

Baby Phat Gives Consumers a Backstage Pass With Twitter

Baby Phat is showing their Fall ’09 collection tonight at NY Fashion Week. The high-class hip-hop label will also be giving fans an  insiders look into what goes on backstage at one of their shows. Baby Phat is going to tweet in real time through a live Twitter feed from backstage at the Baby Phat show tonight, February 17, 2009 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. E.S.T. Fans will be able to log on to www.twitter.com/babyphat and get a backstage pass to find out what goes on behind the scenes at one of the most fabulous shows of the year!

I applaud Baby Phat’s efforts to be accessible to consumers through social media. Using a live Twitter feed creates a personal relationship between the company and their target audience. Be sure to follow Baby Phat tonight and weigh in on their live feed by posting your comments. Can’t wait to check it out tonight!

Fall ’09 Fashion Color Report

You’ll want to listen to Tim Gunn when he tells you to use Tide TotalCare to keep your colors vibrant because Pantone, the world-renowned authority on color and provider of color systems, has announced their Fashion Color Report for Fall 2009! FabSugar reports, “‘the most popular colors for Fall really represent a thoughtful palette. That’s a direct outcome of what’s happening in the world around us,’ said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, who also noted that somber yet hopeful colors reflect the troubling economy.”

As seen in the above color swatches, Pantone has chosen subtle colors that are classic and easy to wear. Colors such as American Beauty, Purple Heart, Honey Yellow and Rapture Rose are just some of the unique colors featured all over the runways during New York Fashion Week. Lacoste is a prime example of using these dusty colors during their Fall ’09 show.

Consumers are looking for colors that compliment each other. Bright and flashy colors are too trendy for people to wear time and time again. Wearing the more muted tones makes it easier to mix and match with the unique and fun pieces purchased when we actually could afford to splurge. Consumers are becoming more thrifty and conscious of what they buy, so it is imperative for colors to be versatile.

Check out the full list of Fall colors and their descriptions at FabSugar.

Photo: FabSugar Reveals Top 10 Fall Colors

Photo: Coutorture: Lacoste Fall 2009 NY Fashion Week