Fashion Week may be over, but the excitement over the Fall 2012 collections is just beginning, as the styles presented in the past week filter down to the masses (expect to see lots of leather as well as oxblood-colored styles!). We spoke to photographer Natalia Yeromina—whose Fashion Week photographs since September 2009 can be seen at Shutterstock—about the capturing the clothes, keeping calm in the chaos, and, of course, what kind of camera she uses.
Fashion Week Photographer Discusses Shooting The Runway, Time-Stopping Looks
Photos: Fashion Week Is So Over, Let's Drink
Fashion Week ended with a whimper last night (or, if there was a bang, we weren't invited to witness it). So let's take a look back at what people were wearing off the runway at the shows. Photographer Sam Horine dropped by the DKNY show on 26th Street and 3.1 Phillip Lim in the Meatpacking District, and here's what he saw. To make this interesting, grab a bottle of champagne and drink every time you see: a ballerina bun, an animal print, fur (real or fake), the color "electric blue," sunglasses, or naked eyes with a twinkle of self-satisfaction in them.
Times Photog Bill Cunningham Hit By SUV, Keeps Shooting
Yesterday was apparently a rough one for New York's older fashion set. Not only did 95-year-old fashion maven Zelda Kaplan collapse at a show and later die but everyone's favorite photographer, the Times's amazing Bill Cunningham, was struck by an SUV!
Yellow Couture: The Simpsons Hit Fashion Week
With The Simpsons airing its 500th episode on Sunday (featuring Julian Assange), tributes to the longest-running primetime TV series are popping up everywhere this week—from sleep-deprived marathons to synergistically-minded fashion designer Jeremy Scott, who attempted to capture the spirit of the '90s yesterday during Fashion Week: "I fell madly in love with Bart. And I’m not even the diehard every-episode fan. It’s just such a part of pop culture. Bart is a nineties teen icon." What, no room for grunge Homer?
95-Yr-Old Socialite Zelda Kaplan Dies At Fashion Week Show
A 95-year-old fashion maven and philanthropist "known for her African print dresses and oversize sunglasses" died during a Fashion Week show earlier this afternoon. According to the Daily News, Zelda Kaplan "fainted in the front row of the Joanna Mastroianni runway show as the models began walking, just moments after she had posed for photogs wearing a festive red skirt suit. She was carried out by security and rushed to the hospital where she died."
Yes, Gisele Bundchen Walked The Runway For Alexander Wang
Hey, looks like Gisele Bundchen is taking Brandon Jacobs' advice: The supermodel closed fashion designer Alexander Wang's show on Saturday—sending the crowd into a frenzy—but she wasn't very chatty!
Lindsay Lohan's Mom Embarrasses Her At Fashion Week Party
Former actress and current trainwreck Lindsay Lohan is in town for Fashion Week, and word is that Wednesday night she was embarrassed by her mom, Dina, while trying to enjoy a nice after hours party. According to the Daily News, the two got into an argument at the amfAR gala after-party held at Meatpacking District spot Double Seven. Their source says “Lindsay was pissed that her mom showed up," because the 49-year-old was "walking around like it was junior high.” Though surely this is one of the least embarrassing things a Lohan has done. Perspective, people!
Modeling Agency: Sometimes Underage Models Are Really Mature!
Last fall, there was uproar when a 15-year-old Croatian model walked the runway during Fashion Week, prompting the Council of Fashion Designers of America to ask its members to essentially card models to confirm that they are at least 16 years old. CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg even said, "Top modeling agencies—including DNA, Elite, Ford, IMG, Marilyn, New York Models, Next, One, Supreme, Trump, Wilhelmina, Women and Women Direct - have again pledged that they will not send out models under the age of 16 for shows." But now it turns out that Ford never promised it, so that's why they have two models under 16 participating in Fashion Week.
Photos: Debbie Harry And Nick Zinner Kicked Off Fashion Week Last Night
Pre-fashion week parties are not our scene. Impeccable cheekbones sipping $20 cocktails, sneaking cigarettes between cackles: not our scene. Bottle service: definitely not our scene. But as we helped ourselves to someone else's expensive vodka while we waited for Deborah Harry to grace W.i.P.'s tiny stage, it dawned on us: if stealing top shelf liquor from friendly suits and dancing next to men in 3-foot wigs was in fact a scene, it was a cheerily comfortable one.
How To Watch New York Fashion Week Without Wearing Any Pants
Many other designers will offer a number of ways to feel like you're in the front row as they debut their fall collections. Roughly a third of the shows taking place in the tents at Lincoln Center will be streamed via LiveRunway. Wear your best sweatpants as you watch these, our hand-picked highlights:
More About Our Favorite Twinsies: Anna Wintour And Nicki Minaj
Remember that magical moment when Anna Wintour and Nicki Minaj sat next to each other at Carolina Herrera's fashion show? Turns out it was staged! Or at least, Wintour invited Minaj along as her guest. Minaj told Z100's Elvis Duran "that the Vogue editrix personally invited her to the show and later sent Minaj an inscribed photo of the two watching the fashion promenade." It said: "We match!" And now we're one step closer to Wintour donning a fried chicken wing necklace.
More Fun Photos As We Bid Farewell To Fashion Week
Fashion Week has ended, and we have so many memories burned into our retinas. While we put together our personal scrapbook of laminates and locks of models' hair that we secretly snipped off, click through for one last look at the fashion set, next time we see them it'll be February, when the no pants look will be really edgy.
Video: Don't Let Your 6-Year-Old Gyrate In Revealing Outfits At Fashion Week
TLC's hit documentary on ridiculously bad parenting, Toddlers and Tiaras, took the leap from the small screen to Fashion Week yesterday. Former Real Housewives of New York person Kelly Bensimon hosted the “Cowgirl Riders Debutante Fashion Show” for a bunch of too-innocent-to-understand-how-terrible-their-parents-are six-year-olds in the basement of the Bryant Park Hotel. The headliner of the show was Eden Wood, the breakout star of the TLC freakshow who left the program to pursue other equally-sad opportunities. Watch some totally age-appropriate video of her slapping her butt at the event below!
Hated Dictator's Daughter's Fashion Show Swarmed By Protesters
The show did indeed go on for hated Uzbekistan dictator's daughter Gulnara "GooGooSha" Karimova, whose Fashion Week show was cancelled at Lincoln Center over human rights concerns. As was hinted at earlier this week, the show was moved to a private space on 42nd Street owned by Cipriani, but the event was made less-than-glamorous by dozens of protestors picketing outside.
Photos: Fashionable Folks Spotted At Fashion Week!
Well we narrowed down the hot new looks for you earlier this week (hopefully right now you aren't wearing pants, while enjoying the feel of blood diamonds on your teeth). But now, we move on to the rest of the Fashion Week cattle, who have been grazing outside of the tents at Lincoln Center for nearly a week. Click through for twenty one more looks...
Bedazzled Teeth Spotted Outside Fashion Week Tents: Get The Look!
Did we go to the wrong tents? First our photographer spotted this pants-less wonder at Fashion Week... and now this lady, who has bedazzled her teeth. But listen, we get it, we saw The Devil Wears Prada once. In it, Miranda Priestly had a very convincing speech about how The Fashion People filter trends down to The Common People through a series of tubes, and eventually we end up buying some demented department store version of them. So we're on board. Here's how to recreate this look before it hits H&M:
Cirpriani May Host Hated Dictator's Daughter's Fashion Show
Gulnara Karimova, the fashion designer who just so happens to be the daughter of the tyrannical president of Uzbekistan, was none too pleased last week when her Fashion Week show was canceled over some human rights issues. Now, Karimova—aka "GooGooSha"—is apparently looking to take her show on the road, all the way to Cipriani.
The Best Photos Of Anna Wintour And Nicki Minaj You'll Ever See
For reasons that even science hasn't been able to figure out, Anna Wintour sitting (or standing) next to virtually anyone is usually pretty amusing. And today, Nicki Minaj was placed in the front of Carolina Herrera's presentation at Fashion Week, right next to the Vogue editrix. They were so close that Minaj's colorful pom-poms were almost touching Wintour's diamonds! Meanwhile, everyone else in the audience wore black, white, and grey—which really made the already visually interesting moment really pop.
Pants-less Fashionista Spotted Outside Fashion Week Tents: Get The Look!
Great news, you are just seven easy steps away from getting this look we spotted at the Fashion Week tents. Ready? Go!:
NYPD Shuts Down Sexy Hipster Boxing Match, Confiscates Booze
Responding to reports of a woman wearing a white skirt AFTER Labor Day, the NYPD vice squad and the Department of Buildings swarmed the Midtown offices of Mother PR last night after word got out that they'd be hosting Friday Night Throwdown. The fights, which have been popular for years and have acquired plenty of press for being rowdy, fashionable scenes chock full of high cheekbones, had been on an eight-month hiatus from their usual Lower East Side warehouse locations. Doesn't the NYPD understand that they've ruined a perfectly good opportunity to see male models get punched in the face?
Dictator's Daughter's Fashion Show Canceled
Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of human-rights abusing Uzbeki president Islam Karimov, has been axed from Fashion Week following public outrage over her family ties. But there's more to the story than what meets the eye.
16 Photos From Last Night's Dog Fashion Show
Earlier this week, Birdie, a dog in Brooklyn, told us all about dog fashions, predicting that "leashes are going to get more constricting and hateful" this season. Well, last night our photographer Katie Sokoler dropped by the very crowded Dog Fashion Show at Bergdorf Goodman to check out the latest in canine wear. There were no constricting or hateful leashes, but it's important to keep in mind that these dogs are shopping off the rack (disgusting). Surely the next Paris Fashion Week will feature some more fashion forward stuff, but in the meantime, click through for a look at what some of New York City's pups are (forced to be) wearing.
Alert: Justin Bieber Will Make Madison Avenue Unbearable Tonight
Dolce & Gabbana have announced their special Fashion's Night Out guest this evening will be Justin Bieber—but even though the night is supposed to be for the people, the company is keeping their event RSVP-only. However, our inside source at the Common Sense Headquarters tells us that the Beliebers will show up uninvited, and with their vocal chords all warmed up for hours of shrieking. (The party will be at their Madison Avenue boutique, kids.)
A Brooklyn Dog Preps Us For Tomorrow Night's Canine Fashion Show
Humans and cats have long ruled the runway, but over the past few years canines have also made the catwalk their own, as unnatural as that may be. Tomorrow night the trend continues as Bergdorf Goodman hosts its annual dog fashion show, and while we're ardent followers of the canine fashion scene—this is actually the second dog fashion show we'll be attending this year—we're no experts. So with that in mind, we reached out to Birdie, a dog in Brooklyn, for some insight.
Tips On Fashion Week, From People More Fashionable Than Us: Part II
The fashion set is primed to take over parts of the city from September 8th through the 15th, with the main Fashion Week headquarters at Lincoln Center once again. Many of the shows and events will be harder to get in to than an Alexander McQueen exhibit, but here are some tips for us common folk who aren't sitting in the front row, from some people who are.
Tips On Fashion Week, From People More Fashionable Than Us: Part I
The fashion set is primed to take over parts of the city from September 8th through the 15th, with the main Fashion Week headquarters at Lincoln Center once again. Many of the shows and events will be harder to get in to than an Alexander McQueen exhibit, but here are some tips for us common folk who aren't sitting in the front row, from those who are.
Kanye's Coming To Fashion Week This Fall
Kanye West is usually in New York for Fashion Week, but this September he'll be under all of the lights, debuting his own line. Sure, he may have donned a t-shirt and jeans to MoMA's fancy annual Garden Party this year, but he also has diamond teeth, so...
Diane Von Furstenberg: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Diane Von Furstenberg, designer, president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, wife of Barry Diller, lover of the Chinese, had a bit of an embarrassment at Fall Fashion Week. See, as CFDA president Von Furstenberg has been one of the more vocal designers trying to assure that runway models are at least 16 and are "properly fed". Which is great, and we're sure the snack table at her show was excellent, but, well, one of the models at her own show, Hailey Clauson, was only 15—a fact readily available to anyone who knows how to use the Google.
Video: UWS Fuming Over Fashion Week Generators
Five days after ending, Fashion Week is still pissing people off. A few Upper West Side residents are complaining that generators have been spewing smoke and fumes into their air, and that a few are still going even after the Fashion Week tents have gone. Amsterdam Avenue resident Ruth James said, "They have these big machines on the side of the street blowing out gas and all of that. And my windows are here and I'm breathing this stuff." And neighbors10023 wrote on Youtube, that video (below) of the generators shows "a stark contrast to what Fashion Week's marketing effort on its supposed commitment to going green."
Pish Posh: Victoria Beckham's Line Gets A Laugh At Fashion Week
Seeing as her previous job required her to sing in front of tens of thousands of people, it's a little surprising that former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham suffered stage fright on Sunday as she narrated her New York fashion week runway show for her Fall '11 collection. Then again, New York's fashion elite weren't exactly an audience of adoring fans. According to the Daily Beast, "There were muffled giggles, knowing glances, and plenty of eye-rolling" coming from a group major fashion magazine editors.

