NY FASHION WEEK Spring 2015……The Carolina Herrara runway show

Today at Lincoln Center………...CAROLINA HERRARA was the designer in the tent…with her runway show.  Here are a few of the 1000 people who caught the show.  Very eclectic………..glitz…..panache…….slap and dash.  It was fun!

CLICK ON your favorite photo….to enlarge the show!

JR the Artist………photographed 75 NYC BALLET Dancers

JR……the French artist……..famous for his grand scale public  photo projects,  spent 3 days in a white studio and photographed 75 dancers from the New York City Ballet……….all dressed in white.

Strolling around the Promenade of the Koch Theater in Lincoln Center you can walk on the photos of the dancers………or you can walk around the balconies and look down at other people walking on the dancers.  JR calls this a dance that the audience creates for themselves.

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So I have created my own dance……….and here it is in a SLIDESHOW.  Have fun!

 

NY FASHION WEEK • 2014• Celebrities……on Parade

There are over 50 celebs here……….too many to bore you with their names………so I’ll let you figure out who they are.  Andie Mac Dowell is easy to recognize.

Just CLICK ON ONE and he or she or he/she will fill your space.

Then there was Joan Rivers……lots of designers from Project Runway…….who doesn’t adore Mondo. The star of “Orange is the New Black”.  Miss Jay from Tyra’s show.  The Hilton sisters……Linda Fargo from Bergdorf’s……..Barbara Walters, Sarah Jessica Parker……..and, of course, Brad the stylist.

The Boys of FASHION WEEK •Fall 2014• Strut Their Stuff

These young men are not the models who walk the runway……….they are the cuties who show up to watch the Runway Shows……….and yes, some are cute enough to be ON the runway.

GLITZ  and GLAM is a must……..for their shoes……sneakers and boots………..and socks.  For Sneaker collectors…..[called “Sneakerheads”‘]…….shoes are a must-have fashion item.  Nike and Adidas pay celebrities mega millions a year to get their name on the sneakers.  Artistically modified shoes sell for up to $700.

You want a fame name……you gotta pay for it.

NY FASHION WEEK SPRING 2014…..WHEN THE SHOW IS OVER

Today at the KAREN WALKER runway show……………

When the last model leaves the runway…………it is PANDEMONIUM.  There is a great rush to get to the next show.

A few friends linger to congratulate Karen………..and to schmooze with old friends.

The last model on the runway.

Quick…………what time do I have to be back at Lincoln Center!

Ari Seth Cohen was there with his “LADIES OF A CERTAIN AGE”  Linda Rodin is on the right.  She is a fashion stylist and founder of her own beauty line, RODIN olio lusso.

She does love to pose for the camera.  What a doll.

Margo and Ilona and Ari

And of course the sunglasses are by Karen Walker.

Four of the fabulous ladies.  Combined ages………nearly 400.

Ari Seth Cohen’s book is called “ADVANCED STYLE”………….featuring ladies who live a fabulous and glamorous life.

TOM AND ILONA……..in love!

Eric and his ILONA.

The glasses are truly fab.

Lynn Dell.…………owner of the “OFF BROADWAY BOUTIQUE” on 72nd street…..just steps from my apartment.

JOYCE CARPATI………..of New York and Paris.  She was the director of beauty and fashion at Cosmopolitan.

Lynn in another of her “knock-out” hats.

Hundreds of fashion editors and buyers attend all of the shows.

Ilona and Ari

It was a great show.  I hope you enjoyed it too……on my video.

NY FASHION WEEK Spring 2014 BEGINS TOMORROW

The Runway Shows start tomorrow in the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Tents in Lincoln Center.

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK officially starts tomorrow.

I can hardly contain myself……….

IMPULSE!  Made Fashion Week…………only at Macy’s……They put this ad on 500 buses……….enough already!

Again….Linda Fargo strutting her stuff…….she will buy the most expensive fashions for Bergdorf’s.  A dress at her store will likely cost you a months wages.  A handbag like the one she is carrying…………$12,ooo and you can have one to.

Celebrities are everywhere…….Milla Jovovich.

Gretchen Jones….the first place winner of Project Runway Season 8.

Andie MacDowell…………glam and posing as always.

You remember this pair from the Tyra Banks Show……Nigel Barker and Miss J Alexander.

Austen Scarlett [I love this mad queen]…….of Project Runway……is now the creative director Kenneth Cole Bridal.

She is a “Fashion “maven”, Lynn Jaeger…….gads about all over town in her wildest garb.

Brad Goreski……who was the stylist for Rachel Zoe……is now doing his own thing.  You may have caught him on his own TV show………”It’s a Brad Brad World”.

Linda Fargo……VP and Fashion Director of Bergdorf Goodman shows up for all of the “major designers” shows.

ILONA ROYCE SMITHKIN……..at age 94……….glam extraordinaire will surely be there.  She is featured in a new book…..ADVANCED STYLE by Ari Seth Cohen.

KOOL  contestants from Project runway….Season 10.

You will remember her from Project Runway…….BUFFY JASHANMAL.

Paris Hilton and her sister Nikki always make a scene while “making a scene”.

We photographers swamp the celebrities.  They LOVE it.  We LOVE it.

Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa always attend several runway shows.  Has she had another “LIFT”.  You have to ask???

88 PIANOS……..Cristiana Pegoraro plays Chopin

On Sunday in Lincoln Center Plaza……….88 ” Sing for Hope” PIANOS were played by hundreds of musicians.  The celebrity star was Cristiana Pegoraro.  The New York times called her……..”An artist of the highest Caliber”.

She played with brilliance….and an engaging finesse that had the audience in rapture.

ENCORE……BRAVA….we wanted more.

She has an astonishing range of colors when she plays.

Her spiritual communication  and her phrasing are superb.  Don snapped this photo.

At her concert in New York City she received the “World Peace Award” from the UN for her effort in advancing peace in the world.

The SING for HOPE Youth Chorus at Lincoln Center

PIANOS SING FOR HOPE…………and today their youth chorus did just that.  88 PIANOS were trucked into Lincoln Center Plaza today…..and were played by hundreds of pianists…………while on the stage we were entertained by musicians and singers……every hour on the hour.  It was a fantastic NEW YORK happening.

 

The SING for HOPE Youth chorus…………..sang:  DREAM BIG, SING LOUD

After this performance all of the 99 PIANO will be donated to to schools.  “I believe we have a responsibility to use our talents to improve the lives of those less fortunate”………Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

ALAN ARBUS…….star on MASH……has died at 95

Mr favorite actor on M*A *S *H ……died today.  He was born in NYC in 1918.  Went to City College for a year…..quit and went to work in Russek’s Department store………married the daughter of the owner.  Enter……….Diane.

Alan Arbus acted in 12 episodes of M*A*S*H in 1969.  He went on to star in “Taxi”.……..”Starsky and Hutch“………..“Matlock”…………and “Crossroads”.

In M*A*S*H ……..he played psychiatrist Major Sidney Freedman……..and he always had a never-ending string of zingers.

This photo of Diane was taken by Alan in 1949.

They opened a fashion photography studio together on West 54th street  and began shooting for Glamour and Vogue.  When Alan gave it up to become an actor………..Diane went on to fame……photographing  people who lived on “the edge of society”.  She took her own life in 1971 ingesting barbiturates and slashing her wrists with a razor.

IMATS prize winning Make-Up Designs

IMATS….the International Make-up Artist Trade Show was here in New York this weekend.

They produce six shows a year………..New York,London, Vancouver, Sydney, Toronto and Los Angeles.  Make-uo pros from fashion and film [including Oscar winners]…….share their knowledge with demos of their extraordinary talent.

All of these photos were taken by IMATS famous photographers………showing the skills of prize winning make-up artists.  I applaud them all.