It wasn’t until 1999 that designers like Calvin Klein and Helmut Lang proved the fashion prowess of the US and succeeded in making New York the opening city. > The “fashion week” idea was conceptualised by Eleanor Lambert, press director of the American fashion industry’s first promotional organisation, the New York Dress Institute. > Back then, it was known as just Press Week. The Council Of Fashion Designers Of America only acquired control of it in 2014. U-shaped and polygonal runways have replaced the quintessential, straight track of the early shows to increase the number of available front-row seats.

Source: The Star February 09, 2017 00:22 UTC