Twice a year, fashion's elite descend upon New York's Lincoln Center for a week of runway shows, parties and performances to celebrate all things style and beauty. Sept. 4 marks the beginning of New York Fashion Week (the other is in February every year). If you're anyone who's anyone, New York Fashion Week is going to be your new home for the next week.
But even if you're not fortunate enough to snag an invite to a show or don't live anywhere near New York, you can still keep up with all the action online through live streams and social media. Isn't modern technology a beautiful thing? Here's your virtual front-row seat to September's New York Fashion Week.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Live Stream
Hop on over to the official online home of New York Fashion Week, and you can watch all of the nearly 100 runway shows officially a part of the festivities this week. Anna Wintour, eat your heart out.
If you don't have the time or the patience to watch dozens of fashion shows this week, Twitter is an awesome way to keep up with all of the new designs being unveiled, not to mention a great way to get some behind-the-scenes buzz and drama that doesn't always make it to the runway. Here are some of the movers and shakers of the fashion industry you should be following.
Vanessa Friedman, New York Times and INYT fashion director and critic
Joanna Coles, Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief
Bryanboy, fashion blogger
Cindi Lieve, Glamour editor-in-chief
refinery29, tweets from the editors of the style website
Kyle Anderson, Marie Claire fashion editor and accessories director
Sally Holmes, Elle.com senior news editor
Cream & Sugar Please, life and style blog
Tom + Lorenzo, pop culture blog
Robbie Myers, Elle editor-in-chief
Fashion is meant to be looked at, so Instagram is where you're going to want to be to see some pics of what's going on during shows, in-between runways and at the after-parties.
StyleList, fashion and beauty blog
Annie Bratskeir, Newsday fashion critic
Jennifer Strom, fashion writer
Michelle Lee, NYLON editor-in-chief
Amanda Saiontz Gluck, creator of the Fashionable Hostess blog
Eva Chen, Lucky editor-in-chief
Vine
If you think fashion takes itself a bit too seriously, think again. Sure, you can find some six-second clips that give you the highlights of each show, but you can also find the funny, wacky and all-around entertaining videos for Fashion Week that we know and love Vine for. You just have to know where to look.
Carly Mallenbaum, USA Today Life digital editor and video host
Steven Kolb, CEO of Council of Fashion Designers of America
Nina Ruggiero, amNewYork features manager
