Fashion week is officially underway. That means spring fashion previews, Instagram stalking bloggers and a surge in the sales of portable iPhone chargers. Maneuvering the happenings of the week is difficult enough for seasoned pros, let alone those of us following along at home from our mobile devices.
To make you feel connected to NYFW (and to help you sound like a super fashion whiz to your friends), here are the five things to know about fashion week!
1. Fashion folks aren’t good at math: New York Fashion Week is actually eight days (as opposed to seven as dictated by, say, the definition of the word “week”). We don’t know if this an oversight or the fashion elite deciding they don’t abide by rules/care about thousand year history of accounting for time.
2. The Givenchy and The Row flip flop: Givenchy is showing at New York Fashion Week this season for a change of pace/PR move to promote their new Manhattan flagship store. While the twin-signers behind The Row have decided to show their spring/summer collection in Paris. Why you ask? Do Mary-Kate and Ashley ever need a reason to do anything?
3. Marc by Marc Jacobs was so 2015: Instead of two separate runway shows, Marc Jacobs has decided to unify his two brands into a single show. So show attendees and viewers at home can play the fun game called “Which label is that look from?”
4. The last Wang: Alexander Wang will show his final collection for Balenciaga before his departure from the French label. Wang’s focus going forward will be his namesake brand—which turns 10 this year and makes all of us here feel nostalgic for our original Diego bags.
5. Droning on: While some NYFW attendees may look like robots based on their outlandish outfit choices, this season actual robots will be in attendance as well. Drones are being utilized at several shows to offer a new prospective from the runway/totally freak out the models.
