Summer may be winding down and most people are marching along with 2013, but the fashion industry is ready to jump into 2014 with the new Spring/Summer collections at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City!
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week draws hundreds of thousands of fashion fans to New York City, and IMG Fashion, owners and producers of the Event, have announced the preliminary line up of designers who will take center-stage at Lincoln Center, September 5-12, 2013.
“Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week truly embodies the global scale of the fashion industry and highlights the limitless boundaries of design. A leader in the global fashion event circuit; Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York has the highest number of international designers who choose to make this Event the home for their Collection debuts,” says Christina Neault, Executive Producer, IMG Fashion Events and Properties. “As well, with three fashion schools and numerous emerging designers presenting alongside their established colleagues, Lincoln Center is the place to discover the next rising star.”
"Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York is internationally recognized as the world's stage to premier the latest developments in cutting-edge fashion to the global fashion industry,' said Stephanie Zimmer, Manager of Brand Experience Marketing for Mercedes-Benz USA. "The excitment is building in anticipation of what will hit the runways from both the well-known designers and emerging talent showing this season."
The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2014 Collections will include:
NICHOLAS K * BCBGMAXAZRIA * RICHARD CHAI * UPIMA * TADASHI SHOJI * CANDELA * DESIGUAL * MARISSA WEBB * THE ART INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK CITY * FASHION LAW INSTITUTE * ZIMMERMANN * PROJECT RUNWAY * CARMEN MARC VALVO * NOON BY NOOR * NAUTICA * REBECCA MINKOFF * NICOLE MILLER * ARGENTINE DESIGNERS * TODD SNYDER * ELLE FASHION|NEXT * ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY * MARK + ESTEL * RUFFIAN * RAFAEL CENNAMO * LACOSTE * JILL STUART * SON JUNG WAN * MARA HOFFMAN * MALAN BRETON * HERVÉ LÉGER BY MAX AZRIA * KATYA LEONOVICH * CHARLOTTE RONSON * MONIQUE LHUILLIER * VENEXIANA * LELA ROSE * DKNY * TRACY REESE * CUSTO BARCELONA * TRINA TURK * DIANE VON FURSTENBERG * JOANNA MASTROIANNI * Y-3 * VIVIENNE TAM * ZAC POSEN * RALPH RUCCI * RICARDO SECO * EMERSON BY JACKIE FRASER-SWAN * MATHIEU MIRANO * RUBIN SINGER * CAROLINA HERRERA * TOMMY HILFIGER * PAMELLA ROLAND * HACHE * CZAR BY CESAR GALINDO * CONCEPT KOREA * DONNA KARAN NEW YORK * FALGUNI AND SHANE PEACOCK* REEM ACRA* KAUFMANFRANCO* LIBERTINE * TORY BURCH * J.CREW * STEVEN ALAN * BADGLEY MISCHKA * VERA WANG * JENNY PACKHAM * DIESEL BLACK GOLD * ADEAM * NAEEM KHAN * DENNIS BASSO * ALON LIVNÉ * ZANG TOI * MM6 MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA * FASHION SHENZHEN * BIBHU MOHAPATRA * BRANDON SUN * MICHAEL KORS * NANETTE LEPORE * RACHEL ZOE * J. MENDEL * CLOVER CANYON * MILLY BY MICHELLE SMITH * BETSEY JOHNSON * ANNA SUI * ANYA CALIENDO * OSKLEN * B. MICHAEL AMERICA * RALPH LAUREN and CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION.
In a recent study by Fordham University, it was estimated that $40 million dollars are annually contributed to the Lincoln Center area and over $860 million dollars to the city of New York from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week guests, solidifying the event as a key supporter of the local economy. Over 100,000 guests, journalists, buyers and members of the industry make Lincoln Center become the heartbeat of the city for the 8 days of shows and events.
Title sponsor Mercedes-Benz is joined by DHL, American Express®, Maybelline New York, TRESemmé, Samsung, Reel Code, Style Network, WGSN, Beck’s Sapphire, The New York Times, as well as Women's Wear Daily and Getty Images.
Congrats to all of the designers that will be sending their stuff down the fierce cat walks of MBFW! September has the best fashion week because as Candy Pratts Price instilled in all of us, "September is the January in Fashion!"