By Harper’s Bazaar Singapore Team - published
3.1 Phillip Lim fall/winter 2014 at the Moymihan Station | models.com
Fashion lovers take note: IMG-owned New York Fashion Week has not one, but two brand-new homes. After vacating Lincoln Center — the bi-annual catwalk extravaganza’s homebase since 2010 — in February for good, Fashion Week plans to set up shop at two prominent event spaces in the city: Skylight at Moynihan Station — a giant post office that doubles as an event space located in Midtown Manhattan — and Skylight Clarkson Square, a space in SoHo which is also the home of the first New York Fashion Week: Men’s happening in July.
Neither space is a stranger to fashion attendees, with each playing host to many shows over the years, including Ralph Lauren who has regularly presented his women's collection at the Soho venue, and Rag & Bone and 3.1 Phillip Lim have shown in the midtown post office. Mayor de Blasio and a number of designers, show producers and journalists were reportedly heavily involved in the decision-making process of the new iterations.
"As IMG prepares to evolve New York Fashion Week, we are focused on creating the best possible experiences that extend beyond a physical location and moment in time," IMG chief content officer Mark Shapiro said in a statement. "We've found a great new home for that in Skylight at Moynihan Station and Skylight Clarkson Square."
New York Fashion Week will begin presenting spring 2016 collections on September 10th and run through September 17th.