FASHION WEEK

Leslie Renteria
4th period

1. Brief history of Fashion Week

(in specific city)
Fashion week was started in the year 1943 , the world was
at war at that time making it hard to sustain this event.
In the year 1993 was when fashion week Got its Name Of
Fashion Week
One of the greatest achievements of Fashion Week has
been the way it brought American designers to the
forefront. For a long time, Europe was the place that set all
fashion and style trends for the rest of the world. Even
American fashion magazines wrote predominantly about
French and Italian design houses.
The main credit for inventing fashion week goes to Charles
Frederick Worth, who is known as the Father of Haute C.

2. When does Fashion Week take

place

This year's fashion extravaganza in New York City is

scheduled from Thursday, September 10 to Thursday,
September 17, 2009.

3. Examples of designers who

participated

The Council of Fashion Designers of America, or CFDA, Jay

Alexander, are designers and models who participate in
fashion week down in New York.

4. One video of a runway show

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5. Who are the official sponsors of

Fashion Week?
American express
Canon
DHL
Ebay Fashion
International palladium board
Lavazza italys favourite coffe
London evening standard
MAC
Mayor of london.
Mertcedes-benz
Samsung
The may fair hotel
Toni&Guy
Topshop

6. Who attends Fashion Week

shows?
Julia Stiles at Bill Blass
Lara Stone at Calvin Klein Collection
Emma Stone and Rooney Mara at Calvin Klein Collection
Nigel Barker, Jay Manuel and J. Alexander at The Blonds
Lil' Kim at The Blonds
Adam Lambert (right) at The Blonds
Cassi at The Blonds
Caroline Sieber and Julia Restoin Roitfeld at Proenza Schouler
Felicity Jones at Proenza Schouler
Dakota Fanning at Proenza Schouler
Gia Coppola at Proenza Schouler

All These People Atteneded Fashion Week c:

7. If you wanted to attend

Fashion Week, how would you
get tickets?

There's tickets for sale at http://

www.couturefashionweek.com/tickets.htm ranging from
$1,600.00 and $2,000.00 to $40.00 and $55.00.

8. Trends you notice

sleek pantsuits in everything from white to jewel tones.

a bit of sheer to the pantsuit
Knee Length skirts
Side Purses
Floral Patterns
Tucked in shirts into skirts.

a. Do most designers feature a

certain look

b. How do the runway looks

compare to what you and your
friends are wearing now?

Normal people dont wear blue lipstick.

Upside down dresses
We tend we wear what our mommy's let us go out
looking like. We dont wear 6 inch heels to walk.
And we make sure our make up looks good.