New York Fashion Week, by the Numbers

Twice a year, designers present their latest collections at New York Fashion Week. But what happens behind the scenes at the biannual behemoth? We break it down...

Fashion Week: How the Season’s Hottest Colors Get Chosen

One might say that Roseanna Roberts is a bona fide color expert. As director of color trends at The Color Association of the United States (CAUS), Roberts and...

Fashion Week: Five Questions with Model Liu Wen

A regular both on the runway and in fashion magazines, Chinese model Liu Wen made history when she became the first person of East Asian descent to be featured...

Photos: The Glamour and Mayhem of New York Fashion Week

From models strutting down runways to orchestrated backstage chaos, TIME presents highlights of the weeklong event, which unveils next season's most important...

A Brief History of New York Fashion Week

Prior to World War II, American fashion didn’t get much — if any — time in the spotlight. Instead, the world looked to the chic city of Paris for sartorial...

Listen to TIME’s Fashion Week Playlist on Spotify!

It’s Fashion Week in New York City and Manhattan is crawling with eccentric designers, stylish socialites and hungry models looking for next season’s big trend...

Fashion Week: Five Questions with Tommy Hilfiger

One of the few designers to show both a men's and women's collection each season, Tommy Hilfiger has reinvented classic American cool for more than 25 years...

Fashion Week: Five Questions with Designer Nicole Miller

Best known for her colorful gowns worn by celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Jessica Simpson, fashion designer Nicole Miller looked to designs from the past for...

Fashion Week: Five Questions With Erin Fetherston

As Erin Fetherston celebrates the one-year anniversary of her contemporary collection, the California native tells TIME about her inspirations for the...

Fashion Week in Pakistan: Can Couture Trump Conservatism?

Fashionistas the world over will look to the Big Apple as the spotlight falls on New York ahead of the start of its glitzy Fashion Week this Thursday. But, away...

A Champion for Young Designers Returns to Fashion Week

After a two-year hiatus, Gen Art, the champion for emerging talent in arts and entertainment, returned with a comeback show to kick off New York Fashion Week on...

Dictator's Daughter Dropped from Fashion Week Show Lineup

Instead of a strut down the runway, she's taking a hike. Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Uzbekistan's murderous dictator Islam Karimov, was set to show her...

Quote: Westboro Baptist Church Plans to Protest Fashion Week

"Put some jeans on and fear God. Forget about all this fashion nonsense." — STEVE DRAIN, spokesperson for the hate group Westboro Baptist Church, who reportedly...

Fashion Friday: Rick Perry Goes to Fashion Week and Other Style Scoop

NewsFeed's Feifei Sun rounds up the brilliant and bizarre from this week in fashion. Posh Politician: Rick Perry—Texas Governor, Republican presidential...

Dictator's Daughter to Show at New York Fashion Week

Gulnara Karimova, daughter of the Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov and herself a high-level official in his government, will present her Guli clothing line at...

A New Era for New York Fashion Week

When people from the media and fashion worlds assemble for the first show at this year's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City, they'll check in and get...

A Fashion Week Model's Secret: Sensible Shoes

"I had 16 castings yesterday, and I haven't quite recovered yet," says Fifi Newbery, a visibly exhausted 16-year-old from England, waiting her turn for yet...

Fashion Week Review: Safe and Comforting

The first outfit to appear on the runway at Ralph Lauren's fall, 2008 show last week — a plain, gray cashmere tank dress — told the whole story of New York...

Toy, Dog and Tony Shows

Fall 2001 Fashion Week, The American International Toy Fair and the 125th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show descended on New York City last week. Though...

Reading While Eating for February 15: Style Watch

New York Fashion Week may have ended yesterday, but the chatter won't die down any time soon.