New York Fashion Week 2015 recap: A week of first and lasts
Despite icy temperatures, the big names turned up the heat at New York Fashion Week, writes Jennie Matthew
Hot on the heels of haute couture shows in Paris, the fashion glitterati flocked to New York this month to admire the best and brightest in US design, where young talent rubbed shoulders with fashion icons Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger.
But it wasn't just the jet set who tripped through New York's snow on stilettos - fashion is big business in New York, where twice-yearly fashion weeks generate nearly US$900 million for America's biggest city.
These shows kicked off the 2015 autumn-winter season, before the juggernaut shifts to London, Milan and back to Paris. This was the last time the Lincoln Centre will host the New York event after a state judge ruled it disrupts an adjacent park. For now, organisers are keeping quiet on where the new home will be come September.
Fashion house Oscar de la Renta showed its first collection by British-born Peter Copping, appointed creative director shortly before the Dominican-born master designer died in October.
Fresh from his [almost] onstage protest against Beyoncé not winning album of the year at the Grammys, rap star Kanye West made his New York fashion debut with a collection for Adidas. West, his wife, reality TV star Kim Kardashian, and their toddler daughter North West were also guests of honour at Alexander Wang's heavy metal meets gothic grunge show.
