ac291

i love fashion, fashion illustration and design and NYC is one of the worlds greatest fashion capitals!
just wondering if anyone has any great events and places to visit?
we'll be there Sept 11-25th
so 2 weeks!

ksucat

wife is addicted to the Gilt Groupe that is a free members only with the best fashion designers out of NYC, London, Milan and Paris..
Lots of great deals for super cheap..
Have fun in NYC!

www.gilt.com

doug_stallings

You'll probably want to visit the Metropolitan Museum's costume institute, but check on the web site to make sure they will have an exhibit there in September. I think the current exhibit ends about then. I also expect you'll want to swing by the Prada store on Broadway in Soho. There's also a museum at FIT (the Fashion Institute of New York), which may be of interest to you. Their Isabel Toledo exhibit runs through your trip.

The Cooper-Hewitt design museum on the Upper East Side has a fashion exhibit right now, but it ends right before you arrive. Still, if you are interested in anything more than simply clothing design, it's a good museum. MOMA also has good design collections, and I really like the design collections at the Metropolitan Museum. And the new Museum of Arts and Design, while not fashion-oriented, does have some interesting design exhibits.

mclaurie

You'll just manage to see the Avedon show. http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFq...on_Fashion.htm

Check to see what exhibits might be on at the 2 fashion schools, FIT and Parsons.

I think fashion week is Sept 11-18 so you should check that. Hard to get tickets.

If you do sewing yourself, there are loads of good fabric and trim stores.

ac291

Thanks everyone!
so are the ribbon and trim stores in the Garment district?
im so upset im going to miss MOdel as a Muse exhibit at the MET?!
not fair!
what about interiors etc - is there anything on that is worth checking out or should i just buy Time Out magazine when I get there to see whats on?