Fashion Week History

Eleanor Of Seventh Avenue: Where Fashion Week Came From

Gioia Diliberto | Posted 05.25.2011

Gioia Diliberto

Invitations to designer shows during New York Fashion Week are harder to come by than smiles on the catwalk. There was once a time, though, when you couldn't pay people to show up for this biannual orgy of style.

London Fashion Week History: Tracking British Style From Westwood To McQueen To Schwab

Guardian UK | Sarah Mower | Posted 05.25.2011

My induction to London Fashion Week took place sometime in 1986, at the hands of Lynne Franks. I say "hands" colloquially, but it was, more accurately...