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Wednesday August 11th, 2010

Mayor Bloomberg Talks Fashion’s Night Out While Anna Wintour, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Other CFDA Members Stand There
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Mayor Bloomberg Talks Fashion’s Night Out While Anna Wintour, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Other CFDA Members Stand There

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After living here for a while, you sometimes forget how many amazing people live and work in New York City. When we walked into City Hall for the Fashion’s Night Out kick-off press conference today, we went through security with Lisa Mayock from Vena Cava.

Then, we saw Anna Wintour walking ahead of us and Alex Wang suddenly appeared behind us. A few minutes later Marc Jacobs, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez walked in. After we were seated inside the press conference room, the following people (in addition to the aforementioned) surrounded the podium: Prabal Gurung, Zac Posen, Phillip Lim, Tracy Reese, Kenneth Cole, Donna Karan, Carolina Herrera, Tommy Hilfiger, Thakoon Panichgul, Marcus Wainwright from Rag & Bone, Francisco Costa, Vera Wang, Tory Burch, Steven Kolb, Linda Fargo, the Mayor…and after a few moments, we noticed tiny Mary-Kate Olsen peeking her head out behind Marc.

Then, unfortunately, we died and are thus unable to report anything else about Fashion’s Night Out.

Just kidding – sort of.

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Published at 6:00 PM

Tuesday July 14th, 2009

Fashion Is Fun

Alex Wang Teaches Runway

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This September doesn’t just mean Fashion Week, fall and my 25th birthday (yikes!), it also means the first ever Vogue Night Out. Mayor Bloomberg and Anna Wintour announced the initiative in May, hoping for a revitalization of fashion and retail in New York City. The event’s taken on international proportions, with counterparts in London and Read more →

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Published at 8:29 AM

Thursday May 28th, 2009

Fashion Is Fun

An Open Letter to Mayor Bloomberg

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Dear Mayor Bloomberg, See this rather large rabbit. He’s actually a five foot tall trash receptacle designed by Paul Smith as part of London’s Super Contemporary Commissions Show. He, along with his bunny friends, will today become part of the Covent Garden and Holland Park neighborhoods. When you throw trash in him, his ears literally Read more →

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Published at 9:35 AM

Tuesday February 3rd, 2009

That’s Damrosch, Not Bryant

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It’s official: Damrosch Park (part of the Lincoln Center plaza) is the new Bryant Park, but not until September of next year. Spring 2011 (“Spring 11″ just doesn’t look right) will be here, in case you just can’t yet visualize it either.

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Published at 11:09 AM
Shopping

The Bag Tax is Coming

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Back in November, when word first got out that Mayor Bloomberg would be proposing a tax on plastic grocery bags, we wondered if the city would realize it might be worth it to stick it to retailers, too. And yes, it did – The plastic bag tax, which was officially proposed last week, will cover Read more →

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Published at 10:09 AM

Friday November 7th, 2008

NYC is Not a Plastic Bag Hag… Maybe

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Who says the fashion people aren’t ahead of the curve? Practically eons after the canvas tote became the normal gift-with-product bag for every editor under the sun, New York City is finally catching on. Mayor Bloomberg announced today that he’s trying to push through a new plastic bag fee (or tax, depending on who you’re Read more →

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Published at 9:53 AM