New York Fashion Week Ready for its Close-up
September 8, 2004 | Levent OZLER
New York Fashion Week opens Wednesday with Kenneth Cole in his traditional lead-off spot with Alan Cumming, Ludacris, novelist Brian Keith Jackson and Olympic track and field stars Derrick Peterson and Anthony Famiglietti expected in the front row.
Other designers previewing their spring 2005 collections for retailers, editors and other fashion fans over the next eight days include Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Zac Posen, Marc Jacobs and Donna Karan.
Tommy Hilfiger is back with his better sportswear H Hilfiger collection after sitting out last season and, for the first time, rebel design team Imitation of Christ is joining the fashion mainstream at the Bryant Park tents. Meanwhile, eveningwear designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka are absent from the schedule that includes more than 80 shows.
Los Angeles-based designer Monique Lhuillier, who has made a name for herself making wedding gowns and red-carpet dresses for Hollywood starlets, is staging her fourth runway presentation Friday. "It doesn't get easier, but you learn how to deal with the pressure a little better."
She said this ready-to-wear collection will be "white and crisp — very fresca."
The Labor Day holiday, coupled with the monthlong vacation that most European fabric-makers take during August, makes for a mad rush once the t
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