Jason Wu and I were actually both born in Taipei, Taiwan. So, naturally he is one of my favority designers and he is only 27! The catwalk was actually mirrors and I chose to shoot the girls posed as the light was a bit funky with the reflection. All images were taken with a Canon 5D Mark II and a Canon 300mm 2.8 lens. Enjoy!
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Schedule Announced
Fall/Winter 2010 Designer Collections will walk on Bryant Park’s final runways
*Official MBFW Schedule Attached
New York, NY (January 11, 2010) – From February 11-18, 2010, during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (MBFW), thousands of fashion industry professionals will come together in Bryant Park’s iconic Tents for one last week before MBFW re-locates to Lincoln Center in September.
Starting off a New Year and new global fashion cycle, the retailers, reporters and editors are eager to see the Collections from the world’s established and up-and-coming designers, and how this creative community sets the tones and trends for what we will wear in Fall/Winter 2010.
“As we close a chapter in the history of our event, IMG is excited to be working with Lincoln Center, the CFDA and the City to create a new home for the fashion industry at Lincoln Center,” said Peter Levy, SVP and Managing Director of IMG Fashion Worldwide. “We are looking forward, with our partners, to rolling out our plans in the coming months.”
“All of us at IMG Fashion are excited about the outstanding and stellar lineup which has come together from around the world to share in this historic Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week,” said Fern Mallis, SVP of IMG Fashion. “This will be a significant season, as we reflect on 17 years, 31 seasons and close to 2,500 fashion shows in Bryant Park that have launched many careers….from Designers to Editors, Models, Producers, Celebrities, TV Commentators and Reality Shows. We all also look forward to the change – and September’s move to Damrosch Park in Lincoln Center.”
Saluting and showing in Bryant Park, and Associate Member shows on Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week ’s schedule are: BCBGMAXAZRIA, Richard Chai, Duckie Brown, Toni Maticevski, Ports 1961, Anne Bowen, La Perla, Farah Angsana, The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection 2010, Cynthia Steffe, Project Runway, Yigal Azrouёl, Michael Angel, Christian Siriano, Nicole Miller, Charlotte Ronson, Venexiana, Lacoste, Georges Chakra, Andy & Debb, Adam, Academy of Art University, Prabal Gurung, ARISE Magazine African Collective – III, Lela Rose, Luca Luca, Malandrino, DKNY, Rebecca Taylor, Calvin Klein Men’s Collection, Hervé Léger by Max Azria, Diane Von Furstenberg, TonyCohen, Y-3, Tuleh, Custo Barcelona, Vassilios Kostetsos, Carolina Herrera, Carlos Miele, Jill Stuart, Donna Karan Collection, Tracy Reese, Monique Lhuillier, Yeohlee, Tadashi Shoji, Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation, Perry Ellis, Elie Tahari, Badgley Mischka, Vera Wang, Pamella Roland, Max Azria, Dennis Basso, Diesel Black Gold, Thuy, Tibi, Narciso Rodriguez, Toni Francesc, Tory Burch, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Milly by Michelle Smith, Alexandre Herchcovitch, Anna Sui, Brian Reyes, Ralph Lauren, Isaac Mizrahi, Trias, Calvin Klein Women’s Collection, Naeem Khan, J. Mendel and Tommy Hilfiger.
The Bryant Park Tents’ three venues include the Salon, the Promenade and the Tent. Over the course of eight days, the runway venues, lobby and backstage sponsor lounges will be bustling from 9 AM to 9 PM, when approximately 100,000 people come to attend shows, meet and greet the media, retailers and fashion professionals.
Title sponsor Mercedes-Benz is joined by DHL, American Express®, Maybelline New York, W Hotels Worldwide, TRESemmé, The Heart Truth Campaign, Starbucks Frappuccino® Coffee Drink, Peroni, Chambord, Martini Gold Mixers and O.N.E.™ One Natural Experience as well as the following media outlets The New York Times, Vevant, Women’s Wear Daily and Getty Images. Each of these sponsors will be providing hospitality, services and amenities to make the hectic week of shows as effortless and pleasurable as possible for all attendees.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is an IMG owned and produced event.
I didn’t update for a long time and now I find myself updating twice in a day!
Diane von Furstenberg always has beautiful colors and the top models walking her shows. Here is her Spring 2010 collection at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week held at Bryant Park in New York City. Hopefully, there are a few runway fashion photographers out there reading this. All my images were taken with a Canon 5D Mark II + Canon 300mm 2.8 IS at ISO 800, f/4-5.6, and at 1/400 of a second. I did a little cropping, but that’s about it. 
First off, congrats to the Phillies for pushing a Game 6 of the World Series!
Below are the photographs from the Christian Siriano show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week at the Bryant Park Tents in New York City. It seems just like yesterday that he was on Project Runway and then last season, Fall 2009 collection, he was showing at The Salon. The Salon is the smallest of three tents at Bryant Park. Fast forward six months latest and business and investors must be good because Christian was showing at The Promonade which is a venue two and a half to three times bigger(I’m guessing here) than The Salon.
I was front and center for this show and Christian chose to have a single model line on a very very wide gray-blue runway. I would estimated they removed four rows of seats for the extra wide runway. It looked like the ocean as you can see from his blues and wave inspired collection. It reminded me of Leanne Marshall’s “wave inspired” collection from Season Five of Project Runway. Anyways, Enjoy the photos. For those that want to be a runway fashion photographer, all images were shot with a Canon 5D Mark II, 300L 2.8 IS at ISO 400, 1/320, f 4 and Kelvin was adjusted manually to maybe 3200? The lighting was PERFECT. All I did to these photos was +6 contrast + 6 Saturation and 20% unsharp mask in Photoshop. I would say about 75% of the shows I am shooting at ISO 800-1000, but ISO 400 makes me happy =]]
The previous post was backstage photos where the models were getting their hair, make-up, and outfits situated. Here are the presentation photos from the Betsey Johnson Spring 2010 fashion show presentation at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. The models were up on a stage about three feet high. So, most of these images were pre-focused and held in the air with my monopod. Since the models would get bored with the 10-second timer, I pressed the shutter, counted a few seconds and stuck it up in the air. Kinda funky, but it worked out nicely. All images with a Canon 5D Mark II, 16-35mm, and a 580EX II flash. I used the in-camera timer, but next time I will have my ebay wireless shutter remotes ready. Enjoy!
