Chapter 44: New York Fashion Week
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In fact, the most eye-catching thing in New York right now is not the upcoming Democratic presidential candidate Sheila? Clint is another event that has attracted global attention: New York Fashion Week.
As one of the four major fashion weeks in the world, New York Fashion Week (new_york_fashion_week) is held twice a year for about a week each time. The autumn and winter fashion week of the year is held in February, and the spring and summer fashion week of the following year is held in September. Therefore, Spring/Summer 2017 Fashion Week is now taking place, starting from September 4 to September 11, 2016.
This is followed by fashion weeks in the fashion capitals of London, Milan and Paris, which last until the end of September, and the whole month of September is a carnival for fashionistas from all over the world and the focus of global attention.
At this time of year, walking the bustling streets of New York, you can see tall and beautiful men and women, or fashionistas dressed in avant-garde clothes. Similarly, the fashion week is also a time of celebrity haunting, with fashion pioneers and celebrities from all over the world appearing on the runways of major brands, and I don't know how many more films will be murdered.
However, a mega event like New York Fashion Week has just undergone a drastic change. Since 1993, New York Fashion Week has been held in Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan, with catwalks housed in giant white tents that are only accessible to invited buyers, industry insiders, media and celebrities.
It wasn't until 2011 that the organizers of New York Fashion Week, the famous agency WME?IMG (the parent company of Alessandra and Nastia's agency IMG?models), decided to move the venue from Bryan Park to Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side. As the world's largest art venue, Lincoln Center can accommodate nearly 20,000 spectators, but it was also from this year that New York Fashion Week declined. Due to the impact of social media, fashion brands have been pushed online by the tide of technology, many people in the fashion industry feel that it is a waste to hold a big show, and many big brands are dissatisfied with the too dense schedule of fashion week and withdraw from fashion week.
In December 2014, the New York Supreme Court ruled that Fashion Week was kicked out of Lincoln Center due to the construction of tents and equipment that damaged the environment of Lincoln Center, and the venue needed to be refounded. The most serious thing is that a number of sponsors, including Mercedes-Benz, American Express, and Maybelline of New York, have withdrawn one after another, finally giving New York Fashion Week a fatal blow.
If the above are all internal worries, external troubles are equally serious. In New York, an avant-garde fashion week – made_fashion_week not as well-known as New York Fashion Week, but with a strong influence that cannot be ignored. Founded in 2009 with 32 catwalks and designer launches to give budding designers a better chance to showcase, Made's hottest brands such as Proenza?Schouler, Alexander Wang and Altuzarra have all presented at this fashion week.
Although the founders of MADE believe that they are different from New York Fashion Week and have no conflict, the fact is that the two fashion weeks held at about the same time have more or less robbed each other of designer and sponsor resources, such as the withdrawal of several major sponsors of New York Fashion Week is also the sponsor of MADE Fashion Week.
In such a difficult situation, WME?IMG finally took the most straightforward way, and it was better to make it bigger, and directly acquired MADE Fashion Week, merging the two parties into one. Lombardo (jenne_lombardo), Madako? Lassi (mazdack_rassi) and Keith? The three Barboxista (keith_baptista) also continued to participate in the new New York Fashion Week as consultants.
There is only one reason why it is known so clearly, Corona has officially become one of the sponsors of the new New York Fashion Week,
The Solar-Corona name and the Sojitz logo will be featured in every corner of New York Fashion Week. This sponsorship was proposed by Li Jie and facilitated by Izikir.
As the Corona company needed to gradually spread the word and the new New York Fashion Week was in dire need of a resurgence of momentum, the two sides hit it off and reached an agreement within a week, just in time for the week to kick off.
According to Li Jie's original idea, he actually wanted to replace the original Mercedes-Benz as the title sponsor, but due to financial problems, it has not been fully implemented for the time being. Presumably, after the loan from Citibank is in place, New York Fashion Week is likely to change its name to Solar? Corona Fashion Week (Solar-corona_fashion_week).
At this time, the Skylight studio on Manhattan's West Side was bustling with people, and it was one of the newest show venues of New York Fashion Week. After the merger, the new New York Fashion Week was divided into three show locations, as well as Skylight?Clarkson Plaza at 550 Washington Street in the heart of the Tribeca area, both of which were relatively close to the original MADE Fashion Week show locations, which clearly favored the integration of the two fashion weeks.
Escorted by two black Cadillac Escalades in front and behind, Li Jie's sedan slowly slowed down. The Cadillac One, which is more than 7 meters long, and the seven or eight bodyguards who were waiting for it immediately attracted the attention of the nearby onlookers and the media, so much so that when Li Jie stepped out of the car, the flashing magnesium lights were almost connected, so bright that people couldn't open their eyes.
Of course, Li Jie himself was not affected in the slightest, but he still pretended to squint his eyes and waited a little for a moment before walking forward along the red carpet. Judging by the reactions of the surrounding media and onlookers, it is clear that most people have already recognized his identity.
In fact, since he first entered the mainstream media's attention, Li Kit's attention in the United States has been rising. As a young tech rookie, a billionaire who got rich overnight, and a Chinese background, Li Jie is simply the best representative of the American dream. Of course, his handsome appearance and tall and straight figure also make him particularly eye-catching, and his successive series of actions have always caught the attention of the media, from spending hundreds of millions of dollars to buy the first mansion in New York, to having a relationship with Wonder Woman Gail? Gadot's scandal and the recent gay courtship incident that came with the global sales of "Willida", a series of intentional and unintentional actions are simply dizzying, and they are so exciting that they make his popularity catch up with the hottest entertainment stars at the moment.
However, at the same time, in the eyes of ordinary people, Li Jie has always seemed alternative and mysterious, although his behavior is high-profile, but he never appears in talk shows positively, making the media and the public have always been hungry for his information.
It was this kind of factor that caused the media reporters at the scene to frantically pursue his appearance, and most of the onlookers did not recognize him at the first time.
Li Jie's look today has also been carefully matched, wearing a set of Oxxford handmade black evening dress with wide lapels, with a classic white shirt, and the same classic black bow tie, plus pocket scarves, although there are not too many complicated patterns, but full of chic and elegant temperament.
This $30,000 gown is indeed a great value for money, with every detail carefully designed and the perfect connection created by more than 3,000 stitches, which sets off Li Jie's tall and straight figure to the fullest, and looks particularly charming under the light of the magnesium lamp.
On such an occasion of hormonal explosion, although there are still a considerable number of onlookers in a state of hesitation, everyone in the audience still screams crazy and desperately pursued, which is enough to prove his extraordinary charm at this moment, I am afraid that those who do not recognize it also regard Li Jie as a supermodel or star.
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