Today at Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week

Saturday, February 13, 2010

LACOSTE: The Tent (10:00 AM)

GEORGES CHAKRA: The Promenade (11:00 AM)

Celebrities Expected: Joumana Kidd, Alex McCord, Simon Van Kempen, Marie „Free‰ Wright and Rochelle Aytes

ANDY & DEBB: The Salon (1:00 PM)

ADAM: The Promenade (2:00 PM)

ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY: The Tent (3:00 PM)

• Since 2005, the School of Fashion at Academy of Art University in San Francisco has premiered the collections of recent graduates during Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week. This season, six women‚s wear collections from the Fashion, Textile and Knitwear Design programs will be presented.

PRABAL GURUNG: The Salon (4:00 PM)

TWINKLE BY WENLAN: The Promenade (6:00 PM)

IRINA SHABAYEVA: 508 West 37^th Street (7:00 PM)

• The season six winner of Project Runway was inspired by the evolution of flight with the Fall collection paying homage to The Da Vinci Glider, Amelia Earhart and wings from our most natural fliers, exotic birds from around the world.
• Shabayeva‚s Fall collection is a delicate balance between the ethereal and the industrial while debuting five pieces using Tupperware® materials, in addition to many accessories on the runway.

Celebrities Expected: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia and Kelly Ripa

ARISE MAGAZINE AFRICAN COLLECTIVE PART III: The Tent (8:00 PM)

• Leading global African-themed style and cultural magazine ARISE selected top African designers Black Coffee, Loin Cloth and Ashes along with Deola Sagoe to showcase Fall/Winter 2010 designs during the publication‚s AFRICAN COLLECTIVE PART III Mercedes Benz Fashion Week runway presentation.