3 Most Important Lessons From New York Fashion Week
The frenzy of Fashion Week is over; now it’s time to test your knowledge and figure out just what to take away from the endless parade of innovative looks and trend overload. However, weeding out the unimportant can be daunting in the face of 168 hours of fashion. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn of post-Fashion Week bouts of forgetfulness or confusion after viewing multiple shows per day and attempting to cut to its most essential lessons. Added on to the usual delirium of the week is the fact that Fashion Week came early this year, slapping New York City awake directly after a quiet summer and its concluding Labor Day Weekend.
For those who are lost in a sea of ruffled dresses, pastel prints, and celebrity selfies from the front rows, here is the definitive list of lessons to take away from New York Fashion Week. Some lessons seem so simple that they should have been innate all along (Anna Wintour’s vice grip on not just the fashion industry, but the world at large), and some were entirely unexpected (crop tops are now anticipated to be a year-long trend? Who could have predicted that?). So take out your legal pad and pen or pull up your Notes app on the iPhone, because here are seven pearls of wisdom to take away from Fashion Week.
1. IT’S TIME TO WHIP YOUR SKIN INTO SHAPE, BECAUSE MAKEUP IS OUT
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From J. Mendel to Marc Jacobs, a number of designers decided to forsake statement makeup in favor of a barefaced, #IWokeUpLikeThis look. While it’s not time to jettison your entire cosmetics collection just yet, the Fashion Week trend may be the perfect excuse to tend to that part of the routine you’ve been neglecting: skin care. Find an exfoliant you love, moisturize obsessively, and spritz your way to luminous skin, because come Spring 2015, you may not see nearly as much makeup out and about.
2. WE HAVEN’T SEEN THE LAST OF MILEY (OR HER, ER, ASSETS)
It seems like just yesterday that Miley Cyrus was causing worldwide hysteria as she twerked with Robin Thicke at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, but in fact it has been a year. No matter, because Cyrus is just as present as she was in August of 2013. From baring nearly all of her bust at Alexander Wang’s after-party to appearing in the finale of Jeremy Scott’s show, Cyrus can’t stop and won’t stop infiltrating the fashion industry with her wild, wild ways.
3. ANNA WINTOUR IS MORE INFLUENTIAL THAN ANYONE IMAGINED
The editor created a worldwide media sensation with her flip phone, convinced an innocent showgoer to cut her hair with a few well-placed comments, finagled $200,000 out of Condé Nast per annum for her wardrobe allowance, and still can’t be bothered to do things the average layperson would leap at (take a selfie, chat with top models, etc). This Fashion Week proved that Anna Wintour has power the rest of the fashion world wouldn’t dream of.
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