Every season NYFW just gets bigger and better! This year we made some record breaking and rule breaking milestones!
Last season was the FIRST time ever NYFW featured plus size models! But this year, NYFW had almost quadrupled the amount of plus models and designers who were featured during the week. Designers including Christian Siriano, Mac Duggal, Michael Kors, Chromat, Tome, Prabal Gurung, Oak, Tracy Reese, J.Crew, Who What Wear, Gypsy Sport, Woke Fashions, ARTTwear, Couture Oforiwa and MeMe Rollins were present.
Spotlight super models include, Ashley Graham, Iskra Lawrence, Candice Huffine, Marquita Pring, Georgia Pratt, Precious Lee, Jocelyn Corona, Saffi Karina, Sabina Karlsson, Alessandra Garcia-Lorido, Michelle Olson, Victoria Gomez, Denise Bidot, Priscilla Huggins Ortiz, Katy Syme, Stella Duval, Melissa Koole, Bree Kish and Minahil Mahmood.
Ashley Graham - Michael Kors
Iskra Lawrence- Christian Siriano
Sabina Karlsson - Chromat
Candice Huffine - Tome
Marquita Pring - Prabal Gurung
Stella Duval - Oak
Melissa Koole - Tracy Reese
Sabina Karlsson - J.Crew
Bree Kish - Who What Wear
Minahil Mahmood - Gypsy Sport
Some up and coming models who were also walked during NYFW are, Genesis Fernandez, Candice Christian, Annie Vokotich, Vivian Robertson, Susan Curry, Claudia Floraunce, Cayla Sprague, I'Jae, and many more!
Annie Vokotich - Mac Duggal
Genesis Fernandez - Mac Duggal
Candice Christian - Pure Romance sponsored by Tonya Hardy
Susan Curry - ARTTwear
Claudia Floraunce - ARTTwear
Vivian Robertson
Cayla Sprague
We also celebrated the amount of transgender models that were included during NYFW. Designers who featured transgender models were Guess, Marc Jacobs, Philip Plein, and Stevie Boi. Models included Casil Macarthur, Avie Acosta, Stav Strashko, Dominique Jackson, Claudia Charriez, Vincent Beier, and Rain.
Stav Strashko
Casil Mcarther
Vincent Beier
Avie Acosta
NYFW had a lot of political jabs too! The official fashion council partnered with planned parenthood. Many of the models rocked buttons on their garments that said "Fashion Stands with Planned Parenthood". Shows where models wore the pins included Tome and Marchesa. Prabal Gurung's designs included graphic tees that said "the future is female" and a silk dress with a Susan B Anthony quote. One of my personal favorites was Public School's models wearing "Make America New York" red trucker hats.
Remember this guy?
He got a modeling contract and had the awesome opportunity to walk in NYFW this season! Look out for him because he went from the streets to fashion week! It's always rewarding to see people who have turned their life from a negative to a positive!
Jeremy Meeks
We also got to celebrate the first designer to hit the runway with down syndrome!
Trends were constant throughout many shows! We saw a lot of velvet, oversized everything, fringe, 3D floral, feathers, jewel tones and metallics! All the makeup was very dark or very minimal (no in between), and a lot of hair was sleek and slicked!
Stay trendy this coming fall and winter everyone!
