Fall-time in New York is not only carved out for seeing your friends again and hitting all your favorite city spots – it also means saying goodbye to your summer Hamptons look, and saying hello to New York Fashion Week look. NYFW crept up on us so fast this year, it’s difficult to keep up with the latest scoop. But rest assured, we have you covered with the tl;dr as always.

The General Scoop

For those of you who are new to the event – welcome. New York Fashion Week is held annually in February and September, displaying all the weird and wonderful new collections to the press, and general public. Up this September are the Spring/Summer 2020 collections. With NYFW being one of the four major fashion weeks around the world, you’re in the right place to see the real deal.

Location

The location has been a quite a controversial subject this year. Although the website lists the location as Spring Studios in Tribeca, the original NYFW location was set to be at the $475 million venue, The Shed in Hudson Yards. Most fashion brands, however, have now chosen not to host their shows in The Shed after it became public knowledge that Stephen Ross, billionaire real estate developer hosted a fundraiser at the venue in support of Donald Trump. As part of the fundraiser, guests could pay $100,000 to have their pictures taken with the President. Unsurprisingly, Michael Kors, Vera Wang, Rag & Bone, among others, have all pulled out from displaying their collections at The Shed, and many have also issued public statements against both Stephen Ross and The Shed.

Condensed Time Frame

NYFW is shaving off a few days off its schedule. Starting with this September Fashion Week, the runways and presentations will last five days and five nights, instead of the usual seven days and eight nights format. Teflar’s debut will open the runway on Friday September 6th, and the Marc Jacobs show will close on the night of Wednesday, September 11th. Whether this has something to do with Tom Ford’s new post as CFDA chairman, or the fact that the length of NYFW has been a source of critique for years now, we can definitely still work with five days.

Triple-Feature Monday Show

Not unrelated to the time constraints of the new format, Vaquera, CDLM/Creatures of The Wind, and Section 8 have announced a collaborative show on Monday, September 9 at 9pm. The labels will give their presentations in order, with different music accompanying each collection. Vogue’s Alex Harrington is to be styling CDLM/Creatures of The Wind, and Emma Wyman will be styling Vaquera.

VIP Access with Galavante

We are your access to fashion shows where you could be sitting ringside, watching Gigi and Kendall strut their stuff on the runway. We’re talking front row seats, after-parties, as well as the Rihanna Diamond Ball (September 12th, hosted by Seth Meyers, with Pharrell and DJ Khaled performing), and the Harpers Bazaar Annual Fashion Week Black Tie Bash at the Plaza Hotel. These are some of the fashion shows we have access to – but really, we can get you in anywhere.

Concept Korea – September 6th, 2PM
Vivienne Hu – September 6th, 6PM
Jeremy Scott – September 6th, 8PM

Taoray Wang – September 7th, 10AM
Self Portrait – September 7th, 10AM
Kate Spade – September 7th, 11AM
Rebecca Minkoff – September 7th, 1PM
Helmut Lang – September 7th, 2PM
Christian Siriano – September 7th, 4PM (Front row & after party also available)
Brandon Maxwell – September 7th, 7PM
Chromat x Reebok Collaboration Show – September 7th, 9PM

Tory Burch – September 8th, 10AM
Tanya Taylor – September 8th, 11AM
Mansur Gavriel – September 8th, 1PM
Tibi – September 8th, 2PM
Collina Strada– September 8th, 5PM
Nicole Miller – September 8th, 5PM
Jason Wu – September 8th, 6PM
Prabal Gurung – September 8th, 7PM

Carolina Herrera – September 9th, 10AM
Jonathan Simkhai – September 9th, 11AM
Zimmerman – September 9th, 12PM
Alice & Olivia – September 9th, 1PM
Veronica Beard – September 9th, 4PM
Anna Sui – September 9th, 7PM
Tom Ford – September 9th, 8PM

Noon by Noor – September 10th, 9AM
Theory – September 10th, 9AM
Claudia Li – September 10th, 1PM
Naeem Khan – September 10th, 6PM
Oscar De La Renta – September 10th, 7PM
Proenza Schouler – September 10th, 8PM

Michael Kors – September 11th, 10AM
Dennis Basso – September 11th, 11AM
Badgley Mischka– September 11th, 3PM
Dion Lee – September 11th, 4PM
Marc Jacobs – September 11th, 10AM