The closing party for the Tents at Bryant Park was sad, surprisingly
so... I am not a huge fan of the location change to Lincoln Center.
First of all, selling tickets to fashion shows? Ew. I understand the
need to add a consumer element to the shows but I feel like it's
unnecessary to turn front row at Rodarte to something you can buy on
Ticketmaster. Only about a third of the shows were held at the tents
this past season as they are all choosing to use other (read: more interesting)
venues that allow a better build-in and more freedom in production. I
just don't see Threeasfour running out of Milk Studios for Damrosch
Park at Lincoln Center.
But aside from all of that, the Tents have been a part of my NYC since
I've lived here. I moved here from Colorado with the vague idea that I
wanted to "work in fashion" even though I really had no idea what that
meant. When I was an intern at People's Revolution, the first show
that I worked on was Costello Tagliapietra in the Promenade. I
remember standing there feeling as though I had achieved something - I'm
not sure what - but that by participating in the whole insanity that is
fashion week and by standing in the Tents, I was finally "working in
fashion" and it made it all worth it.
So on that note, au revoir Bryant Park. It's been amazing.
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