Fashion Week may still be weeks away—the rag trade's biannual event starts September 5 and runs through to September 12—but save-the-dates are already coming in, as is news of who's doing what for the week.
Among the emails in our inbox was the release that a fairly new management tool will be utilized at several shows this season—the implementation of which will hopefully make for a much more efficient check-in process (that and Diane von Furstenberg's plea to designers to start their shows on time). Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Vera Wang, and Zac Posen are just a few of the designers to use Events GPS, a technology that uses bar codes, scanners, and color-coded virtual seating charts.
Perhaps the biggest to do of the season will be Calvin Klein Inc.'s 40th anniversary party, for which the company has hired architect John Pawson to design a three-story temporary structure in a parking lot in west Chelsea. According to DNR, guests will be able to walk onto an unfinished section of the High Line from the roof of this building. Calvin Klein is donating an unspecified sum to the Friends of the High Line.
Also on the schedule is the return of American Express's cardmember packages and skybox—a lounge from which guests can view shows. Proceeds from the event packages sold will go towards the $500,000 donation that the company will give to the Council of Fashion Designers of America Vogue Fashion Fund. So far, AmEx has already sold out some of the packages it's offering, including Erin Fetherston/Academy of Art University, Carolina Herrera/Peter Som, and Diesel Black Gold/Luca Luca.
Back again is Fashion Rocks, the fashion and music event from Condé Nast Media Group to be held on Friday, September 5. The already announced lineup of performances includes Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, and the Black Eyed Peas as well as host Denis Leary.
And it may not be linked to any official show or designer, but Interview magazine's relaunch on September 4 is bound to attract the fashion types—the revamped mag is celebrating its September issue, featuring cover girl Kate Moss, with a late-night party at the soon-to-open Standard New York from hotelier André Balazs. The Daily has more details.
