More of New York Fashion Week

As New York Fashion week presses on, guests are seeing a major difference in the shows this year.

The economic crunch has trickled onto New York’s fashion runways. Guest list have been slashed. Marc Jacobs originally planned to have 2000 attendees, but his quest list slimmed down to a mere 500. Instead of expensive jewellery onlookers dress in costume jewellery to manage their personal budgets.

Like many fashion events lines of limos circle the block, but this year magazine editors and the like hailed cabs to the biggest event of the season.

For foreign press, some companies only sent one spokesperson or no one. Not to sacrifice the advantage of a second set of eyes to capture all the details of a Proenza Schouler dress or Armani diamond earrings, but budgets were cut and the effects are obvious.

While New York Fashion week is a big show, it has been scaled down in some regards.