#NYFW

I'm not that huge on fashion, but I also don't live under a rock.  I know its Fall Fashion Week.  Although I'm not that interested in attending any shows, I wouldn't say no if say, J. Crew or Kate Spade invited me to come along to one of their presentations.

However, in honor of my complete love for documentaries and for Fashion Week, I watched The Tents on Netflix.  Essentially, this film documents the last season of fashion shows in the tents at Bryant Park, before they made the move to Lincoln Center.

I really liked this film.  It was interesting to hear the individuals who had been involved with fashion for so long discussing the way Fashion Week had revolutionized fashion in America.  I never really thought about it, but I never realized that there was a time before Fashion Week really existed, and a time before people took NYC and America in general seriously in regards to their fashion.

Now, these things are so well known and such big deals that it feels like its something that always happened.  It was intriguing to see how it all started and to see how it all came together.

While I may not necessarily agree with the fashion industry and the importance they put on clothing and fashion, I understand their world, even more so after watching this film.  I love the way they explain high fashion and how it precipitates down to commercial fashion, and the way designers really put a lot of thought and consideration into not only their collections, but into their presentations of these collections as well.

"New York is a fluid city," the film said.  And its completely true.  In only twenty years, it has changed from, essentially, a joke in terms of fashion, into a powerhouse and an authority around the world.