As lovers of fashion here at SoP we can’t wait to see what designers send down the runway each season. NYFW’s Fall/Winter shows just wrapped last week and let’s just say… it lived up to the hype!! Last season was the first to return to all in-person shows, but this season proved that the  fashion industry is back in full force and ready for everything life has to offer this upcoming season. Many designers like Sergio Hudson and Tanya Taylor emphasized everyday wearability, while other designers like Christopher John Rogers and LoveShackFancy followed a more whimsical and upscale theme.

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With the start of NYFW on everyone’s timeline, the SoP team thought now would be a great time to share the fall trends that we’re loving for the season- and that we’re certain you’ll be seeing for months. We’re all lovers of all things fashion around here, so we find it sooo fun to keep up with whats trending. We’d love to know if you’re loving (or hating) any of these trends and which ones you’ll actually try.

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While in NYC for fashion week, I met with the managing editor of NY Amsterdam News, Kristin Fayne-Mulroy, at a cute little coffee shop in Harlem.

We had chatted a few times through email before about me writing the travel column for the newspaper, but this was my first time meeting her in person. Writing is personal, and I feel like columns are successful when readers feel like they know, and like, the writer.

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The New York Fashion Week event I had been looking forward to the most was my evening with Diane von Fürstenburg!

DVF is a former princess, turned designer, turned fashion icon! Shortly after marrying then husband, Prince Egon of Fürstenberg, Diane began designing women’s clothing.  In 1974, she introduced her knitted jersey wrap dress and was instantly catapulted into fashion history. That design, which is still being produced today, was eventually inducted into the collection of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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What do you wear when you’re about to meet royalty?

If they’re a designer you should probably wear something they created.

Unfortunately, all of the DVF pieces I own are more functional than they are fabulous (at least not fabulous enough to meet her in)…I don’t own any vintage DVF pieces. So instead, I decided to do something a little different and wear what I thought she would have worn back in the 70s during her Studio 54 days with Andy Warhol!

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Ok, sure it wasn’t technically day one since New York Fashion Week had begun the week before, but Monday September 12th was when I arrived so for all intents and purposes it was Day One.

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I’m proud to say that I have a couple NYFWs under my belt. I may not be a Bryant Park veteran, but being that I’ve experienced the event at both Lincoln Center and at IMG’s Skylight venues, I am able to compare it to the past as if I’m one of those fashion insiders who’s presence alone renders more of a statement than most things on the runway.

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The day started bright early with John Paul Ataker’s 10am show at the Skylight at Moynihan Station’s Dock space. John Paul Ataker is an Istanbul-born house that was first established as a custom tailor shop. Three decades later and the label has emerged as Hollywood’s go-to for luxury craftsmanship, unique fabrics, and “ready-to-wear” couture.

When we arrived to the show, we were escorted to our seats through the backstage area.

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Day two of NYFW was by far my busiest day.

For that reason, this was both the best …& worst outfit I could have chosen to wear. All day, we were in and out of various venues, crossing paths with some of the most powerful people in fashion, not to mention dozens of sidewalk paparazzi. I’m happy to know that most people’s first impression of me, as well as the hundreds of street-style photographs now floating around the internet, happened in that fully beaded vintage jacket.

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