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New York is not a one-note fashion capital, New York Fashion Week designers agreed this week. To different extents throughout the years, it’s provided an entry point for emerging designers while uniquely fostering personality, diversity and cultural connectivity, all of which are hard to come by in Europe, they said.
But, due to various cultural and economic factors, NYC’s popular positioning in the fashion ecosystem is being threatened.
“There’s a lot of creativity that comes out of New York,” said Emily Smith, designer of the 28-year-old luxury womenswear brand Lafayette 148, which hosted a presentation in the Meatpacking District on Monday. “Because of the diversity, there are a lot of different opinions [playing into] it. For example, we do 52 different sizes — we dress all shapes and sizes. And that’s something you definitely don’t see so much in European brands.”
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