IMG Fashion news and archive

New York Fashion Week booted out of Lincoln Center

Fashion Week will be booted out of Lincoln Center for causing disruption to an adjacent park, under a legal settlement between the city and local activists. The ruling was reached after the fashion extravaganza, run by IMG Worldwide, was accused of misusing Damrosch Park, where trees and perennial plantings were removed. Under the decision,...

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New York Fashion Week to become more exclusive

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, run by IMG Fashion, is to make changes for the upcoming Autumn/Winter 2014 season in a bid to remove the “zoo” like clutter to the bi-annual event. Catherine Bennett, senior vice president and managing director at IMG Fashion Events and Properties, who oversees NYFW told the Wall Street Journal that...

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IMG acquires World MasterCard Fashion Week

The Fashion Design Council of Canada has announced that World MasterCard Fashion Week has been acquired by IMG Canada and will be operated in collaboration with IMG Fashion, global leader in fashion event production and management. Established in 1999, the World MasterCard Fashion Week in Toronto was created to stimulate demand for Canadian...

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Calling for emerging talent

Set up by Colin McDowell, in a week time the entries for emerging talent platform Fashion Fringe 2011 will close. Budding designers can submit their work until 4th May. Three selected candidates will be given studio space throughout the summer, to work on their first Fashion Fringe collection at London Fashion Week in September. The jury,...