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NYFWSS17: Rebecca Minkoff features Bloggers as Models and takes #RunwaytoRetail to the Streets of New York City for Fashion Week
NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 10: Rebecca Minkoff on the runway at the Rebecca Minkoff fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows September 2016 at Magnum New York on September 10, 2016 in New York City.
In February, Rebecca Minkoff staged her first-ever “see now, buy now” show. It turned out to be such a success — the designer says the company saw a 211-percent increase in year-over-year sales within that month.
For her second consumer-facing show for New York Fashion week this season, Minkoff took it one step further and brought the runway directly to the people, staging her fall 2016 show outside of her New York flagship on 96 Greene Street along the cobblestone stretch.
“It’s important that as we strengthen our connection with our consumer that we really wanted to let her in on the experience and really epitomize the idea of runway to retail,” Minkoff told The Hollywood Report of setting up shop in the streets.
Indeed, the show reached beyond invited industry insiders and select consumers, allowing passersby (armed with iPhones) to check out the chaotic scene.
Minkoff enlisted top fashion bloggers including Something Navy’s Arielle Charnas, The Chriselle Factor’s Chriselle Lim, Amlul’s Gala Gonzalez, Peace Love Shea’s Shea Marie, and Caroline Vreeland to join the models on the runway, further connecting with her everyday customers via these influencers’ massive social followings.
The designer’s “gypset” lifestyle-inspired fall collection, offered easy-breezy boho dresses in floral prints with lace-up details, as well as tapping into her signature rock-star vibe with a sequined bomber and moto leather jackets, all available for purchase online. The designer’s Soho boutique also opened post-show for guests to shop the looks and meet Minkoff herself.
The finale walk closed with models, as well as Minkoff, wearing leather moto jackets that featured positive, hashtag-ready messages painted on the back by Ann Lewis, known as street artist gilf! The artwork-as-outerwear will be up for auction with proceeds going to NOT ON OUR WATCH, an international relief and humanitarian aid organization based in the U.S.
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NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 10: Fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff (R) and model on the runway at the Rebecca Minkoff fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows September 2016 at Magnum New York on September 10, 2016 in New York City.
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Source & Photo Credit: Hollywood Reporter, Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images
