NYFW Moves to Midtown and SoHo

IMG has confirmed that New York Fashion Week will move to two spaces in September: Skylight at Moynihan Station at 360 West 33rd Street and Skylight Clarkson Sq at 550 Washington Street. The shows had been held at Lincoln Center for the past five years. 

New York Fashion Week will take place Sept. 10 to 17 and feature the spring 2016 collections.

IMG’s chose not to renew their contract with Lincoln Center due to a lawsuit filed by community activists over whether the MBFW tents in Damrosch Park were a violation of the public-trust doctrine. Although IMG had already agreed not to renew, a settlement in December, the City of New York, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and Lincoln Center agreed not to renew their contract with IMG.

Over the last few years, many designers had moved to other spaces around the city because of the lack luster of the commercial atmosphere at Lincoln Center. Some designers were never there to begin with, such as Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan and Marc Jacobs. The result has been a fashion schedule that has been spread out from Manhattan to Brooklyn. 

 
Ultimately, the New York shows are expected to move to the Culture Shed, which is part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project. The Culture Shed is projected to be complete in 2018.