Posting from an Apple store by Milk Studios. Advice to those who want to visit NY for fashion week: don't live in Queens.

53 mins to Milk Studios
47 mins to the Altman Building

Death....

Cheers!

Van

Hey kitties,

After the Erin Wasson x RVCA show, I was trying to take the subway back, but all of the entrances had a metal gate blocking them. A tall, skinny girl was pacing in front of them muttering things and I recognized her wooden booties from the show. After a frustrated laugh about the subway, I asked her if she had just walked, to which she nodded. After a "Congratulations!" I started off for the stairs when she started talking about how she was minutely successful getting the fake tanner off and how backstage was a full-out party (no…

Hello emerald city inhabitants,

It has arrived -- Mercedes Benz Fashion Week has officially started in New York City. But instead of a busy night of shows, the gods at Vogue decided to declare tonight as "Fashion's Night Out".

The main idea was to keep all stores, all over the globe, open late for shoppers to start pushing through the recession. "Shop for good!" was the campaign's slogan annoyingly recited by all participants. I do love fashion, but let's face it -- getting a new pair of jeans isn't going to cure cancer or save polar bears.

Polar bears or…

Hello Crunchies,

And the madness ensues. Technically fashion week is supposed to start Friday, but some presentations are starting today. Before I embark on batting my eyelashes and unbuttoning my shirt in attempt to get into the shows, I should probably clarify what fashion week is.

For each season of the year, there is fashion week -- one for Spring/Summer, one for Fall/Winter and one for Couture Although the term "fashion week" can be misleading, there are actually multiple weeks per "fashion week" that happen one after the other -- the main ones being New York, London, Paris, and Milan.…

Good afternoon, Seattle!

I'm reporting to you from the offices of a troubled magazine (bad ad sales... ain't in a bitch?) to kick off the fashion blogging at R.C.A. I'll be reporting to you about what New York Fashion Week for the Spring Summer 2010 season is like from the perspective of someone experiencing it for the first time.

Why would you want to hear about Fashion Week someone whose never been? Well I know you've all bummed out in front of the TV watching marathons of America's Next Top Model on VH1 or at least have seen The Devil…