Fashion Week

Press Release NEW YORK, February 2021 -- Fern Mallis, the Fashion industry doyenne most recognized as the founder of New York Fashion Week, is embarking on the next chapter of her popular 92 nd Street Y conversation series Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis : the launch of an always-on digital platform, Fashion Icons: The Archive ( watch the playlist starting February 10, 2021 ) , to share the intimate and behind the scenes stories of many of the fashion industry’s pioneers and

Bob Morris writes, Feeling Socially Awkward? Even Extroverts Are a Little Rusty. Months of limited mingling has made even extremely outgoing people uncomfortable socializing, “like awkward eighth graders attending a school dance for the first time.” Fern Mallis comments “We’ve lost the ability to talk about a lot of things, because we aren’t doing a lot of things." Click For More

Fern Mallis, along with various guests, joins Layfayette 148's Creative Director Emily Smith to swap stories and talk all things holiday. Click For More

Fern Mallis joins editor Eric Wilson, designer Nicole Miller, event producer Christina Neault, and the team behind the documentary to talk about Ruth’s legacy and the future of NYFW. Click For More

Fern Mallis was honored to be asked by Hamish Bowles and Vogue to share her personal stories of the impact of New York Fashion Week on fashion and culture in the 1990s... tune in Click For More

Fern Mallis discusses all things fashion with Susan Sandler on Pop-Up Biz Podcast. Click For More

The world of fashion and design has come up against some significant challenges within the last few months. Fashion authority Fern Mallis, who - among many other things - created New York Fashion Week and who was the Executive Director for the Council of Fashion Designers of America from 1991 to 2001 and author of the popular series Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis, took some time to chat with about how fashion has responded to the current state of events from Covid-19 to the

For a week in September, the buzz around town is New York Fashion Week. From around the world, the who’s who of fashion descend on Manhattan to view the upcoming spring collections, forge business relationships, make deals, and socialize with influencers. Notable designers get top models to walk in their show and fill every seat in the house. Emerging designers spend a lot of money to be there and get noticed. But this year, of course, is different. The global pandemic has ch

September is here and New York Fashion Week is about to begin. But it will be nothing like we know it to have been in the past. We are still in the eye of the storm on so many levels. Still dealing with the pandemic, and the effects COVID19 is having on the world and effecting our travels and ability to get together. Couples are being forced to change their dates, their venues, and some have even decided to have more intimate soirees and invited guests via Zoom. This is unpre

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Fern Mallis talks to Nigel and Tom about her career, the good and the bad, and how she became a legend in the Fashion World! Watch the Interview

Fern Mallis, a fashion and design consultant and host of “Fashion Icons With Fern Mallis,” will be honored with the first INDFW Legendary Trailblazers of Fashion Award during the inaugural Indiana Fashion Week. Read The Article

Bethann Haridson sliced and diced much of her career in a lengthy Q&A with Fern Mallis Thursday night at 92Y. Speaking baldly, as she often does, Hardison not only entertained the crowd, but also gave them context about racial consciousness, political correctness and other debates the industry is facing. Read The Article

Nashville Fashion Week is thrilled to have our friend and mentor Fern Mallis back with us for the fifth year. Fern will join us on April 1 and 2 to moderate Nashville's first fashion focused Sustainable Summit, meet with our local designers and attend opening night of Nashville Fashion Week 2019 at OZ Arts Nashville. Read The Article

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews industry legend Fern Mallis, who created the modern New York Fashion Week and helmed the influential Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) for 10 years. Read The Article

Looking to give the glitzy bedazzler his due after more than 50 years in the fashion industry, Fern Mallis said she has been trying to get him to commit to the stage for a year. About a year ago, the Fashion Icons interviewer started the process. “Booking people for this is not exactly easy,” she said, adding that news reports of the Cher-inspired Broadway show only made her more impassioned to seek him out. Read The Article

Fern Mallis moderates a lively discussion about the evolution of accessories over the years and how a statement piece can tell a story and develop a character or brand. The leading costume designers from award-winning shows, films, and theater works share how they approach and shape the way stories are told today with jewelry. Read The Article

There is always a first time for everything and who better to remember the first time that New York Fashion Week was centralized than Stan Herman and Fern Mallis. Read The Article

The article, entitled "UB's fashion icon: Mallis put American designers 'on the map'", profiles Fern's journey from University of Buffalo to co-founding New York's Fashion Week and becoming an icon of the fashion industry. Read The Article