Grim economy casts pall on Fashion Week

Posted on September 9, 2008 
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A bleak US economy has cast a pall over Fashion Week, with even the most dedicated fashionistas distracted by bread-and-butter concerns like paying the mortgage and filling the gas tank.

More than 80 designers will take part in the semi-annual celebration of designer confection at this week’s show of Spring-Summer 2009 Fashions, from edgy Betsey Johnson to classy Carolina Herrera.

But the fashion world is not expecting heavy sales orders from the designer extravaganza, which starts on Friday.

“Most Americans are too busy choosing between food and fuel to worry about foulards versus fan pleats,” wrote one commentator in the New York alternative daily, The Village Voice. More…

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