New York City's Economic Development Corporation has just launched NYCFashionInfo.com, a comprehensive business-to-business resource for the fashion community, and aims to be a means to promote information and commerce in the industry. The site offers a complete calendar of the city's market weeks and fashion weeks, updates on the latest fashion news (by subscription), support for design and production -- including connections to sourcing databases, factories, and manufacturers, as well as a searchable database of more than 5,000 New York showrooms.
“She's embracing new designers, different designers, she's not conforming to a certain mold of what a first lady should be. I think she's truly a modern woman in every sense.”
— Peter Som, on First Lady Michelle Obama's style choices. From WWD.com
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