Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Spring 2010 Schedule

Although I have been covering fashion week for years now, it is always an exciting moment when the tent is up, and you're walking in it for the first time. This year may be the last time the tents are raised in Bryant Park, but everyone from the press, to the poseurs, will be there starting September 10th.

Yes, that's me in the "can't-miss" green jacket. I am sitting backstage at the M-A-C- Cosmetics lounge during Fall 2009's shows, looking a lot less than glam. When I'm reporting on shows, though, I'm not there to be photographed...I am the photographer!

I have just gotten a notice of the preliminary schedule. For those of you who don't follow fashion, there will still be plenty of beauty and lifestyle oriented material on this blog for you to enjoy, plus the Advice Sisters Fall What Works Beauty, Cosmetics & Fashion review column. For those of you who can't get enough Fashion, here's the schedule as it currently stands:

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

9 AM -MICHAEL ANGEL Salon
10 AM -BCBGMAXAZRIA Tent
1 PM -DUCKIE BROWN Salon
3 PM -PORTS 1961 Tent
6-10 PM -FASHION’S NIGHT OUT
7 PM -CESAR GALINDO M2 Ultra Lounge, 530 W 28th Street

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

9 AM -CYNTHIA STEFFE Salon
11 AM -YIGAL AZROUËL Promenade
2 PM -CHARLOTTE RONSON Promenade
6 PM -NICOLE MILLER Salon
7 PM -THIS DAY/ARISE: AFRICAN FASHION COLLECTIVE Promenade
9 PM -VENEXIANA Salon

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

10 AM -LACOSTE Tent
11 AM -GEORGES CHAKRA Promenade
1 PM -ANDY & DEBB Salon
3 PM -ACADEMY of ART UNIVERSITY Tent
4 PM -CHRISTIAN SIRIANO Promenade
7 PM -CHADO RALPH RUCCI Tent
8 PM -VIVIENNE TAM Promenade

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

10 AM -LELA ROSE Salon
11 AM -DEREK LAM Promenade
1 PM -DKNY
2 PM -THUY Salon
3 PM -HERVÉ LÉGER BY MAX AZRIA Promenade
4 PM -DIANE VON FURSTENBERG Tent
5 PM -REBECCA TAYLOR Salon

7 PM -TULEH Promenade
8 PM -CUSTO BARCELONA Tent
9 PM -VASSILIOS KOSTETSOS Salon

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

10 AM -CAROLINA HERRERA Tent
11 AM -CARLOS MIELE Promenade
Noon -JILL STUART
1 PM -TRACY REESE Salon
2 PM -DONNA KARAN
4 PM -YEOHLEE
5 PM -TADASHI SHOJI Salon

6 PM -TONY COHEN Promenade
7 PM -GOTTEX Tent

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

10 AM -BADGLEY MISCHKA Tent
11 AM -BRIAN REYES Promenade
Noon -TONI MATICEVSKI Altman Building, 135 West 18th Street
1 PM -PAMELLA ROLAND Salon
2 PM -MAX AZRIA Tent
3 PM -DENNIS BASSO Promenade
6 PM -WILLOW Salon
7 PM -TIBI Promenade
8 PM -NARCISO RODRIGUEZ Tent
9 PM -TONI FRANCESC Salon

WEDNESDAY-SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

9 AM -TORY BURCH Salon
10 AM -MICHAEL KORS Tent
11 AM -NANETTE LEPOR- Promenade
2 PM -3.1 PHILLIP LIM Tent
3 PM
MILLY BY MICHELLE SMITH Promenade
5 PM -ALEXANDRE HERCHCOVITCH Salon
6 PM -ANNA SUI Tent
7 PM -DOO.RI Promenade

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

9 AM -RALPH LAUREN Skylight Studio, 275 Hudson Street
10 AM -RALPH LAUREN Skylight Studio, 275 Hudson Street
11 AM -RALPH LAUREN Skylight Studio, 275 Hudson Street
1 PM -ALLUDE Salon
2 PM -ISAAC MIZRAHI Tent
3 PM -TRIAS Promenade
4 PM -CALVIN KLEIN
5 PM -CALVIN KLEIN
6 PM -CHOCHENG Salon
7 PM -ARGENTINEAN DESIGNER COLLECTIONS Promenade
8 PM -TOMMY HILFIGER Tent