Model Winnie Harlow – Photo credit: nydaillynews.com
New York Fashion Week 2015 is now over, and while it has left us with lots of highs (really high, like the emotional PDAs between Yeezy and Ralph Lauren, or the fabulous dresses at Diane Von Furstenberg), and a few lows (like J. Crew’s pantsuit onesies, need I say more), it has also left us with some career takeaways to take back to our fashionable cubicles and corner offices:
- Diversity is in! Not that it should ever be out, yet it is with much excitement many of us noted this year’s NYFW’s unofficial theme was the big D word! From model Winnie Harlow who suffers from vitiligo to Jamie Brewer, the first model with Down syndrome to walk the NYFW runways, not to forget transgender advocate Laverne Cox at the Go Red for Women event and disabled models at FTL Moda, this year’s NYFW was all about Diversity at work in the world of fashion, and we loved it!
- And so is groundbreaking Originality (literally): From fashion having its own (very fashionably gorgeous) funeral, to some pretty darn bold looks on the runway, NYFW taught us to be creative, even at work (of course, not all of us work in the fashion industry, but we can all get inspired);
- It’s about leaving a (working) legacy: While Oscar de la Renta’s first show after the fashion genius’ death had a bittersweet taste, it proved that working your way to the top and leaving a powerful legacy can allow for many new beginnings (oh, and we also loved the beautiful dresses, oh and those tweed jackets too);
- Did you say Woman Power? Power ladies was a big theme at NYFW this year, what with power women career suits, bold colors and daring cuts. Who runs
theworldNYFW? Girls, of course;
- It’s Time to Rethink the whole Bring Your Child to Work Day! Who could have missed the whole media buzz around Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s fashionable offspring North West, crying (and very publicly so) at NYFW? Apparently, you don’t cry at NYFW, even if you’re a 20-month old baby decked in a bulletproof vest (albeit designed by your designer dad) having to withstand lines of adults dressed in funny clothes moving in rank and file style! We may have to re-think the whole Bring Your Kid to Work thing after this, which actually, Anna Wintour may have already beaten us to the punch with a prospective juvenile ban (stay tuned for future developments)!
- Get comfortable being…uncomfortable! NYFW street style was very stylish…and oh so uncomfortable-looking! After all, who cares if snow is coming down and the sidewalks are walking hazards, as long as you can sport your cropped jeans and open-toed heels, all for the love of your fashionable job! Now that’s dedication…
- It’s about working hard, and…playing even harder! All of this fashionable work does have a payoff, after all. These designers and models work oh so very hard (you know, glamour and all), to get the hugely gratifying payoff of turning into their party animal selves after the shows are over! And frankly, that’s how we like to work too…
Any other take-aways from one of the biggest fashion events of the year?
The Corporate Sister.
