HAS NEW YORK FASHION WEEK FOUND A NEW HOME???

Is the speculation about New York Fashion Week leaving Bryant Park for the West Side Highway true?

Yes, according to some sources. New York Daily News reports:

“On Monday, Council of Fashion Designers of America President Diane von Furstenberg announced that Mayor Bloomberg will be honored at the group’s annual awards this year with the Board of Directors Special Tribute.
An insider says the recognition is in part for Hizzoner’s long-range pledge to von Furstenberg that whoever wins the bid to develop the rail yards will have to ensure that the complex can host Fashion Week.
“He was also instrumental in keeping Fashion Week at Bryant Park until 2010, when it looked like they were going to get kicked out sooner,” says the source. “Fashion is the No. 2 industry in New York, after finance.”
A spokeswoman for the city’s Economic Development Corporation told us: “Fashion Week could conceivably go [to the rail yards]. No decision has been made at this time as to how that space will be used.”

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