Esther Nash Spring 2010 Runway Show BK Fashion WeekEnd

Fashion Week in Manhattan is over, but our City is made up of Five Boroughs, and in Brooklyn, talented designers are still showing their Spring 2010 collections. Last night in Brooklyn's Fort Greene area, a fashionable crowd (including designer Malan Breton and Loris Diran) gathered to see some of what Brooklyn's fashion stars have to offer.

One of the designers who showed a collection on the runway last night was the beautiful and talented Esther Nash. She's the sort of woman who can do so many things well, but fashion is her passion. Esther is a graduate of the prestigious, Art and Fashion school of New York City. Her signature is a unique, hand-decorated line of primarily denim-centric, sophisticated, hip, and wearable clothes called Baby Doll Sugar Daddy. The inexhaustible Nash designs jewelry, accessories and clothing, while also working as a model and actress! Esther began owning and operating her own fashion retail stores when she was still just a teenager, her designs have been featured in her own, and in dozens of other runway shows around the Country. Her fashions have also been featured on the HBO series Sex and the City.

Esther's focus for last season's BK Fashion WeekEnd in April 2009 featured body-baring clothes and jeweled headbands. But for this season, Esther's focus was on a Boho-denim look, paring specially-knit, fringed ponchos in bright colors, with denim jeans and skirts. As you can see from the photos, these are clothes that are stylish, but you can wear them without feeling like a couture fashion victim. Ponchos and uniquely decorated jeans and jean skirts are a must-have in every wardrobe, but Esther Nash knows how to make these staples new and exciting, with applique and screened logo details, plus a bit of bling. Nash's Baby Doll Sugar Daddy clothing line flatters everyone from working women, to socialites and celebrities, or any woman who just likes to dress like a star and be noticed.

The ponchos add a colorful touch to everything-- just throw on on and you have an instant update in your wardrobe! Plus, ponchos have the added advantage of being warm as well as wonderfully chic. The ponchos in Esther Nash's Collection featured luxe touches such as long fringes, and touches of fur.

Check out the Esther Nash Web Site: http://www.esthernash.com/ as she is truly a rising star! If you don't live in NYC you can always shop for Esther's unique designs, online: Esther Nash Baby Doll Sugar Daddy Store: www.esthernash.com/shop.php

After her runway show, Esther Nash watched the other designer's shows, and shared a laugh with Shelly Nash, her model-worthy sister (can you believe it? Gorgeous Shelly is not just a publicist for her sister, Esther, she's a lawyer and a New York judge)@ Mother Dorothy Nash sits proudly between her talented daughters.

(from Left to Right): Shelly Nash, Esther Nash, Alison Blackman (me), John Dunham, Dorothy Nash)

Brooklynites like to show their love and make some noise! Young performers offering a variety of musical styles representing the borough’s diverse sounds, included this amazing, 13 year old boy whose rap "Don't Look At My Mom" nearly brought the house down!

This lovely young model strutted her stuff with attitude down the runway and for the photographers. Watch for her in a few years on the cover of Vogue...she's going to be a star!

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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