Some things in New York are comforting in their predictability: the coffee at La Colombe, the traffic jams at the Lincoln Tunnel and the VFiles show starting over 40 minutes late at New York Fashion Week.
Luckily, those who arrive on time can pass the time by people-watching — the show always yields some eccentric street style in the front row. Held this season in the Viacom building at 1515 Broadway, VFiles’ fall runway highlighted the collections of three up-and-coming lines: Daniëlle Cathari, Snow Xue Gao and Strateas.Carlucci, designed by Peter Strateas and Mario-Luca Carlucci. They were selected from thousands of submissions by the VFiles team and a group of mentors, who this season included makeup artist Pat McGrath, stylist Mel Ottenberg and designers Jerry Lorenzo and Tommy Hilfiger.
VFiles never fails to deliver on the live entertainment front, and the show eventually got underway with a pair of energetic dancers from Atlanta, Meechie and Toosi, and a soulful song by Chicago rapper Joey Purp. Rapper 21 Savage later closed the show with a laid-back performance of “No Heart.”
Snow Xue Gao, a New York-based designer who presented her spring collection at the 2016 Parsons MFA show, was up first on the runway. Aiming
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