The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection 2008

Friday, February 1 is National Wear Red Day! By wearing red today, you help support women’s heart health and heart disease research. National Wear Red Day kicks of American Heart Month.

This February, The Heart Truth celebrates its sixth year at New York’s Fashion Week, commemorating the groundbreaking partnership with America’s fashion industry to bring the Red Dress to life in the national effort to raise awareness about women and heart disease. On National Wear Red Day—February 1, 2008—The Heart Truth will roll out the red carpet for more than 20 of today’s celebrated women donning one-of-a-kind Red Dresses by America’s top designers for women’s heart health.

Red Dress Collection 2008Laura Bush, serving as The Heart Truth Ambassador, opened the show. “Nothing draws attention like a little red dress,” she said.

Furthermore, she notes that “Like many women, I assumed heart disease was a man’s disease and cancer was what we would fear the most. Yet heart disease kills more women in our country than all forms of cancer combined. When it comes to heart disease, education, prevention, and even a little red dress can save lives.”

Many different celebrities participated in the 6th annual event at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City, such as Allison Janney, Liza Minnelli, Joss Stone, Molly Sims, and many more.

Red Dress Collection 2008Heidi Klum was adorable as she sashayed down the runway in a Marc Jacobs dress. Lisa Rinna looked awesome in a fringed Michael Kors number. Sara Ramirez was beautiful in her red dress.

The fashion show featured more than 20 celebrity women paired with the most prestigious fashion houses to debut The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection 2008.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Participating designers include:

Heavy Celebrity Presence at New York Fashion Week

New York Fashion Week kicks off today, and according the the Post, lots of celebrities have flown into town to attend the shows — mostly thanks to the ongoing writers’ strike:

Not many stars came to last year’s fashion shows, leaving the front row to D-listers. But this year, the A-list has flown in for seats in the Bryant Park tents and the chance to be swarmed by paparazzi.

“The Golden Globes were canceled, along with other awards shows - and possibly the Oscars - and the stars are going through red-carpet withdrawal,” one fashionista laughed. “They’ve got movies and TV shows to promote, and they need to get their faces into the magazines.”

Lisette Sand-Freeman, of Shadow P.R., put it more kindly: “With the strike, celebrities’ schedules are more open.” Kate Bosworth, Jessica Simpson, Beyoncé Knowles, Claire Danes, Rumer Willis and Courtney Love have all flown into town.

This season’s Fashion Week starts with the Red Dress show, which benefits research on heart disease (especially in women):

First Lady Laura Bush will be front row as Molly Sims (in Daniel Swarovski), Heidi Klum (in Marc Jacobs), Jenna Fisher (in Oscar de la Renta) and Emma Roberts (in Ralph Lauren) catwalk on the runway. Later today, Anne Hathaway and Emma Roberts are due at the Erin Fetherston show.

We’ll keep you posted as New York Fashion Week continues!

Source: PageSix

New York Fashion Week: Oscar de la Renta Bans Fashion Phonies

NOTE to the faux-cialites: Oscar de la Renta doesn’t want you at his Sept. 10 New York Fashion Week show. “None of the girls who just show up to places to get their pictures taken were invited,” our insider said. “Oscar thinks they are tacky and is only interested in the women who actually support his work and, you know, buy the clothes.” Another source said, “The list was cut in half - the new space for the show is on Park Avenue and there wasn’t room to accommodate everyone.” De la Renta’s rep declined comment. But girls like Tinsley Mortimer and Olivia Palermo can take heart - there are plenty of opportunities to pose. The two, who didn’t show up for the Designers for Darfur event last month when each found out the other was coming (a charge they deny), are both expected at W magazine’s New York Affair event today. Watch those elbows! Meanwhile, Marc Jacobs has some veteran models in a furor. “Marc hired [’The Hills’ star] Lauren Conrad to do his show, so now all the real models have to sign releases for TV if they want to be in his show - which of course they do,” said our insider. “They are very put out that Marc succumbed to putting on one of ‘those shows’ - you know, the publicity shows.”

source: nypost.com

Discontent Over Oscar de la Renta Venue Move

From today’s Page Six:

“PICKY Park Avenue might wear Oscar de la Renta, but they certainly don’t want him throwing a big fashion show in their historic neighborhood. The designer recently announced plans to move his Fall Fashion Week show from Bryant Park to 583 Park, much to the dismay of locals in a tizzy over traffic and noise.”

Oscar de la Renta Not Showing at NY Fashion Week Tents

News is that Oscar de la Renta is not going to show his new collections at the New York Fashion Week tents.

The famed fashion designer will be showing his new collections at other venues; one alternative destination for his spring 2008 collection is reported to be an old Christian Science church. According to reports, de la Renta is said to have so liked the old church on Park Avenue that he has decided to use that as a venue instead.

A spokesperson for IMG (which organizes the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York) said, “Oscar de la Renta has shown with us for years and, though he will be missed, we wish him every success in his new location and look forward to welcoming him back to the tents very soon.”

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