It has not been a good year for Don and Marcio of Firstview.com. First they get arrested in Paris after the Chanel show and were thrown in jail for two days. Firstview’s actions is now blamed by some publishers we know in causing problems for other fashion websites to obtain photo credentials to cover the French RTW and couture shows. And now they lose their prestige gig in New York as the official photographers for the 7thonSixth shows. We have just heard from a reliable source that Getty Images, one of the world’s largest stock agencies, is in addition to shooting for IMG World, the parent company of 7thonSixth, will take over from Firstview the responsibility of photographing the shows for 7thonSixth.
