https://lookonline.com/so-many-empty-seats/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=so-many-empty-seats A New York Fashion Industry E-Zine Tue, 07 May 2019 10:41:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://lookonline.com/so-many-empty-seats/#comment-507 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:09:20 +0000 https://dailyfashionreport.com/so-many-empty-seats/#comment-507 It's not just the press that gets screwed over. I remember a few seasons ago Italian Vogue's photographer got turned away from Proenza Schouler due to a small RSVP screwup. More importantly for the designers, the buyers have difficulty getting deceit seats for the shows. I realize NYFW is technically press week and the buyers have market week afterward for private appointments, but if I was a buyer and asked to go to a show, got standing room only, and saw reality television wackos on the front row, I would not be making that showroom appointment. I think a lot of those flippant catty PR decisions probably hurt the designers' businesses significantly more than most people realize. With current practices, they tend to manufacture little insults in bulk for wholesale distribution. There are some great publicists in this business, but they seem to be a minority.

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