Designer Zac Posen is abruptly moving his Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week show out of the tents to his private downtown studio to present his fall 2014 collection to just 200 people, Page Six can exclusively reveal.
Posen had been preparing to show at the Pavilion at Lincoln Center on Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. to about 400. But barely a week before the much-anticipated event, Posen decided to change the location to his Laight Street studio in Tribeca. His move comes after Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta and Vera Wang, among others, decided not to show in the tents either.
Zac Posen president Jillian Sinel said Posen believes the intimate studio serves better as a venue to show this particular collection, inspired by Charles James, America’s first couturier.
Sinel said, “Zac has always wanted to show his clothes in a smaller setting. He feels his studio better serves the collection. This decision was made because of the clothes. Zac wants to show the collection in the space where it was conceived, the place where the clothes were made.”
Sinel said the show would go ahead at his studio at 7 p.m., the same time as it would have at Lincoln Center. She added, “We have been working with [event producers] IMG over this move and they have been hugely supportive. We are still very much part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.” She said they were discussing arrangements to show the collection to those who may be shut out of the more intimate show.
Posen has recently designed red-carpet dresses for Sofia Vergara,
who wore a strapless black dress to the Golden Globes. Posen also designed Lena Dunham’s vivid yellow gown for the Globes. Meanwhile, the busy designer has launched a range of wedding gowns, modeled by his muse Coco Rocha.
An IMG rep said, “IMG supports Zac and his decision. He has been a member of MBFW for many years and continues to [be] so. He is showing under the MBFW umbrella and he will be joining us on-site at the tents later in the week for a special engagement.”