新一季四大时装周全面观看指南.docx

新一季四大时装周全面观看指南 New York Fashion Week Guide: Whom and What to Know 来源：纽约时报 2014-09-05 18:07:15 As the United States Open winds down to its final chaotic days, another late-summer New York spectacle takes its place, one with its own crowds, prized seating spots, celebrity sightings and, of course, winners and losers. Yes, we are talking about New York Fashion Week. The spring/summer season is upon us, with more than 100 shows taking place between now and next Thursday, followed by the same again in London, Milan and Paris until the first week of October. Fashion month has become a cultural phenomenon as globally pervasive as the ginkgo tree. You can’t avoid it, so you may as well embrace it, and find out what you should be ready to discuss during cocktail parties and water cooler conversations everywhere. Indubitably, questions of geopolitics and the stagnant European economy are more important, but think of it this way: What happens at fashion week will inform in large part the shape — literally — your identity will take six months from now. So in the interests of self-awareness (anduseful banter), following is my crib sheet for what to watch, whom to know and where to focus during the collections. 经历了喧嚣的最后几天，美国网球公开赛终于落下了帷幕，纽约另一桩夏末盛事开始了：拥挤的人群、贵宾席、名人大场面，当然也免不了有赢家和输家。没错，我们说的就是纽约时装周。新一季春夏时装近在眼前，从今天到下周四，共有一百多场走秀，其后还有伦敦、米兰和巴黎时装周，一直要持续到十月的第一个星期。时装月已经成为一种文化现象，像银杏树一样遍及全球。你没法回避它，所以不妨接受它，再去找找鸡尾酒会上和平时八卦聊天里的谈资。没错，地缘政治和欧洲经济萧条问题更重要，但你得这么想：时装周上的事很大程度上预示着你六个月之后的样子。所以为了更好地了解自己，也为了找点有用的消遣，我在这儿列出最基本的纽约时装周观看指南：有什么名人应该知道，有什么地方值得关注。 Showtime 走秀时刻 While you can’t blame fashion’s ever-increasing move into entertainment on Ari Emanuel, the fact that the Hollywood agency William Morris Endeavor, which Mr. Emanuel co-runs, bought IMG last December, and along with it ownership of New York, London and Milan fashion weeks (among others), is surely speeding along the transformation. As it happens, Mr. Emanuel will be in the New York Fashion Week audi