Dec

16

New York – the Paris of America

Filed Under Brand Wave, Designer Sunglasses, Fun with Eyewear 



New York has long been America’s Paris, a fashion epicentre towards which the rest of the country looks for fashion and design trends, fads and advice. New York, for many Americans, is the epitome of the American dream- ‘If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.”


Milan, Paris and New York have fashion weeks that would startle and impress the most avid of design enthusiasts, and lure even the most fashion-backwards to watch the designs that flutter down long runways like goddesses. Indeed, reality TV has franchised on the successes of the fashion industry in New York with shows such as Project Runway, where contestants compete to show their designs at New York fashion week.



Marc Jacobs was recently lost a law suit to New York State in a scandal to secure a venue for a fashion show. Marc Jacob’s company now owes the state a hefty $1 million while his US conspirators could face up to 15 years in jail. The scam began in 2000 when Marc Jacob’s paid for the use of a New York armory for his fashion shows. According to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, “New York City is a global epicentre for fashion and cultural events, and we will not allow corruption and greed to tarnish one of our most lucrative industries.”


Marc Jacobs, whose accessory and clothing lines have become synonymous with modern fashion, has pled guilty to the charges and has cooperated 100% with American authorities hoping to move past the scandal and resume designing as soon as is feasible.

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