Market weeks move fast…

…and furiously from the deluxe showrooms of well-established, well-funded designers in mid-town to the carnival atmosphere which prevails at the enormous short term shows with a zillion booths set up for only a few days at large venues such as the Javitz Center.

There are shows pulled together by a common thread-- all English knitters, for example, or maybe a group of designers who specialize in eveningwear only-- which usually set up in a hotel. And then there are pop-up showrooms, spaces that shed their everyday duties (gallery space? studio space? an apartment with an absent owner?) for a few exciting days in the fashion spotlight.

We buyers, then, hurry from penthouses to basements, from Mid-town to Soho to Chelsea to Chinatown to the Lower East Side and even Brooklyn, by taxi by subway and by foot, and we find remarkable people making remarkable clothes.

Spend some time with these designers and I dare you not to be impressed  with their energy, excitement, enthusiasm and level of commitment. And, oh yes, talent. Theirs are clothes we'll definitely want to be wearing next spring.

Katie Brierley, designer of Isoude, observes her model wearing a perfectly-cut silk blouse and pants.