Nyfw Stories

Masha Lopatova Kirilenko, the owner of Fashion IQ, first found her place in the fashion industry as a young student attending Central Saint Martins College in London. Studying alongside geniuses like Stella McCartney, Phoebe Philo, and Rifat Özbek, her education led her on a lifelong pursuit of fashion, not only as a means of artistic expression but in her career as well. After being an entrepreneur in the fashion industry for nearly 20 years, Masha launched Fashion IQ in New York to share her love of fashion and it’s power to transform. In this work she has collaborated with stylists such as Natasha Goldenberg and Natalia Turovnikova; and photographers such as Peter Lindebergh, Adam Katz Sinding, & Nabile Quenum. In addition to her work with Fashion IQ, Masha has also served as a contributor for Vogue & Tatler (Conde Nast Russia). Masha now divides her time living between New York, Los Angeles, St Tropez, & Moscow with her husband Andrei Kirilenko and their four children.

Zara Chapman, girl from the Upper East Side, has been running her fashion company for the last five years from the ground up. At 25, her hard work has finally come to fruition, and this year, she's going to take the world by storm at the New York Fashion Week. But when her friends need her help, she never lets them down. And that's exactly how she ends up sitting across from Maxton Hayes, the young 30 something politician whose slated to become the next Senator of New York, with too many pages of non-disclosure agreements contractual agreements. *The first in a series of romance books featuring amazing, strong, kick-ass women!

Magdalen is forced to attend one of her Mother's fashion shows in New York. While running errands for her Mum Magdalen bumps into Orpheus Green, a movie star. Orpheus gravitates towards Magdalen as she is capable of treating him like a regular human-being. What lengths will the two go to to avoid facing the reality of their lives?

North King has wanted to be a model for as long as she can remember. So what happens when she is thrust into the limelight after one special photo shoot in New York? How will she cope with the all-too-sudden fame? Is she able to deal with the modelling industry and the none too friendly rivals that it accompanies? And most importantly, Can she find love and friends on the way? There's only one way to find out. And it's to read further.

Designer Marc Jacobs returns to the runway after a year with a jaw-dropping collection.