A European luxury brand comes to New York City and stages a sunset fashion show on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with the Freedom Tower as backdrop?
It could have gone wrong, very wrong, but Givenchy Artistic Director Riccardo Tisci managed to orchestrate an event that was respectful, meditative, inclusive and solemnly beautiful.
Sept. 11 is inextricably tied to New York Fashion Week. I was in New York City for the Los Angeles Times covering the runways one minute, and at Ground Zero the next. And years later, I’m still here this time of year and the shows go on.