Take A Front Row Seat

Video technology can not only provide viewers an inside look at designer's processes, inspirations & reflections on their works of art, but they can also allow viewers to feel the flow, fit, and all around presence of the clothing itself, in a way that nothing other than reality can provide.

YouTube, a video sharing site available in 32 countries as well as the United States, gives the world the opportunity to watch three year old British boys say adorable things over three hundred million times. The website, which has become a cultural phenomena, allows anyone, registered or not to view endless amounts of video, (music, movie clips, video blogs, & even short films) an endless amount of times. Registered users have the opportunity to upload all sorts of videos, from home movies to pop song covers and free style raps.

YouTube and other websites like it have drastically influenced the fashion world by allowing journalists and bloggers to interview designers, preview collections, catch jaw-dropping street style, and my personal favorite; allow me and anyone else who would DIE for a ticket, to sit front row at

Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week.

With their very own exclusive YouTube Channel, as well as Maybelline New York's Live From The Runway, MBFWNY was streaming live, directly onto my personal computer. nbd...

There are YouTube videos as current as the latest season:

Michael Kors

Spring 2012

Highlights from

Diane Von Furstenberg

Spring 2012

Highlights From

L.A.M.B.

Spring 2012

Or you can visit the archives to relive some of your favorites:

Rock & Republic

Spring 2009

& last but not least,
the Fiercest Betch:
Christian Siriano

Here are some highlights from four of Christian's presentations at MBFashion Week New York

Christian Siriano

Spring 2010

Christian Siriano

Fall 2010

Christian Siriano

Spring 2011

Christian Siriano

Fall 2011

Interview with Christian & Heidi Klum

Backstage at Spring/Summer 2012

I never cease to be amazed at the ease and control that the average user can have over technology these days. Not only can we view fashion shows live as they're happening, but we can go back and view them years later, and then post them to our blogs and share them with our friends. Video's may not be considered cutting edge any longer, but it's gonna take me a long time to get used to the incredible way they allow us to share life, movement and memories, instantaneously.

LHR