Ups and Downs: New York Fashion Week Edition

For a long time, the internet was convinced that Australian-Sudanese model Nyadak ‘Duckie’ Thot wasn’t real. No, seriously, Twitter users were sure she was a Barbie doll. After all, this model, who shot to fame on Australia’s Next Top Model, has flawless skin and a perfectly symmetrical face. Not only is she a living, breathing fashion model, but she took NYFW by storm; she walked in the Fenty, Christian Cowan and Jeremy Scott shows and made her debut as Rihanna’s Fenty beauty collection’s muse.

Still unsure about the bumbag’s revival? One look at New York’s catwalks and you’ll be convinced otherwise. While hip kids with a penchant for this hands-free accessory have been swinging theirs across their body for the last year, or so, the runways of Solace London, Zimmerman, Creatures of The Wind and Kate Spade made the case for wearing a sophisticated belt bag low-slung on the waist.

Showing only one shoulder is the new cold shoulder. Get it right, and you’ll look like Bianca Jagger and Lauren Hutton on a night out. Get it wrong, and you’ll look like the wrong side of the eighties revival trend. Take your cues from Tome, Alexander Wang, Jonathan Simkai, Diane Von Furstenberg and Brock Collection.

Kanye was a no-show at fashion week. Though the rapper has been poorly, show goers were still gunning for one of his stadium-scale Adidas-sponsored spectacles.

Heeled flip flops, as seen at Rihanna’s Fenty show, are the natural evolution of the athleisure trend. Retire your flat thongs immediately!

The group Animal Defenders International were out in force on the Saturday of New York Fashion Week. Stood outside the presentation for Olivia Palermo’s new collaboration with Banana Republic, the anti-fur protesters overshadowed the showcase, which took place outside the retailer’s Fifth Avenue store, right in plain view of the animal rights activists.