"The Tents" Reveals Insider View of New York Fashion Week

Robert Doyle READ TIME: 2 MIN.

New York, New York - For the first time ever, NY Fashion Week has an Open Invitation to the general public.�

THE TENTS - the definitive behind-the-scenes New York Fashion Week documentary - is now available via VOD (Video on Demand) and sites such as Amazon.

A fast-paced and meticulous behind-the-scene's history of New York's contemporary fashion industry and its evolution from the downtown art-and-loft scene to the mega-investment tent shows of FASHION WEEK at Bryant Park, THE TENTS reveals how New York City became a world-class fashion destination along with Paris, Milan and London.

Together with Co-Producer and Fashion Cinematographer, Marcus K. Jones, Director James Belzer, a long-time insider on the business and ad sales side with Fairchild and Harper's Bazaar, tells "eighteen years of fashion history in 78 minutes," and says, "It was amazing to me that no one ever told this story on film... we knew we had to do it."

THE TENTS achieves its depth and authenticity because a multitude of insiders trusted Belzer & Jones and opened up on camera, including Donna Karan and Isaac Mizrahi, Betsy Johnson, the muted, elegant Carolina Herrera (speaking to us in front of her Warhol portrait), the polymath Hal Rubenstein (Fashion Director of InStyle Magazine), the widely recognized founders of FASHION WEEK, Fern Mallis and Stan Herman-a venerable Who's Who of contemporary fashion-Tommy Hilfiger, Zac Posen, Carson Kressley, Russell Simmons, Suzy Menkes, plus Fashion editors: Nina Barcia (Marie Claire); Teri Agins (The Wall Street Journal); Michael Musto (The Village Voice) Glenda Bailey (Harper's Bazaar); Stefano Tonchi, formerly with The New York Times now editor-in-chief of W Magazine, and arbiter of International fashion.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE and TRAILER: www.thetentsmovie.com


by Robert Doyle

Long-term New Yorkers, Mark and Robert have also lived in San Francisco, Boston, Provincetown, D.C., Miami Beach and the south of France. The recipient of fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center, Mark is a PhD in American history and literature, as well as the author of the novels Wolfchild and My Hawaiian Penthouse. Robert is the producer of the documentary We Are All Children of God. Their work has appeared in numerous publications, as well as at : www.mrny.com.

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