Designers Take A Back Seat To Celebrities At New York Fashion Week
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Lady Gaga, Rose McGowan and Caitlyn Jenner dominated the social-media conversation surrounding the first day of New York Fashion Week
The biggest influencers on day one of New York Fashion Week weren’t just couture designers or supermodels. Social media discussion surrounding the event largely focused on celebrities on the fringe of the fashion world.
Vocativ analyzed over 60,300 posts on Twitter and Instagram as New York Fashion Week kicked off on Thursday and found that Lady Gaga, actress Rose McGowan, artist Shantell Martin, designer Carrie Hammer and Caitlyn Jenner dominated social media chatter on the event’s first day.
Top Mentioned People
1. Lady Gaga
Gaga entered the NYFW discussion thanks to something she did six years ago. A New York Times article about the man who created the infamous steak dress that Mother Monster wore to the 2010 MTV VMAs created buzz around designer Brandon Maxwell and his meat-bearing muse.
2. Rose McGowan
The actress, who recently became an icon of feminism in Hollywood, breifly eclipsed #NYFW social media when Taiwanese designer tweeted a photo he took with her and likened her to another classic starlet.
3. Shantell Martin
Stream-of-consciousness scrawler Shantell Martin drew attention for the art she created in the lobby of Skylight Clarkson Square, the central hub of this year’s events.
4. Carrie Hammer
Carrie Hammer has distinguished herself from other designers for her campaign focusing on “Role Models Not Runway Models”. Instead of using supermodels, Hammer fills her shows with CEOs, entrepreneurs and actresses, and in the last year she was celebrated for featuring the first model in a wheelchair and the first with Down Syndrome.
5. Caitlin Jenner
A rumor that the transgender heroine would model for Givenchy went viral on Thursday afternoon.
I guess now all of the attention at Wang's show makes sense for Gaga. Probably will continue since she's going to shows today and tomorrow as well!