New York Fashion Week: An insider’s guide

Some consider it one of NYC’s most glamorous events. Others call it hell week.

For designers, buyers and the fashion press — not to mention celebrities, influencers and other lucky invited guests — New York Fashion Week is an eight-day (and then some) marathon of morning-to-evening runway shows, launches and after-parties. (The one major luxury: sleep.

This time around the twice-yearly sprint officially begins on Feb. 9 as major American designers preview their looks for next fall/winter.