Legit Way to Get into Fashion Week

While last year I was quite lucky to attend The Tents, because of the fab company I worked for. I will confess, as a teen obsessed with fashion and growing up in New York, I've snuck into a show or two in the past. Hey, I had no problem with faking it until I made it. With this years Fashion Week being just a few weeks ahead. I wanted to provide some ligit ways to attend the shows if you arent a celeb, socialite, fashion editor.

Let's assume you're not a model, an A-list celebrity or Tim Gunn, but you'd still like to get into Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Technically, the entire run of catwalk shows under the tents at Bryant Park is closed to the public. But that's not entirely true. The NewYorkology travel blog has found more than one way to buy your way into the tents. One way in is with the W Hotels Catwalk package, which gets a pair of VIP passes into one runway show, plus a suite at W Hotel on Union Square or on Lexington. Passes are still available to shows including Miss Sixty and Tracy Reese. The hotel package is priced at $799. Another way in is through the American Express entertainment packages, available only to American Express cardholders. Remaining tickets for those packages are $250 each. Elsewhere, American Express is offering its platinum cardholders a private Diane von Furstenberg Fashion Show, with tickets priced at $150 each.

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