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Supermodels strutting on the 10th Ave. rail yards? It’s going to happen, according to a long-range plan to relocate Fashion Week.
On Monday, Council of Fashion Designers of America President Diane von Furstenberg announced that Mayor Bloomberg will be honored at the group’s annual awards this year with the Board of Directors Special Tribute.
An insider says the recognition is in part for Hizzoner’s long-range pledge to von Furstenberg that whoever wins the bid to develop the rail yards will have to ensure that the complex can host Fashion Week.
“He was also instrumental in keeping Fashion Week at Bryant Park until 2010, when it looked like they were going to get kicked out sooner,” says the source. “Fashion is the No. 2 industry in New York, after finance.”
A spokeswoman for the city’s Economic Development Corporation told us: “Fashion Week could conceivably go [to the rail yards]. No decision has been made at this time as to how that space will be used.”
Trekking to the highway for the runway? Well at least we’ll have some better restaurant options and a faster commute to the after parties.
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