New York Fashion Week is quickly approaching, but it’s the collections over in Williamsburg that have got our attention.

Featuring live performances and runway shows by eight up and coming designers, the Brooklyn Fashion Festival is sure to be a mix of great designs and music by Chin Chin and Mixed Pixel. More details on the line up and designers can be found here, BrooklynFashionFestival.com.

BROOKLYN’S INDIE DESIGNERS BRIDGE THE GAP

There’s Fashion Week in NYC, which hits Bryant Park Sept. 5-12. Then there’s Brooklyn Fashion Week, which launches Monday. And then there’s Fashion Indie Week Brooklyn. Confused? Don’t be. Something huge sets apart Indie Week from the other two style events: the Brooklyn Bridge.

On Tuesday, the landmark’s walkway will be transformed into a fashion runway to mark the start of the borough’s underground designer celebration, which runs through Sept. 7.

Models will begin walking from the Brooklyn side of the bridge at 6 p.m. and should reach Manhattan at around 6:50 p.m.

Local designers showcasing their work include San & Soni, Love Brigade, Sheila Frank, Alicia Trimbell, Mandate of Heaven and Harriet’s Alter Ego.

“We found designers who are based in Brooklyn and designers with a very strong following in Brooklyn. It’s not just about editors, buyers and celebrities, but also the people who are buying the collections,” says Daniel Saynt, president of Fashion Indie Media, the organization behind the event.

Having grown from three shows last year to 12 this season, the group’s largest event is expected to be the N.Y. Couture Show at the club Mansion on Sept. 10. “We’re expecting about 3,000 people,” says Saynt. “All our fashion shows become a party, and we have giveaways throughout the night.”

For more, go to www.Fashionindie.com. - Eloise Parker

This is big news for the hundreds of boutiques and designers that have already registered but we’re apprehensive to put up the cash for our $500 registration fee. Now you can register for Fashion Indie Week Brooklyn for only $50 bucks. Best of all, all the designers and boutiques who have already registered will get back the cash-money they already put down for registration. (yeah, we’re loaded like that).

If you want more information on the events taking place during Fashion Indie Week Brooklyn head to our info site. If you’re ready to register for Fashion Indie Week Brooklyn, click here to get on the calendar.

1. Because 8 > 2.
2. Because Fashion Indie rocks out harder than Amy Winehouse. We realize that might not be a good thing considering the emphysema thing but oxygen tanks are totally the next TrendSpark.
3. Because our celebrity appearances will be better than Paulie Shore and the “Oh Face Guy” from Office Space.
4. Because our models like to party. Like “Kate Moss” party, not “lame-ass second cousin who you never talk to who insists on inviting you to his graduation party” party.
5. Because Fashion Indie encourages scenarios in which you wake up belligerent after a night of sake bombs with a used Durex in your hand laying next to that random chick you were eyeing on the runway the night before.

14. Because Fashion Indie Weekend will get you laid. Corey promises…

 Abs may appear more hardcore in person.

Pete Wentz is loaning his famous self to help launch Fashion Focus in Chicago, its fourth annual Fashion Week. He’ll show his collection on October 1 at the first runway show, Gen Art’s Fresh Faces in Fashion.

WOW, people like him are getting to launch fashion week. Well, indies, stay tuned cuz Brooklyn Fashion Week is coming right to your door. Great designers, shows, parties, and more. Let’s show Chicago who’s boss!