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Fashion week starts in 14 days—assuming New York City survives Irene—and after scouring the official calendar more than one out of the ordinary event caught our eye.

Zac Posen

Almost two years ago Posen decided to move his collection runway show to Paris. He said the Parisians, “understand my clothes,” and stuck it out for three seasons. Meanwhile, he showed his newly launched Z Spoke collection here in New York City, and opened his first store in the Meatpacking District. This season, he’s bringing the collection back to New York and showing at Avery Hall in Lincoln Center on September 11th.

Karen Elson

The model, who’s giant Tanqueray billboards have stopped us dead in our tracks twice this week, will celebrate her collection for Nine West with a concert at Beauty & Essex—so many things we never thought we’d see/say in one sentence!

St. John

The latest in a string of news from the ladylike brand is a presentation during New York Fashion Week. They’re still riding high off their well received fall campaign, starring Kate Winslet, and if the starlet shows up at their 5th Avenue presentation it’ll be quite a coup.

Barneys

If you haven’t yet read Amy LaRocca’s New York Magazine story on Barneys’ regime change, do so this weekend. Then get excited for the not one, but two parties the store is set to host during Fashion Week, including one in honor of Lisa Immordino Vreeland’s new book, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel.

Helmut Lang

Now that Theyskens’ Theory has become one of the hottest tickets of the week, the Theory group is ready to champion Helmut Lang by showing their spring collection on Manhattan’s west side.