New York Fashion Week kicks off

A model presents a creation of BCBGMAXAZRIA during the spring & summer 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, the United States, Sept. 8, 2011. The eight-day Fashion Week opened here on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wu Jingdan)

A model presents a creation of BCBGMAXAZRIA during the spring & summer 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, the United States, Sept. 8, 2011. The eight-day Fashion Week opened here on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wu Jingdan)

A model presents a creation of BCBGMAXAZRIA during the spring & summer 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, the United States, Sept. 8, 2011. The eight-day Fashion Week opened here on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wu Jingdan)

Models present creations of BCBGMAXAZRIA during the spring & summer 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, the United States, Sept. 8, 2011. The eight-day Fashion Week opened here on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wu Jingdan)

Models present creations of TADASHI SHOJI during the Spring 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, the United States, Sept. 8, 2011. The eight-day Fashion Week opened here on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wu Jingdan)

A model presents a creation of TADASHI SHOJI during the Spring 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, the United States, Sept. 8, 2011. The eight-day Fashion Week opened here on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wu Jingdan)