USA - 78 MINUTES - COLOUR
A FILM BY JAMES BELZER

Available on iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-tents/id1039608163 In the fashion world, “The Tents” are synonymous with the giant white circus tents erected every spring and fall in New York’s Bryant Park. It is here where hundreds of designers showcase their latest collections to fashion editors, buyers and celebrities and where legendary designers have made their first big break. Director James Belzer catalogues the birth of New York Fashion Week, its expansion and finally its move out of Bryant Park, fashion week’s home since 1994. Told with intimate behind the scenes footage and candid interviews from Donna Karan, Betsey Johnson, Tommy Hilfiger and Carolina Herrera, this is a tantalizing must-see. Director: James Belzer Exec Producers: Marcus K. Jones & James Belzer Featuring: Donna Karan, Zac Posen, Fern Mallis, Tommy Hilfiger, Betsey Johnson and Carolina Herrera Year: 2011

Far-reaching and definitive, this fast-paced history of the birth of New York’s FASHION WEEK illuminates events which made New York City the international fashion destination. THE TENTS takes us behind-the-scenes with top fashion industry players to reveal the origins of the Bryant Park tent shows and their evolution to high profile and high art now at Lincoln Center as Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.  The film features candid and revealing interviews with industry heavy-hitters, designers, industry execs and journalists—including Betsy Johnson, Carolina Herrera, Christian Siriano, Isaac Mizrahi, Zac Posen, Photographer Patrick McMullan, Stylist Phillip Bloch, Russell Simmons and Tommy Hilfiger; FASHION WEEK founders Fern Mallis and Stan Herman; Fashion editors and journalists, Stefano Tonchi (W), Hal Rubenstein (InStyle), Glenda Bailey (Harper's Bazaar), Nina Garcia (Marie Claire),Teri Agins (The Wall St. Journal), Michael Musto (The Village Voice), Suzy Menkes (International Herald Tribune) and Carson Kressley and Robert Verdi add humor to the mix. THE TENTS captures the talent, energy and vision of this world-class, multi-billion dollar industry, still, in its way, decidedly “Downtown”.