The Tents

APPROPIATE

2012 / 89min.

Rating6

Genres

Documentary

History

Synopsis

Each year, tents in Bryant Park herald New York Fashion Week, whose back story is as fascinating as the couture on the catwalk. Fashion's biggest names share the sometimes shocking, often funny rags-to-riches evolution of the iconic event.

Directors

Actors

Sean Ono Lennon

Isaac Mizrahi

Kelly Osbourne

Lydia Hearst

Carson Kressley

Russell Simmons

Zac Posen

CariDee English

Donna Karan

J. Alexandeer

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