| New York fashion week update New York fashion week is in full swing. And that means more coverage of the Spring 2013 collections than anyone but the most devout fashioniser could want - from the runway to the backstage to the street. To help you stay up to date with all the collections here's a round-up of NYFW so far.Directly below are key highlights from the NYFW Spring 2013 shows, and beneath that you'll find links to all of the runway galleries so far. If you'd like to keep up to date with all the latest collections be sure to bookmark fashionising.com/fashionweek/new-york-fashion-week. You can also get behind-the-scenes access and live updates on all the happenings of NYFW by following Fashionising.com on Twitter: @fashionising.
New York fashion week features. Jason Wu’s soft fetish Helmet Newton is like a gift that keeps on giving; a bottomless well of sartorial inspiration. Sometimes the product of a Newton-inspired endeavour falls flat, and sometimes the homage is entirely successful – usually the former is a result of attempted imitation, the latter a result of gifted inspiration. Of Jason Wu’s spring / summer 2013 collection, we’ll file it under the latter. Wu took the underlying fetishism – the black and white, the androgynous tailoring, the physical restraint manifested on the New York fashion week (NYFW) runway as leather harnesses – and gave it all his own spin. A soft and feminine spin. 
Click to read 'Jason Wu’s soft fetish' Herve Leger Spring / Summer 2013 Herve Leger is the famous line that brought us the bandage dress; that magic dress that makes every type of woman look fabulous. Once again, spring / summer 2013 brought the bandage dress back to the runway with a special touch. This year Herve Leger made a bandages dress with an added flair of American pizazz. Each woman represented a southern woman with a bad boy for a boyfriend, rocking the runway to the sound of motorcycles and marching to the beat of their own drummer. You might not guess it at first glance, but the inspiration was taken from quilt making techniques of the women in Gee’s Bend, Alabama. 
Click to read 'Herve Leger Spring / Summer 2013' How to: Alexander Wang’s futuristic ponytail The hair for the Alexander Wang spring 2013 show created by stylist Guido for Redken was simply the reinvention of the ponytail. The inspiration was the futurism and minimalism behind Alexander Wangâ��s designs. Guido took the modern ponytail that we see day to day on the streets of any city and elevated it to new heights. Throughout his career he has found ways to make the ponytail new all over again – and this New York fashion week show was no exception. 
Click to read 'How to: Alexander Wang’s futuristic ponytail' Zac Posen Spring / Summer 2013 Who a designer has on their runway has become something of a status symbol; being able to draw original supermodels out and onto the runway is like saying you have support and friendship of industry greats. If that’s the case than Zac Posen hangs with the likes of Naomi Campbell and Karolina Kurkova, who both walked his runway in addition to regular muses Crystal Renn and Coco Rocha. The red carpet remains a specialty for Zac Posen and there were plenty of gowns in his spring / summer 2013 show at New York fashion week (NYFW) that were simply made for it. A few voluminous explosions of tulle or the closing tiered cream number were a bit on the dramatic side while others draped and folded with a vintage-esque elegance. 
Click to read 'Zac Posen Spring / Summer 2013' Backstage at Diane von Furstenberg Spring / Summer 2013 The mood backstage at Diane von Furstenberg’s New York fashion week (NYFW) show was as closely matched to the colour palette of the clothing as the shoes and bags were: it was vibrant. Potentially it’s just hard not to be smiling when you’re wearing bright limes, sun-drenched corals, and holiday aquamarines. These shots from behind the scenes of von Furstenberg’s spring / summer 2013 collection give a different perspective of the pieces and how they move on the body – as well as just generally drawing you into the mood and happenings of the backstage area. 
Click to read 'Backstage at Diane von Furstenberg Spring / Summer 2013' Cushnie et Ochs Spring / Summer 2013 Part of Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs’ brief is to honour the female form. Celebrate it. Enhance it. Their spring / summer 2013 runway show at New York fashion week (NYFW) therefor presented no surprises in the way each garment hugged the body like a long-lost friend. That said there was also a relaxed and effortless feel to many of the draped silk pieces, which were allowed an easy moment on the runway before the label’s trademark cutaway sheaths stole the spotlight. 
Click to read 'Cushnie et Ochs Spring / Summer 2013' New York fashion week: the catwalks so far | 
