Blue Spot of New York City

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New York City, the Big Apple, the City That Never Sleeps!, arguably the world’s most pulsating and extensive metropolis, occupies five boroughs, each with its own diverse identity. After all, before the historic  1898 consolidation, Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island were each independent municipalities.

The restless city moves at a frenetic pace, ever on the edge of invention. Its creativity has secured the reputation of its admired restaurants, fashionable nightspots and revolutionary theatre. Architectural masterpieces abound, with Manhattan a veritable drawing board for the great architects of the 20th century.

New York has always been a city of the world with multinational, multicultural inhabitants. Residents from over 100 foreign countries, speaking over 130 languages, call New York home. Like millions of immigrants who came before them, they help make the city what it is today, working among the 20,000 restaurants, 10,000 shops and 150 museums scattered about the metropolis.

Common problems that travellers come across when setting foot on foreign land – trying to find a right hotels in New York City, however, you need not worry that you won’t be provided with the kind of services you expect to receive. If you’re the artsy type fond of bohemian living then you’ll probably love to stay in New York City’s Greenwich Village or downtown Soho. If you’re a yuppie and you’re attached to your PDA learning about the stock market, then you’ll feel right at home in New York City’s famous Wall Street. If posh places however are what takes your fancy then take a ride to downtown Manhattan and see for yourself what New York hotels are on offer.

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The hottest places in the U.S. can no doubt be found in New York City. If you’re fond of star-gazing and I’m not talking about those that you can find in the sky, then definitely, New York City is the place to be. Go club hopping and rub elbows with the rich and famous.

New York is an excellent place to visit at any time of year, although it is particularly pleasant during the spring and autumn, when temperatures hover around 21ºC (70ºF). New York winters tend to be unpredictable, although cold temperatures bring less snow here than to other nearby cities, while summers are hot and muggy, often lasting until September.

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New York Look Book: A Gallery Of Street Fashion

One rare item worth including in your fundraiser auction are tickets to New York City’s Fashion Week. Whether it’s in the silent auction or live auction, they’ll sell quickly!

Fashionistas know that Fashion Week happens twice a year – once in the spring (March) to showcase fall fashions, and again in the fall (September) to showcase spring fashions. The event is held in several cities around the world (Paris, Milan, London, etc.), but New York seems to be the destination for our domestic audiences. In our auctions, the tickets sell for a few thousand dollars, without hotel or transportation attached.

Why are these tickets “hot?” And how do you get them?

Let’s begin by describing the event itself.

Designers can rent space at specific venues in New York to showcase their collections. Because hosting a show is expensive, not all designers have the cash required to produce a show. For instance, a new designer might opt to only show in Paris’ Fashion Week, but a larger fashion house might have a show in each city.

From morning until night, a venue can be busy hosting shows. A lesser-known designer might be in the tent in the morning. Later that afternoon, a fashion icon could be hosting a show in that same tent.

When I’ve sold tickets to Fashion Week, I am not selling tickets to every runway show scheduled throughout the week. Either I am selling tickets to a specific show (for instance, the Badgley Mischka show), or I’m selling tickets to a specific show which has yet to be decided by the donor of the tickets.

These tickets are coveted because many ‘average’ people never attend … nor do they even think to ask how they might secure tickets. In our minds, Fashion Week lives in the domain of the rich and famous, where the paparazzi cameras are constantly flashing, the models arrive breathlessly from their last job, and celebrities are whisked inside to sit in front row seats. The music is intense, the excitement is high, and the vibe that is New York is in the air.

And honestly, that description is pretty accurate. Even the average New Yorker can’t easily obtain tickets.

With that as your backdrop, imagine that you – a professional woman wanting some adventure, a stay-at-home Mom, a spontaneous gal with some extra cash — have the opportunity to purchase two tickets to attend this event.

Who wouldn’t want to go!? This would be a great trip for two best friends to experience, or would make for a memorable Mother-Daughter vacation.

Now that you’re eager to pack your bags, let’s talk about securing tickets.

As always, work your connections.

The donations I’ve seen have come from department stores. Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, Bloomingdales … whatever department store serves your city is a good target. Buyers from those stores go to Fashion Week in order to notice trends and ideas.

Ask the best dressed woman on your auction committee where she shops. If she is frequently shopping in a specific department store, start there. For instance, one of my client’s volunteers consistently used free personal shopping services at a local department store. She shared with her personal shopper that she wanted to secure tickets to Fashion Week for her charitable auction, and she was connected to the right person.

Be advised that because of the fluidity of the Fashion Week schedule, the purchasers of the tickets may not know until a week or so prior as to which day a specific show will be held. It’s best to let guests know that, “Fashion Week is September XX through XX, and the show will occur on one of those days.”

Because your auction is taking place months in advance of Fashion Week, most guests don’t seem to mind the ambiguity. The reality is that if your auction is in March, and the Fashion Week tickets are for September, even the organizers of New York’s Fashion Week don’t yet know which designers will be appearing.

I predict that this will be one of the most sought-after and talked-about items in your auction!