New York Fashion Week's Real Winners Weren't Just on the Runway

Editors covering September's shows have named their favorite backdrops of the season — the hotels, restaurants and runway venues that shaped the week as much as the clothes did. It's a reminder that New York's fashion calendar runs on more than the collections: the room a show is staged in, the table where the after-party unfolds, the lobby where the industry actually convenes all become part of the story. For a city that treats fashion week as a civic event, the venues are their own kind of headline.

With reporting from Fashionista.