Twice a year, the fashion industry descends on the Big Apple for New York Fashion Week, the first of the major four showings. And while the runway shows themselves are orderly presentations of forthcoming trends and fashions, the making of New York Fashion Week is a long and sometimes chaotic process. This season, TIME commissioned photography duo Therese + Joel to document the madness and mania, from the front row to backstage and everywhere in between. Here, a look at highlights from the whirlwind week.
Insider View: Behind the Scenes of New York Fashion Week
This season, TIME commissioned photography duo Therese + Joel to document the madness and mania, from the front row to backstage and everywhere in between. Here, a look at highlights from the whirlwind week
Therese + Joel for TIME
Marc Jacobs, Feb. 14 — Referencing artist Ólafur Elíasson's weather project (a 2003 installation at the Tate Modern in London), a large indoor "sun" was installed at the venue, casting a monochromatic amber light throughout the room
