From Eleanor Lambert’s Press Week and Bryant Park to show sets and celebrities – as designers and in the front row – New York fashion shows have played a key role in defining the fashion landscape. The CFDA and Abrams are excited to unveil the subject of their next book, American Runway. 

In the works for the past year, the book, authored by Booth Moore, will give readers a front-row seat to the history of fashion shows in New York and their role in shaping the American fashion industry.

Told from the perspective of the CFDA’s 500-plus Members, it will also include behind-the-scenes stories from designers, industry insiders, and models about casting, sets, music, and the theatricality of the runways.

Moore is the senior fashion editor at The Hollywood Reporter and Pret-a-Reporter.com, and previously spent 11 years as fashion critic for the Los Angeles Times covering runway shows in New York, London, Milan, and Paris.

“The timing of the book couldn’t be better,” she said. “We are in a time of so much change. What used to be insider, industry-only events have in many cases become entertainment vehicles, bringing fashion into the realm of pop culture.”

“Coming from Los Angeles, I’m particularly interested in that development,” she added. “But as a college history major way back when, and a journalist now, I also love a research project and can’t wait to get into the foundations that often get glossed over, from Eleanor Lambert on.”

And there is something she is particularly excited about: “Hearing everyone’s great stories and memories.”

The book will be released in February 2018.