Seventy-five years ago, on July 19, 1943 to be precise, Eleanor Lambert founded the First Annual Fashion Press Week, creating a platform for American Fashion that would eventually catapult it onto the global fashion stage.

In the process, Lambert, who is also the founder of the CFDA, laid the foundation for what we know as New York Fashion Week today.

To mark this important milestone, we are proud to release our newest book, American Runway: 75 Years of Fashion and the Front Row.

Written by Booth Moore and published by Abrams, American Runway takes you through the history of the American fashion show, from the early days of Bill Blass, Oscar de la Renta, and Pauline Trigère to Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors.

You will also get to know all the players who are instrumental in the making of runways – think models, show producers, publicists, makeup artists and hair stylists – and, of course, the very best of American talent.

Click here to buy the book, or go to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, IndieBound, Powells, or !ndigo for it. Take your front row seat and enjoy the fashion ride!