From models strutting down runways to orchestrated backstage chaos, TIME presents highlights of the weeklong event, which unveils next season’s most important designs. Check back from now through Feb. 17 for recaps from the scene.
Photos: The Glamour and Mayhem of New York Fashion Week
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A model has dye rinsed out of his hair over a garbage bin backstage before the Custo Barcelona show on Feb. 12, 2012.
