ZOOZOOM Launches Google Map of New York Fashion Week

New York NY(PRWeb) January 31, 2007 -- New York Fashion Week is fast approaching (February 1 - 9). We'll see plenty of surprises on the runway but there is one thing we can be sure of: every single fashion show will start late.

Now with the help of the New York Interactive Fashion Week Map (http://www.zoozoom.com/fashion_week_map/) everyone has the same opportunity to be fashionably late. The easy to use google map mash-up brings together a New York Street Map and/or satellite image with ZOOZOOM's own fashion show tags. The fashionistas can zoom in to a show location, get directions to and from each show and they can even get the start times and the show details. Featuring more shows than ever, staying on track makes the Map this season's key accessory.

The reason for fashion's tardiness is simple: thousands of members of the international fashion press, fashion buyers from the four corners of the globe and a slew of models from continents far removed are all trying to navigate New York's concrete canyons to get to their next venue. Not surprisingly more than a few get waylaid, some are lost and in some cases they're fleeced by New York's street-savvy taxi drivers. Then there is the domino effect that carries from one show to the next, each getting later and later until the last show of the day becomes the first of tomorrow; this may explain why we hold the Spring/Summer 2007 shows in September 2006. You really need to know what's happening when, to continue being fashionably late. ZOOZOOM's Interactive New York Fashion Week Map lets the press, buyers, models and fashionistas plan their week and routes so they arrive late, but not too late.

Bringing fashion firsts to the web is nothing new for ZOOZOOM: the six year-old online fashion magazine is still the only online magazine to bring the content and style of a high-end print magazine to the internet. Winner of a Webby Award for best fashion site and a Time magazine cool site of the year, ZOOZOOM is first to market and a market leader in the online glossy magazine space.

For more information, to get hi-res files, or to get a sound bite of your own, email or call:

David McIntyre, Publisher
1 212 629 7335

Fashion Show Map Trivia

The most northerly show this year is Barbara Tfank at The Carlisle Hotel on 76th Street. The only event off Manhattan is Elisa Jimenez. Z Zegna is the most southerly show (at the Cunard Building near Bowling Green), but Mao PR's party is the most southerly event with its party at Broad Street Ballroom. ZOOZOOM has received calls from as far away as Australia and the UK to update its map.

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