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Discusses the impact of superstitions on New York Fashion Week. How many fashion designers have superstitions about when they want to hold their shows; Odd requests that schedulers must try to accommodate when scheduling shows; Way that Ruth Finley, founder and publisher of the newsletter called the Fashion Calendar, has had the task of coordinating and refereeing the fashion schedule; Dispute in this year' s scheduling when two designers booked shows in different locations at the same time.

Ten years ago Sunday, on an island off an island off the coast of America, something impossibly glamorous took place. Partygoers took boats from Manhattan to the home of the Statue of Liberty to plop pashalike on pillows and blankets and munch on lamb chops while Macy Gray sang, their faces illuminated with multicolored Chinese lanterns and fireworks curated and narrated by George Plimpton. ''That was a silver-flanged fleur-de-lis,'' said the voice, highly recognizable but disembodied by darkness. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Uncovers the existence of superstitious beliefs and rituals among residents of New York City, New York.