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del.icio.us fashion links for February 8, 2010:

• Behind the Scenes: The Product Specialist – On the Runway Blog – NYTimes.com
  Once again, models are ready to strut and designers take their bows in the latest reenactment of the emperor’s new clothes. The back story of New York Fashion Week is far more interesting: an industry in turmoil, the drastic loss of local factories and suppliers, the manufacturing dominance of China and other countries, the gradual decline of technical expertise in the face of apparent consumer indifference about fit and quality. As usual, the story goes well beyond the limited world of runway collections.

  Recently, over a meal at Ben’s deli on W. 38th Street, I spoke to Cindy Ferrara, a veteran production specialist, about her job and how the work has changed. The wingspan of her career is enormous. Now manager of product development and production at Danskin, a Moret Group brand, Ms. Ferrara first came to New York in the early 70s to buy fabrics for a shirt company she started as an Iowa college student.

• Donna Karan on the Current Fashion System: "We’re Killing Our Own Industry"
  Last night, in honor of two new graduate degrees at Parsons which she helped initiate, Donna Karan sat down with FIT's Valerie Steele for a little chat before a sold-out audience in the school's auditorium. Karan, who has also been a major proponent of updating the fashion schedule, explained how she proposes the changes be made:
• Burberry follows Avatar’s lead as first label to stream 3D show at London Fashion Week | Mail Online
  Red and green glasses are not much of a fashion statement – but this appears little obstacle for British fashion label Burberry, which is set to make history by broadcasting its upcoming catwalk show live in 3D.

  The 150-year-old brand, which continues to defy the recession with soaring profits, has announced plans to stream its upcoming London Fashion Week show at a string of parties in New York, Paris, Dubai, Tokyo and Los Angeles.

  Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1249401/Burberry-follows-Avatars-lead-label-stream-3D-London-Fashion-Week.html#ixzz0excGIeUy