WGSN Announces Dramatic Expansion of A/W 12/13 Runway Coverage

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WGSN (www.wgsn.com), the world's leading fashion forecaster, expands coverage of New York Fashion Week by 50%, adding exclusive film footage and live trend analysis.

WGSN today unveils details of its enhanced coverage schedule for the upcoming A/W 12/13 Women’s Ready-To-Wear Collections. This follows the announcement last month that WGSN had been named Official Trend Sponsor of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, and further validates WGSN’s leadership of global fashion trend forecasting.

Details of the brand new and enhanced coverage on www.wgsn.com include:

• Video footage, in full, of all Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week shows taking place at the Lincoln Center (ONLY available on wgsn.com)
• 50% more coverage of Collections shown on the runways across New York Fashion Week
• Super-fast access to key looks from the major Collections, live on www.wgsn.com within two hours
• Picture galleries of every look from every major designer's show that counts on the official schedules for New York, London, Paris and Milan women’s ready-to-wear Collections
• 10x high-resolution zoom on all picture galleries
• More detail shots than ever including rear views, footwear & accessories imagery for all the key designers

In addition to these subscriber only services, WGSN’s team of renowned runway analysts will be posting live trending information on a brand new blog (wgsn.tumblr.com) which will be freely accessible to anybody, and an essential reference point to those with an interest in the season’s trends.

WGSN continues to be the first and only trend forecasting site to deliver fast and accurate runway analysis that helps 38,000 users worldwide to interpret top end catwalk trends for commercial markets in all corners of the globe.

About WGSN

WGSN is the world’s leading trend forecaster. The company enables over 38,000 subscribers to make brilliant design decisions every day by identifying and analyzing the trends that will shape commercially successful products and services in the future. WGSN’s inspiration and insight are available through online subscriptions to a variety of state-of-the-art digital tools and through bespoke consultancy services.

For more information, visit www.wgsn.com. Follow WGSN on Twitter: @wgsn

WGSN’s parent company is Emap, www.emap.com.