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Photo Diary | NYFW, Day 1: Creatures of the Wind, Duckie Brown, Richard Chai Love, Costello Tagliapietra, BCBG

Creatures of the Wind A/W 2013 | Photo: Sonny Vandevelde

Sonny Vandevelde

08 February 2013

NEW YORK, United States — Despite the impending chaos of winter storm Nemo, New York Fashion Week kicked off yesterday. And, as always, Sonny Vandevelde is backstage at the shows, bringing us a daily photo diary of behind-the-scenes imagery from the Autumn/Winter 2013 collections. First up, it's Creatures of the Wind, Duckie Brown, Richard Chai Love, Costello Tagliapietra and BCBG.

Sonny Vandevelde is a contributing photographer at The Business of Fashion.

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