New York fashion week frenzy kicks off

A scene from a fashion show as the New York Fashion Week kicks off.

As the days begin to shorten in the Big Apple, the city can bask a little longer in the warmth as designers look ahead to spring-summer 2014 during Fashion Week.

Celebrities and fashionistas will flock to the city for some 350 shows that will draw more than 100,000 guests for the event, which runs through Sept 12.The style spotlight will then swing over to London, Milan and Paris.