Best Fashion Week invitations
Fri Sep 16 2011
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Photograph: Lauren Foy
This parking-ticket-inspired Jason Troisi show invite nearly gave one of our editors a heart attack---until she realized that it had nothing to do with the expired inspection sticker on her Honda Accord.
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Photograph: Lauren Foy
Local designer Sally LaPointe always sends intriguing invitations, and this clear cube with the details of her show printed on a sticker slapped to its back is no exception.
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Photograph: Lauren Foy
In honor of its first-ever store opening, Frye sent this laser-cut wood block to convey the details.
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Photograph: Lauren Foy
For its Swiss-themed Fashion's Night Out event (entitled Kiss to the Swiss), OC Concept Store mailed this giant pair of paper lips with a chocolate bar tucked inside. Yum!
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Photograph: Lauren Foy
Another Fashion's Night Out invite, this illustrated mask from Christian Louboutin thoroughly scared the pants off of our coworkers when we tried it on.
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Photograph: Lauren Foy
One determined editor spent a solid five minutes blowing up this General Idea show invite on a beach ball just so she could see what it said.
Now that Fashion Week has officially come to a close, we can finally rest our aching feet and take stock of everything that happened during the whirlwind event. As we began to clear off our desks, we came across some of the most creative invites we've received this season (a beach ball you have to blow up to read, say what?!?). While we love that most show invitations these days arrive electronically—it reduces waste and makes R.S.V.P.ing a whole lot easier—a few brands still elect to snail-mail hard copies. Click through the slide show above to see the engaging, innovative ones that were just too good to throw out.
