{"id":613145,"date":"2026-09-11T20:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T20:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/613145\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T20:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T20:00:11","slug":"its-a-slam-dunk-for-tommy-hilfiger-as-stars-turn-out-for-plaza-homecoming-new-york-fashion-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/613145\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a slam dunk for Tommy Hilfiger as stars turn out for Plaza homecoming | New York fashion week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tommy Hilfiger\u2019s front row was a slam dunk. The Knicks are the kings of New York<\/a> right now, so scoring Josh Hart, Karl-Anthony Towns and Miles McBride, three of the team\u2019s stars, for the guest list of his New York catwalk show was a victory. Travis Kelce, who is co-designing another upcoming collection with Hilfiger and had been rumoured to attend this event with his new bride, was a no show, but you can\u2019t win them all.<\/p>\n

Basketball player Karl-Anthony Towns in the front row. Photograph: Sarah Yenesel\/EPA<\/p>\n

Tommy Hilfiger is all about sport. The design vocabulary of oversized jerseys, team stripes, rugby shirts and letterman jackets draws heavily on the visual language of the stadium. Kelce, whose NFL tunnel walks have become a catwalk of their own, is the latest in a line of sporting ambassadors that includes Thierry Henry, Rafael Nadal and Lewis Hamilton. Hilfiger has long stood for a certain glossy stars-and-stripes Americana \u2013 its graphic red, white and blue logo is a riff on the flag \u2013 but American identity is delicate cultural territory right now. Sport, which unites audiences across all backgrounds and political allegiances, gives the brand a wholesome place to congregate. \u201cPeople really like him,\u201d Hilfiger said backstage, explaining why he chose to collaborate with Kelce. \u201cHe\u2019s really humble, down to earth, sweet, fun, and funny. And a superstar athlete.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two models on the catwalk. Photograph: Sarah Yenesel\/EPA<\/p>\n

Backstage before the show, Hilfiger said: \u201cPreppy is back in the zeitgeist.\u201d And on the catwalk, sportswear codes and collegiate chic were blended together. A bright, boxy rugby shirt was worn loose over a neatly pleated skirt, a slick quarterzip layered under a neat blazer. Hotdog-stand colours of mustard and ketchup were splashed over civilised tones of Oxford blue and chino beige. There was a deep-cut nod to Hilfiger\u2019s history in the form of a silk dress, which re-printed the audacious Times Square billboard that launched his career. The advert listed the four greatest American menswear designers as Ralph Lauren, Perry Ellis, Calvin Klein and the then almost unknown Tommy Hilfiger. It was a provocative stunt from a rookie which, 41 years later, stands the test of time.<\/p>\n

\u2018I loved the idea of a show in my former home,\u2019 Hilfiger said. Photograph: Sarah Yenesel\/EPA<\/p>\n

The show was one in a long line of pop culture cameos for the Plaza hotel. This is where Cary Grant was kidnapped from the Oak Room in Hitchcock\u2019s North by Northwest, and where Macaulay Culkin ran into its then owner, Donald Trump, in the lobby in Home Alone 2. For Hilfiger, the venue was a homecoming: the designer lived in the hotel with his family for a decade. \u201cI loved the idea of a show in my former home,\u201d Hilfiger said beforehand, \u201cand I am inspired by all the different types of people who come through these doors every day.\u201d His personal favourite moment in the hotel\u2019s history, he said, was Truman Capote\u2019s Black and White Ball of 1966.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tommy Hilfiger\u2019s front row was a slam dunk. The Knicks are the kings of New York right now,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46],"class_list":["post-613145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}