QVC Celebrates Record-Setting New York Fashion Week

WEST CHESTER, Pa., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- QVC celebrated its largest New York Fashion Week presence with live programming from its first NYC pop-up location in Rockefeller Center featuring a consumer shop and broadcast studio.  

Designed to offer consumers the ultimate QVC shopping experience, the pop-up store showcased a selection of QVC's most exciting brands. From September 10 – 15, products ranging from fashion, beauty and jewelry to home and electronics were featured and the store served as a location for personal appearances by a selection of QVC's favorite personalities and brands. The store also enabled shoppers to play with QVC's latest interactive shopping platforms, from its smartphone and iPad apps to desktop and TV widgets.

The QVC pop-up store opened its doors to the public on Friday, September 10 at 6 PM (ET) to mark the second annual Fashion's Night Out (FNO). QVC's President and CEO Mike George and President of U.S. Commerce, Claire Watts were joined by Isaac Mizrahi and Kristin Chenoweth for the pop-up shop's ribbon-cutting celebration.  Just minutes before, Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour visited to sign copies of the September issue with Saturday Night Live's Seth Meyers.

As the exclusive multimedia retailer for FNO, QVC made the event accessible to more than 98 million U.S. homes with its largest ever broadcast and multimedia event.  Live from the NYC pop-up location with special programming throughout the city, the broadcast – Fashion Night's Out(SM) – Live from Rockefeller Center - featured the successful debuts of K-DASH by Kardashian and Janie Bryant MOD. Some of QVC's most popular designers unveiled their latest collections for the fall '10 season.

"We were thrilled to bring Fashion's Night Out to our customers live from NYC," said Watts.  "Our viewers really responded to the unique insider experience we were able to provide."

Customers were invited to "Keep on Shopping" with Isaac Mizrahi immediately following the FNO broadcast at 12 AM (ET). Live from his New York studio, Mizrahi introduced his Today's Special Value® (an item offered at an exceptionally low price – good for that given day, until 11:59 PM (ET), unless it sells out sooner).  The ISAACMIZRAHILIVE!™ quilted lamb leather jacket sold out with only 45 minutes of presentation time.  QVC aired two additional live remotes from Mizrahi's studio at 2 PM (ET) and 6 PM (ET) featuring new fall items from his lifestyle brand.

In addition to the successful FNO and ISAACMIZRAHILIVE! broadcasts, QVC also gave viewers a front row seat at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week with Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week – Live from Rockefeller Center on Saturday, September 11 at 10 PM (ET) and Wednesday, September 15 at 10 PM (ET). Live from the NYC pop-up location, QVC kicked off the September 11 show with its first-ever eight-minute runway show.  Fashions featured on the runway were then presented during the broadcast, including Anonymity by Julie Chaiken and new designs from some of QVC's premier designers, including Lori Goldstein, Dennis Basso, Isaac Mizrahi, Bradley Bayou, Marc Bouwer and Janie Bryant.  

Iconic Hollywood stylist Rachel Zoe also returned to unveil her latest collection and debut her first faux fur Today's Special Value® on Wednesday, September 15.  QVC posted a sellout with more than 25,000 units ordered. In addition to the Today's Special Value offer, several other items from Zoe's collection sold out, including a faux fur toggle coat with wing collar, feather print scarf with twisted fringe, wrap shawl with fringe and patch pocket vest with sequin trim.

"Our Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week broadcast continues to resonate with our viewers," Watts adds. "Once again, we were able to deliver accessible fashions from esteemed and emerging designers, direct from the industry's most respected event."

Once again, QVC lent its support to the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) in its fight against breast cancer. QVC offered Vogue-designed Fashion's Night Out CFDA T-shirts on air, on QVC.com and at its pop-up location in New York City. During the September 10 broadcast, Vogue's Sr. Market Editor, Meredith Melling Burke, appeared on QVC to talk about the Vogue-designed T-shirt. Since its debut, more than 4,000 have been ordered.  Net proceeds from the sale of this T-shirt, sold exclusively through QVC, benefitted "Fashion Targets Breast Cancer," the charitable initiative of the CFDA Foundation, Inc.  

ABOUT QVC

QVC, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation attributed to the Liberty Interactive Group (Nasdaq: LINTA), is one of the largest multimedia retailers in the world. QVC is committed to providing its customers with thousands of the most innovative and contemporary beauty, fashion, jewelry and home products. Its programming is distributed to more than 180 million homes worldwide. The company's website, QVC.com, is ranked among the top general merchant Internet sites. With operations in the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan, and launching in Italy in 2010, West Chester, Pa.-based QVC has shipped more than a billion packages in its 24-year history. QVC, Q, and the Q Ribbon Logo are registered service marks of ER Marks, Inc.

SOURCE QVC, Inc.