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A model checks her phone during preparations before the Autumn/Winter 2012 Emerson Collection show at New York Fashion Week on February 14, 2012.
Twice a year, designers present their latest collections at New York Fashion Week. But what happens behind the scenes of this biannual giant? Here are some figures breaking it down (Photo: The Glamour and Mayhem of New York Fashion Week).
- **90**: Runway shows and presentations at Lincoln Center
- **270+**: Total runway shows and presentations, including those at offsite venues
- **40+**: Shows streamed online
- **14**: Collections making their Lincoln Center debut
- **4**: Seasons at Lincoln Center since leaving Bryant Park after Spring 2010
- **1943**: The year Fashion Week was launched
- **3**: Weeks it takes to build the venue, with crews working around the clock (Photo: Celebrities Stealing the Spotlight at Fashion Week)
- **100,000+**: Attendees
- **4,000+**: Registered journalists, photographers, and press members
- **34**: Countries represented by international press organizations
- **50+**: Average number of security guards on-site each day
- **45,000**: Bottles of fiber one bars distributed at Lincoln Center
- **670**: Bottles of nail polish that Butter London will have backstage
- **790**: Tubes of Maybelline mascara that makeup artists will have backstage
- **15,000**: Cans of Diet Pepsi consumed at Lincoln Center
- **$733,000,000**: Annual economic impact of Fashion Week on New York City
- **1**: Square foot of space a photographer typically has when in the pit during a show
- **70,000**: Individual images a photographer can take during Fashion Week
- **14**: Average number of hours a fashion publicist works in a day during Fashion Week
- **10-20**: Minutes a typical runway show lasts
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