Introducing Fashion Week Guest-Blogger Sue Stemp

The next Fashion Week guest-blogger we have the pleasure of introducing you to has been a member of the extended PAPER Family for quite some time now: The one and only Sue Stemp! The designer is the queen of the flirty cocktail frock in our book, and she seems to always be designing with the downtown It-Girl type in mind.

Today New York Fashion Week kicks off with a bang, and my Spring '09 presentation starts in 4 hours... and I’m still missing a pair of shoes! It's a boiling hot day and we’re showing on the roof of new building on W. 14th Street at 6 p.m. I’m now getting vaguely panicked. I’ve also got to remember not to enjoy myself too much at my party hosted by Arden Wohl and The Supper Club with a DJ set by 2 Mandy DJs, as my first big sales appointment is 9 a.m. tomorrow... Uh oh!

Pictured above and after the jump are photos taken behind the scenes in my studio over the last few days...

My Spring '09 inspiration wall

Macky Dugan whizzing up a shirt

Mandy C and Mandy B, my DJs for tonight, looking lovely in some of my clothes.

Pictured at top is (left) the hair and make-up test and (right) model Sheila from One being shot by photographer friend of mine Mark Squires.