Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park has a hipper, younger competitor in the form of M.A.C.’s show space at Milk Studios (which is an effen’ AMAZING space!) in the Meatpacking District. While MB charges a minimum of 25K to show, M.A.C.’s space is free.

Check out the list of prominent designers at MB Fashion Week:

Michael Angel, BCBGMAXAZRIA, Duckie Brown, Ports 1961, Cesar Galindo, Cynthia Steffe, Yigal Azrouel, Charlotte Ronson, Nicole Miller, This Day/Arise: African Fashion Collective, Venexiana, Lacoste, Georges Chakra, Andy & Debb, Academy of Art University, Christian Siriano, Chado Ralph Rucci, Vivienne Tam, Lela Rose, Derek Lam, DKNY, Thuy, Hervé Léger by Max Azria, Diane Von Furstenberg, Rebecca Taylor, Tuleh, Custo Barcelona, Carolina Herrera, Carlos Miele, Jill Stuart, Tracy Reese, Donna Karan, Yeohlee, Tadashi Shoji, TonyCohen, Gottex, Badgley Mischka, Brian Reyes, Toni Maticevski, Pamella Roland, MAX AZRIA, Dennis Basso, Willow, Tibi, Narciso Rodriguez, Toni Francesc, Tory Burch, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Milly by Michelle Smith, Alexandre Herchcovitch, Anna Sui, Doo.Ri, Ralph Lauren, Isaac Mizrahi, Trias, Calvin Klein, Chocheng, Argentinean Designer Collections and Tommy Hilfiger.

Bryant Park

M.A.C.’s space has attracted a slew of hip downtown labels such as:

Adam Lippes, Alexander Wang, Altuzarra, Band of Outsiders, Barbara Tfank, Costello Tagliapietra, Erin Fetherston, Pamela Love, Peter Som, Preen, Proenza Schouler, Temperley London, Vena Cava and threeASFOUR.

Milk Studios

With 80,000 square feet of space, two runway venues and young designers clamoring for spots, Milk Studios promises to up the “hip” factor and throw loads of parties, which sounds–oh, I don’t know, super-duper fabulous!?!  And–not that we partook 500 times last Fashion Week–the McDonald’s Cafe plying the tent attendees with free coffee kind of made Fashion Week seem well, ordinary, and took away a bit of its slightly inaccessible allure.  It’s as if MB was your mom’s Fashion Week (a little Bergdorf’s) and MAC’s was yours (a little badass!). We shall see what happens come September!