When is New York Fashion Week 2012? Full Schedule of Shows

New York Fashion Week 2012 begins Thursday, when fashionistas will take the Big Apple by storm as designers reveal their coveted Fall 2012 collections. The show will end Feb. 16 after a week of fabulous fetes.

Top models to hit the runways for designers like Michael Kors, Vera Wang, Badgley Mischka, Milly and Tory Burch include Joan Smalls, Candice Swanepoel, Karolina Kurkova, Xiao Wen, Karlie Kloss and Arizona Muse.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that New York Fashion Week 2012 is shaping up to be one of the busiest yet. Designers will focus more on direct marketing to consumers, focusing especially on Chinese and Japanese customers.

New York Fashion Week 2012 will be decidedly different not only because of this new marketing strategy, but also because of the technological add-ons that also prove to further these tactics.

This season, Mercedes Benz has partnered with YouTube and Maybelline Cosmetics to bring the front-row experience to fashion fans around the world with shows from Lincoln Center streamed on YouTube's Live from the Runway channel. Coverage will not only include live video feed from the runway but also interviews, backstage footage and how-to videos.

For those lucky enough to be in the front row, you no longer need to furiously type on your iPad or jabber voice messages to yourself throughout the shows. Thanks to Made Fashion Week, you now have the option to use the Made Fashion Week app to make your job easier.

The Made Fashion Week app uses sound waves played over speakers during MADE runway shows throughout the week to sync to information like photos of the outfits in real-time, designer's name, biography and contact information.

Here is a full list of the shows taking place at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center as well as off-site at various locations throughout Manhattan, Feb. 9 through Feb. 16.

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Full Schedule February 9

9AM NICHOLAS K, STUDIO

10AM BCBGMAXAZRIA, THEATRE

10:30-11:30AM KAELEN, BOX

11AM RICHARD CHAI, STAGE

1PM HONOR, STUDIO

2PM TADASHI SHOJI, STAGE

2:30-3:30PM CANDELA, BOX

4PM CHADWICK BELL, STUDIO

5PM JOSEPH ABBOUD, PIER 57, W 15TH ST

February 10

10AM PARKCHOONMOO, STUDIO

10:30-11:30AM GREENSHOWS presents Fall 2012 Designer Collection Previews, BOX

11AM-12PM CONCEPT KOREA, STAGE

1PM GENERAL IDEA, STUDIO

2PM REBECCA TAYLOR, STAGE

2:30-3:30PM BRANDON SUN, BOX

3PM REBECCA MINKOFF, THEATRE

5:30PM TOMMY HILFIGER MEN'S, 643 PARK AVE

6PM NICOLE MILLER, STUDIO

6:30-7:30PM KATYA LEONOVICH, BOX

7PM CHARLOTTE RONSON, STAGE

8PM ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY, THEATRE

9PM POPLUXE, STUDIO

February 11

9AM RUFFIAN, STUDIO

10AM LACOSTE, THEATRE

10:30-11:30AM PORTER GREY, BOX

11AM JILL STUART, STAGE

12PM SON JUNG WAN, STUDIO

2-3:30PM RAFAEL CENNAMO, BOX

2PM MARA HOFFMAN, STAGE

3PM HERVé LéGER BY MAX AZRIA, THEATRE

4PM VANTAN TOKYO, STUDIO

6PM TIBI , STAGE

7PM MONIQUE LHUILLIER, THEATRE

7:30-8:30PM L.A.M.B., BOX

9PM VENEXIANA, STUDIO

February 12

10:30-11:30AM LORENA SARBU, BOX

11AM LELA ROSE, STUDIO

12PM DEREK LAM, 330 WEST ST

1PM DKNY, 547 W 26TH ST

2PM TRACY REESE, STUDIO

2:30-3:30PM JOY CIOCI, BOX

3PM CUSTO BARCELONA, STAGE

4PM DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, THEATRE

5PM FALGUNI & SHANE PEACOCK, STUDIO

5PM Y-3, 82 MERCER ST

6PM CARMEN MARC VALVO, NASDAQ, 4 TIMES SQ

7:30-8:30PM MATHIEU MIRANO, BOX

9PM TIMO WEILAND, STUDIO

February 13

9-10AM NEGARIN, BOX

9AM JENNY PACKHAM, STUDIO

10AM CAROLINA HERRERA, THEATRE

11AM CARLOS MIELE, STAGE

1PM ZANG TOI, STUDIO

1:30-2:30PM EMILIO CAVALLINI, BOX

2PM DONNA KARAN NEW YORK, 547 W 26TH ST

3PM REEM ACRA, STAGE

4PM YEOHLEE, 25 W 38TH ST

5PM BIBHU MOHAPATRA, STUDIO

6PM BETSEY JOHNSON, THEATRE

6:30-7:30PM LEATHER JAPAN 2012, BOX

7PM PRETE & BRUNO, STAGE

February 14

8:30-10AM NORISOL FERRARI, BOX

9AM TORY BURCH, ALICE TULLY HALL

9:30-10:30AM J.CREW, STUDIO

10AM BADGLEY MISCHKA, THEATRE

11AM VERA WANG, STAGE

1PM DIESEL BLACK GOLD, PIER 57, W 15TH ST

2:00-3:30PM FOTINI, BOX

2PM NAEEM KHAN, THEATRE

3PM DENNIS BASSO, STAGE

5PM PAMELLA ROLAND, STUDIO

7:30-8:30PM HAUS ALKIRE, BOX

8PM NARCISO RODRIGUEZ, THEATRE

9PM EMERSON, STUDIO

February 15

9AM WHITNEY EVE, STUDIO

10AM MICHAEL KORS, THEATRE

10:30-11:30AM ROCHAMBEAU, BOX

11AM NANETTE LEPORE, STAGE

12PM PORTS 1961, NY PUBLIC LIBRARY

1PM JOANNA MASTROIANNI, STUDIO

2-4PM LEVI'S, 82 MERCER ST

2PM J. MENDEL, THEATRE

2:30-3:30PM SUZANNE RAE, BOX

3PM MILLY BY MICHELLE SMITH, STAGE

5PM FARAH ANGSANA, STUDIO

6PM ANNA SUI, THEATRE

6:30-7:30PM NOMIA, BOX

7PM VIVIENNE TAM, STAGE

8PM B MICHAEL AMERICA, MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 1220 5TH AVE

February 16

10AM RALPH LAUREN, 275 HUDSON ST

11AM RALPH LAUREN, 275 HUDSON ST

2PM CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION, 205 W 39TH ST

3PM CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION, 205 W 39TH ST