We are jet lagged and tired, but it’s still FABULOUS to be in NYC! We’re staying at the Hotel Belleclaire on the Upper West side and are marvelously settled in for the week.

After breakfast, which was tea and a pastry for me and coffee and a squagel for Greg, we headed off to a quick business meeting before picking up our all important Fashion Week press credentials. You CANNOT enter any of the tents or shows without an official press credential in hand, so standing in a queue to fetch them is how Fashion Week starts. Although the process was efficient, the wait was long and we ended up missing the Anne Bowen show because we couldn’t get our credentials in time. Oh well! Onto the next show.

This season’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week is in a new location: Lincoln Center. The new venue feels larger and fancier than Bryant Park, but somehow not as cozy. There are still tons of people checking out the shows and fashion both on and off the runway. Plenty of fashionistas dressed in black from head to toe wearing sky scraping heels, but far fewer than in February. This season there are just as many women in gladiator sandals and ballet flats. Clothing colours are still very neutral, but there’s a lot more denim, white and grey than last time round.

Today I was in a casual mood, so I wore my jodhpur jeans with a tucked in, silk Versace-inspired shirt, belt, vintage pearls and low heeled red pumps. Ms. Valentino speaks for herself.

I spend a good amount of the working week out and about with clients and scouting retail stores. But I also spend a portion of my time working from home writing content for YLF and participating in the forum.

My work from home days take one of two forms:

1. Part of the day at home and part of the day with a client
2. Working at home the whole day

In the first case, I shower, put on a work outfit and leave off the shoes until I venture out because I prefer to wear slippers at home. That means that I work at my computer in my work outfit until I see a client. My dress code is usually smart casual or business casual depending on the client and my morning mood.

In the second case, when I’m not venturing out, I’ll still shower first thing and put on a work outfit, but it’s usually smart casual. I am NOT comfortable working at my computer in lounge clothes. It stifles my creativity and productivity. YLF work at home is just as important as working with clients and I need to feel well put together when I sit at my computer.

How you choose to dress when you work at home is really a matter of personal preference. For example, Greg who works from home frequently, feels perfectly fine in his very casual T-shirt and jeans (or shorts). Unlike his wife!

A few years ago I wrote a post on looking fab when you work from home and I still feel the same way. I suggested a comfortable and relatively casual, yet put together look that’s not your sweats. I choose to look a little dressier than these suggestions when I work from home for the reasons that I mentioned above. But that doesn’t mean that you have to. If you’re really productive wearing sweet sweats while you work from home – then that works too. The productivity is the important thing. Just remember to change when you nip out for a break or errand during the day.

What is your work from home style?

Greg and I are about to leave for the airport with press passes in hand. We had so much fun covering Fall collections at Mercerdes Benz New York Fashion Week in February that we’re doing it all again for Spring 2011. Only this time it’s sans the blizzards and puffer coats. Can’t wait!

We’ll reduce the frequency of posts while we’re away, but there will be at least one a day. We’ll be blogging about the shows, the fashion off the runway, and whatever else tickles our fancy while we’re in Manhattan for Fashion Week. The new front page feature will come into its own as I tweet and Greg posts photos as we go.

Stay tuned for the scoop, and in the meantime, check out fashion week in the archives to see the action from February.

Yes, low heels are trending, and we’ll probably see more low heeled footwear in upcoming seasons. Question is, how do you feel about the trend? When I asked about your favourite heel heights, many responded with 3 inch heels. That’s a good inch or so higher than a kitten heel which hovers around one and quarter to two inches.

Kitten heels are my favourite heel height for everyday wear (not that I wear heels daily). So a big yay from me. But some women feel that kitten heels make them look stumpy and dumpy, so if they‘re going to wear a heel let it be three inches are higher. What’s your verdict?