"Doesn’t Gareth Pugh’s red foil ‘Big Bird’ costume for Casey Spooner look just gorgeous in the sunshine? Dressing not only Casey himself but an entire float-load of dancers for Deitch Projects' second annual Art Parade yesterday in SoHo, Gareth’s efforts ensured that the Fischerspooner entry (one of 74 separate performance art groups taking part) was quite the most spectacular. Awe-some! as the locals like to say."

Knowing she'd be over there for the start of womenswear, we asked 'our woman in New York', The Independent's Susie Rushton to blog from the art parade yesterday. Our thanks to her and her magic camera.