This Week in Numbers NYFW: $6 million in hotel spending, Ralph Lauren’s 50th anniversary, and a pregnant top-model in labor (on the runway)

A SNEAK PEEK OF THE WEEK IN NUMBERS, FEATURING THE TRIUMPHANT SCOOP’S NUMERICAL REVIEW ON CITIES, CELEBRITIES, CONSUMERS, AND COMMERCE.

9 months pregnant: Slick Woods walking the NYFW runway

Only hours after walking the runway at Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty show at New York Fashion Week, 22-year-old model Slick Woods gave birth to her first child Saphir.

50 years: Ralph Lauren anniversary

Ralph Lauren celebrated his 50th anniversary in the industry with a luxurious runway show at the Bethesda Terrace in Central Park. The guest list included the biggest celebs and fashion designers: from Oprah to Robert De Niro, Kanye, Steven Spielberg, Michael Kors, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Donna Karen and Alexander Wang. (Source: USA Today)        

200 curvy models on NYFW runways

This season’s NYFW featured over 200 curvy models on the runway. Designers weren’t just looking for perfect models with the pretty faces who fit in a size zero- at least not this season. Never before had there been this much size diversity on the catwalks at NYFW. (Source: Glamour)

120,000 attendees at NYFW

The approximate number of people attending NYFW this season was 120,000. (Source: The Guardian)

$200,000: minimum price tag of a NYFW show

For a basic runway show at New York Fashion Week, brands spend around $200,000 in total. However, this only includes the bare necessities. Designers who envision an over-the-top spectacle, will spend way more, up to at least $1,000,000. Something tells us the Ralph Lauren 50th anniversary fashion show might have cost a little more than $200,000. (Source: Fashionista)

$6 million spent on hotels during NYFW

NYFW brings fashion insiders, press and bloggers from all over the world to the city. Approximately $6 million is spent on hotels during fashion week. (Source: The Guardian)

$36 million of luxury goods

British fashion house Burberry announced they will no longer be disposing any unwanted and unsold stock by destroying it, after they were criticized by environmental activists this summer. The company destroyed more than $36 million worth of luxury goods and beauty products in the last year. This practice is generally done to keep the merchandise exclusive.