During New York Fashion Week, runway shows, presentations and pop-up events take place all over the city. But there are two main hubs. One is Skylight Clarkson Square in West SoHo. The other is a photography studio in the Meatpacking District. It may be new to fashion week, but it's no strangers to the fashion scene. NY1's Stephanie Simon filed the following report.

The city's Meatpacking District is so chic these days it's a natural for New York Fashion Week. It's a far cry from what it was like when Fabrizio Ferri opened the city's first photography superstudio on Washington Street in 1991.

"There was nothing in this area. It was a real meatpacking, blood in the streets, big rats and it was quite a dangerous area and imagine taxis wouldn't drop you here. They'd leave you at Ninth Avenue and say you walk," recalls Ferri.

That didn't stop model and actor Isabella Rosallini from coming out for Industria Superstudio's grand opening.

"She was the one she brought champagne slammed against the wall," says Ferri.

The Material Girl also had a moment.

"A few months down the road from when we opened Madonna saw the place and she launched her SEX book here. So that just triggered everything," says Ferri.

Ferri's idea for a photography superstudio was simple. Instead of building one kind of studio for just himself, he could build several spaces under one roof that he and other top photographers could use. He photographed so many famous faces: Sting, Beyonce, Oprah, Destiny's Child, Christy Turtlington, Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon and Eva Mendez.

"So many. So many. I can't even begin," adds Ferri.

Industria has expanded into Brooklyn with two new spaces Williamsburg. That original space is home to the Rolling Stones exhibit Exhibitionism. The space just across the street opened in 1993. It's hosting a full schedule of fashion shows.

"I think everybody in the fashion business, in the photography business, knows Industria. So coming here this is going back to their point of reference.

And now if they walk from Ninth Avenue it's because they want to stroll the neighborhood. Stephanie Simon NY1

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