Jetsetter is teaming up with Rent The Runway — the New York-based service that lets you borrow glam outfits by the likes of Proenza Schouler, Catherine Maladrino and Herve Leger — to give you the opportunity to live like a fashion editor during the Spring 2012 New York Fashion Week. Check out the prize, which includes round-trip tickets for two, a three-night stay in a deluxe King room at The James Hotel in Soho, and a $1,000 in Rent The Runway credit and enter here.

So what should you expect? We asked Town & Country (@tandcmag) Senior Editor and fashion and style writer Nandita Khanna what it’s like to be a real, live New York fashion editor.

Q: How many shows do you attend during Fashion Week?

A: Over 150 shows are held in Lincoln Center and elsewhere in the city, and there are another 50 to 75 presentations (a runway show is seated, whereas a presentation is a little more casual and editors can pop-in and out). I attend between eight and ten a day or about 40 to 50 total.

Q: Sounds exhausting!

A: It’s a whirlwind. By the end of the week it all starts to blur together and I’m on autopilot. We have a great fashion team here at Town & Country and we try to go to shows together, but there are so many that we often have to divide and conquer. And there’s still a magazine to produce, so I often go to the office before the morning shows start at 9:00 AM and sometimes after the last one around 9:00 PM. Lincoln Center is the hub, but many designers still choose to show downtown in, say, art galleries in Chelsea, so you end up spending a lot of time in a town car or cab, rushing from one show to the next.

In the evenings there are cocktail parties, dinners and after-show parties hosted by designers. Alexander Wang always throws one of the best and most coveted (last year he hosted a carnival in a parking lot beneath the High Line); Vladmir Restoin-Roitfield, son of former French Vogue editor-in-chief Carine Restoin-Roitfield, had a fun bash to support artist Richard Hambelton (and will do so again this September). That attracted a great looking group.

Q: With such a hectic schedule, how do you keep going?

A: Starbucks — many, many times a day! Thankfully, there’s a Starbucks around the corner from Lincoln Center, which always has a very long line.

Close-up of Nandita's beloved bangles during Fall 2010 New York Fashion Week (photographed by Tommy Ton).

Q: So the big question: how do you decide what to wear?

A: I wish I could say that I dress for comfort and wear sensible shoes, but I don’t. One of the most fun parts of Fashion Week is seeing what everyone is wearing. It feels a bit like the first day of school in that way. My style is pretty consistent — I wear dresses and skirts paired with silk blouses, topped with a textured jacket, and the highest shoes in my closet. By the end of the week I’m really feeling the affects of those five-inch heels.

Q: What was the most memorable piece you wore to February’s shows?

A: It’s a tie between a cropped Prada tweed jacket that had a strong shoulder and a beautiful built-in brooch that I wore with booties and J Brand jeans…or, the ¾ length leopard Ferragamo fur jacket that I threw over just about everything.

Q: How do the seating arrangements work?

A: It really depends on the show. Celebrities, editors in chief, creative and fashion directors and head buyers populate the front row, while the second row consists of market directors and senior market editors (and perhaps a blogger, depending on their relationship with the designer). The third and fourth rows may be associate editors, then assistants. And many of the publications are grouped together.

Q: Who are you keeping an eye out for?

A: There are certain people who always look fantastic — Net-a-Porter founder Natalie Massanet always looks so elegant and chic, Barneys Fashion Director Amanda Brooks is the epitome of timelessness; Anna Dello Russo of Vogue Japan has the most fearless style and is always wearing something straight off the runway. And there are some celebrities — Leighton Meester, Blake Lively, stylist Rachel Zoe — who are fun to keep an eye out for.

A selection of invitations from Milan Fashion Week.

Q: What’s your note-taking process like?

A: I’m old school: I bring a coral Smythson diary and take my notes by hand. I’ll occasionally snap photos of something I really love on my Blackberry and post it to Twitter, but Style.com and the Cut, who have a great new iPad app, post images almost immediately — that makes our jobs so much easier.

Q: Where do fashion editors go after the shows?

A: It really depends. I tend to select the newest/hottest/latest restaurant to meet friends for dinner close to the last show of the day — by then I’m starving. During the shows in February, we often went to the Standard Grill at the Standard Hotel, and then the Lion. The Mondrian Hotel had just opened then, so it was also at the top of everyone’s list to grab a drink.

Q: Who’s your fashion icon?

A: Jane Birkin. She was a doe-eyed beauty who made silk blouses and wide leg pants look like the most elegant pairing on the planet.

Q: Any style advice for frequent travelers?

A: I really plan out my outfits and try to keep a streamlined color palette, and then I throw in a great structured blazer, or a long pleated skirt that you can dress up or down. For me, the styling is in the details. I bring loads of cuffs and bangles, my favorite statement necklace from Tom Binns, plus a few Pucci silk scarves for color and a Dianora Salvati scarf for the plane. I just went to Paris and Cannes for a long weekend and I packed several Equipment blouses, which served me so well — I tied them up with a skirt in Cannes and wore them tucked in with skinny jeans and Miu Miu flats in Paris. And never underestimate a good ballet flat: Miu Miu and Lanvin are my absolute favorites.

Q: Best fashion find you’ve brought back from the road?

A: Most recently, a color-blocked blush and black Celine zippered pochette — it’s so liberating because it forces me to carry only the essentials. I found it at the Celine boutique in Cannes.

Q: Favorite trend of the moment?

A: Brights! Even for fall, designers are showing reds, fuchsia, orange — it’s such a welcome change from grays and blacks (although those colors are great to pair with brights).

Q: Fill in the blank: Every woman needs _______ luggage.

A: Rimowa. It’s so sleek and lightweight and comes in great colors, so you can always spot it you’re brave enough to check your bag. (I always carry on.) The streamlined exterior belies how generously sized it is — it actually makes me look like I can pack sensibly for a trip!

Q: Finally, and oh-so-importantly, what color are your nails right now?

A: Chanel Mimosa to inspire me during the last few waning weeks of summer.

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