In today’s fashion news, New York-based designer Zac Posen will be making his first showing in Paris next month, and he considers it a risk worth taking in the fashion industry.

The presentation will also include his Z Spoke by Zac Posen collection. He recently told Vogue.com, “What first brought me to fashion and turned me on to design were the great Parisian creators.” Posen, a favorite of celebrity fashion trend makers like Natalie Portman and Lucy Liu, says he is aiming to create “a new American look which is effortlessly fun and playful.”

The young designer, whose company is co-owned by Sean Combs, is known for creating brief cocktail dresses, and including tailoring reminiscent of the 1940s in his ladies fashions.