Fashion week

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A Fashion Week catwalk
Vogue editors Anna Wintour and André Leon Talley during New York Fashion Week
Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen on Fashion Rio autumn/winter 2007 catwalk.

A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, which allows fashion designers or "houses" to display their latest collections in runway shows, and buyers to take a look at latest trends. And most importantly let the industry know, what's "in" and what's "out" for the season. The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the fashion capitals like Milan, Paris, London, and New York City.[1] In the early and mid 2000s, fashion weeks sprang up around the globe to draw attention to designers elsewhere.[1]

Characteristics

In the major fashion capitals, fashion weeks are semiannual events. January through March designers showcase their autumn (fall)/winter collections and September through November the spring/summer collections are shown. Fashion weeks must be held several months in advance of the season to allow the press and buyers a chance to preview fashion designs for the following season. This is also to allow time for retailers to arrange to purchase or incorporate the designers into their retail marketing.

Schedule

The schedule begins with New York Fashion week, followed by London Fashion week. The penultimate fashion week is Milan Fashion week and the schedule ends with Paris Fashion week. These four cities are the traditional "big four" fashion weeks that are followed by new emerging fashion weeks globally. The Menswear shows occur in between autumn(fall)/winter and spring/summer in Milan.

Some fashion weeks can be genre-specific, such as a Miami Fashion Week (Swimwear), Prêt-a-Porter (ready-to-wear) Fashion Week, Couture (one-of-a-kind designer original) Fashion Week and Bridal Fashion Week, while Portland (Oregon, USA) Fashion Week shows some eco-friendly designers.

History

The earliest fashion week, held in New York City in 1943, was intended to attract attention away from French fashion during World War II, when fashion industry insiders were unable to travel to Paris to see French fashion shows.[2] Fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert organized an event she called "Press Week" to showcase American designers for fashion journalists, whose innovations had been previously neglected.[2] (Buyers were not admitted to the shows and instead had to visit designers' showrooms.[2]) Press Week was a success, and fashion magazines like Vogue, which were normally filled with French designs, increasingly featured American fashion. However after the war, people returned to Paris, and to other fashion "superpowers"; London and Milan, for the new fashion weeks that had emerged. At this point in time, these four cites controlled the fashion calendar, and continue to control it to this day. In the aspects of the buying side, and journalistic side, that is good, as it means less travel and the ease of simply jetting from New York, to the next in line London, then to Milan and lastly Paris in the space of one month. For buyers abroad, the convenience of this arrangement has meant that due to the proximity of London to Milan and to Paris, it means the fashion week is getting even more important.

The one major criticism is that talented designers from emerging fashion weeks like Los Angeles or São Paulo do not get the same recognition as the designers that show in the traditional four fashion weeks of Paris, London, Milan or New York. It also means that the established designers 'rule' the market, and new designers such as those from lesser economically developed countries may not be able to open a slot in the fashion week schedule in the four fashion capitals. Therefore, although they may possess talent, their abilities to showcase this are severely hindered.

Cities with fashion week

City Name Date established
Amsterdam Amsterdam International Fashion Weeks 2004[3]
Athens Hellenic Fashion Week 2000[4]
Auckland New Zealand Fashion Week 2001[1]
Baltimore Baltimore's Fashion Week 2008[5]
Bangkok Bangkok Fashion Week 2005[6]
Barcelona Barcelona Fashion Week 1981 (Known as Pasarela Gaudí until 2001)
Belgrade Belgrade Fashion Week 1996[7]
Bellevue Bellvue Fashion Week 2007[8]
Berlin Fashion Week Berlin 2007[9]
Boston Boston Fashion Week 1989
Buenos Aires BAF Week 2001
Brooklyn Brooklyn Fashion Week 2003-05 Brooklyn Designers 2008 its new form
Cape Town Cape Town Fashion Week 2003[10]
Charleston Charleston Fashion Week 2007
Cleveland Fashion Week Cleveland 2002 [11]
Columbus Columbus Fashion Week 2007[12]
Copenhagen Copenhagen Fashion Week 1964 (Unknown in its current form) [13]
Cyprus Cyprus Fashion Week 2008[14]
Dar es Salaam Swahili Fashion Week 2008
Fort Lauderdale FTL MODA 2007[15]
Hong Kong Hong Kong Fashion Week 1968[16]
Johannesburg Joburg Fashion Week 2007[17]
Kiev Ukrainian Fashion Week 1997[18]
Kingston caribbean fashion week November 7th to 11th 2001
Kuala Lumpur[19] Malaysia Fashion Week 2007-2008
Lahore Pakistan Fashion Week 2007
Lisbon Moda Lisboa/Lisbon Fashion Week
London London Fashion Week 1961 (1993 in its current form)
Los Angeles Los Angeles Fashion Week 2003[20]
Madrid Madrid Fashion Week 1998
Mallorca Mallorca Fashion Week 2009[21]
Manila Philippine Fashion Week 1997[22]
Melbourne L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival
Mexico City Fashion Week Mexico 1998[23]
Miami Miami Fashion Week

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Miami

1998[24][25]
Milan Milan Fashion Week
Moscow Fashion Week in Moscow

Russian Fashion Week

1994 (2003 in its current form)[26]
2001[27]
Mumbai Mumbai Fashion Week 2001
Nashville Music City Fashion Week 2008[28]
New Delhi Delhi Fashion Week 2008[29][30]
India Fashion Week 2000[31][32]
New York City New York Fashion Week 1943 (1993 in its current form)[2]
Oslo Oslo Fashion Week
Paris Paris Fashion Week 1973 in its current form
Philadelphia Philadelphia Fashion Week 2003 in its current form
Phoenix Phoenix Fashion Week - separated from Scottsdale Fashion Week 2004 [33]
Portland Portland Fashion Week 2003[34]
Prague Prague Fashion Week 2002[35]
Reykjavík Iceland Fashion Week 2000[1]
Rio de Janeiro Fashion Rio
Rome[36] Rome Fashion Week
San Diego Fashion Week San Diego 2008[37]
San Francisco San Francisco Fashion Week 2004[38]
Santiago Pasarela Santiago 2006
São Paulo[39] São Paulo Fashion Week 1995[40]
Sarajevo Sarajevo Fashion Weeks - two rival events [41]
Scottsdale Scottsdale Fashion Week.

2005

Singapore Singapore Fashion Week. 1987
Seattle Seattle Fashion Week 2003
Seoul Seoul Fashion Week [42]
Shanghai Shanghai Fashion Week
Sydney Australian Fashion Week 1995[42]
St. Louis St. Louis Fashion Week
Stockholm Stockholm Fashion Week 1995[42]
Tehran 2006[1]
Toronto L'Oreal Fashion Week 2001[43]
Tokyo Japan Fashion Week 1985 (2005 in its current form) [44]
Ulan Bator Goyol 1988 [45]
Vancouver British Columbia Fashion Week 2004[46]
Zagreb Zagreb Fashion Week 2003

Upcoming fashion weeks

  • Miami Jul. 18 - 21, 2008
  • Berlin Jul. 17 - 20, 2008
  • Brooklyn Sep.1- 7, 2008
  • New York Sep. 5 - 12, 2008
  • London Sep. 14- 19, 2008
  • Milan Sep. 20- 28, 2008
  • Tampa Sep. 24-27, 2008
  • Vancouver Sep. 22-26, 2008
  • Paris Sep. 28 - October 5, 2008
  • Philadelphia Sep. 19 - 21, 2008
  • Phoenix Oct. 1-4, 2008
  • Los Angeles Oct. 12 - 16, 2008
  • Delhi Fashion Week Oct. 14 - 18, 2008
  • Swahili Fashion week Nov 5-7, 2008
  • Scottsdale Fashion Week Nov 6-9, 2008
  • Fort Lauderdale May 28-30, 2009

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Big 4 Fashion Weeks Get Company." International Herald Tribune (Oct. 3, 2006).
  2. ^ a b c d Fortini, Amanda. How the Runway Took Off: A Brief History of the Fashion Show. Slate Magazine (Feb. 8, 2006).
  3. ^ COSMOWORLDS | AIFW Official Show & Press Schedule January 2008 - Amsterdam International Fashion Week 2008
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ [2]
  6. ^ The Nation: BKK Fashion Week 2005
  7. ^ Belgrade Fashion Week | Beogradska nedelja mode
  8. ^ Bellevue Fashion Week | Beogradska nedelja mode
  9. ^ Berlin Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, July 2007 | Fashion Week News
  10. ^ Cape Town Fashion Week
  11. ^ "Fashion Week Cleveland Unveils Schedule" (PDF). Global Press Release Distribution. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
  12. ^ Columbus Fashion Week
  13. ^ Copenhagen Fashion Week - Cfw History
  14. ^ Cyprus Fashion Week by Harpers Bazaar
  15. ^ FTL MODA - Fort Lauderdale Resort Fashion Week
  16. ^ Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall / Winter
  17. ^ Audi Joburg Fashion Week
  18. ^ Ukrainian Fashion Week
  19. ^ http://www.kualalumpurfashionweek.com/
  20. ^ Making a splash in Los Angeles:Fashion Week goes coastal - International Herald Tribune
  21. ^ Mallorca Fashion Weekend
  22. ^ FWM
  23. ^ FWM
  24. ^ [http://www.miamifashionweek.com/index.asp Miami Fashion Week
  25. ^ http://www.mbfashionweek.com/ Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Miami
  26. ^ Our mission
  27. ^ Russian Fashion Week
  28. ^ [http://www.musiccityfashionweek.com/ Music City Fashion Week
  29. ^ [http://www.delhifashionweek.com/ Delhi Fashion Week
  30. ^ http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/03/stories/2008090356770200.htm Setting the Stage for Fashion's Renaissance: Delhi Fashion Week.
  31. ^ Fashion world readies for first India Fashion Week-Entertainment-The Times of India
  32. ^ Test Page for the Apache Web Server on Red Hat Linux
  33. ^ "Phoenix Fashion Week"
  34. ^ Portland Fashion Week (October 19-24, 2007)
  35. ^ Fashion takes over the city of Prague - 20-03-2007 - Radio Prague
  36. ^ Rome Fashion Week article, China Daily, July 13, 2004
  37. ^ Fashion Week San Diego
  38. ^ San Francisco Fashion Week 2007
  39. ^ "São Paulo Fashion Week." Style.com
  40. ^ http://www.visitingarts.org.uk/features/v45bf.html
  41. ^ "Sarajevo Fashion Week."
  42. ^ a b c Cape Town Fashion Week
  43. ^ "L'Oreal Fashion Week."
  44. ^ toward FORUM
  45. ^ [http://fashion.delhii.net/ ]
  46. ^ "BC Fashion Week."
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