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A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, which allows fashion designers, brands or "houses" to display their latest collections in runway shows and buyers to take a look at the latest trends. Most importantly, it lets the industry know what's "in" and what's "out" for the season. The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the fashion capitals Milan, London, New York, and Paris.
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Characteristics
In the major fashion capitals, fashion weeks are semiannual events. January through March designers showcase their autumn and 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.
Main fashion centers in region
In North America, the capital regional is New York. In Latin America, is São Paulo. In Europe, is Paris, Milan and London. In Africa, is Johannesburg. In Asia, is Tokyo and Shanghai. In Oceania, is Sydney.
Schedule
The schedule begins with New York, followed by London, with the penultimate fashion week in Milan ending the events in Paris. 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), Rio Summer (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.
Controversy
The dominance of the big four benefits industry participants. For example, buyers, journalists, models and celebrities can limit their travel and simply move from one to the other over the four week period. However the arrangement is criticized for stifling design talent in emerging fashion hubs such as Los Angeles.[citation needed]
Cities with Fashion Weeks
| City | Name | Date established | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | Amsterdam International Fashion Weeks (AIFW) | 2004[1] | |
| Asunción | Asunción Fashion Week | 2003[2] | |
| Austin | Austin Fashion Week | 2009[3] | |
| Athens | Hellenic Fashion Week | 2000[4] | |
| Atlanta | Atlanta International Fashion Week | 2006[5] | |
| Auckland | New Zealand Fashion Week | 2001[6] | |
| Baltimore | Baltimore's Fashion Week | 2008[7] | |
| Bangkok | Bangkok Fashion Week | 2005[8] | |
| Barcelona | Barcelona Fashion Week | 1981 (Known as Pasarela Gaudí until 2001) | |
| Beirut | Beirut Fashion Week | 2008 | |
| Belgrade | Belgrade Fashion Week | 1996[9] | |
| Bellevue, Washington | Bellvue Fashion Week | 2007[10] | |
| Berlin | Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin | 2007[11] | |
| Bogota | Bogota Fashion Week | 2007 | |
| Boston | Boston Fashion Week | 1995 [12] | |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn Fashion Week | 2003-05 Brooklyn Designers 2008 its new form[13] | |
| Brisbane | Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane | 2006 [14][15] | |
| Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires Fashion Week | 2008 | |
| Colombia | Colombiamoda Celebrate On Medellin city | 2005 | |
| Cape Town | Cape Town Fashion Week | 2003[16] | |
| Charleston | Charleston Fashion Week | 2007 | |
| Chicago | Chicago Fashion Week | ||
| Cleveland | Fashion Week Cleveland | 2002 [17] | |
| Columbus, Ohio | Columbus Fashion Week | 2007[18] | |
| Copenhagen | Copenhagen Fashion Week | 1964 (Unknown in its current form) [19] | |
| Cyprus | Cyprus Fashion Week | 2008[20] | |
| Dhaka | Dhaka Fashion Week | 2008 | |
| Dhaka | Bangladesh Fashion Week | 2009 | |
| Dallas | Couture Fashion Week Dallas | 2009 to present in its current form[21] | |
| Dallas | Dallas Fashion Week | 2008[22] | |
| Dar es Salaam | Swahili Fashion Week | 2008 | |
| Dubai | Dubai Fashion Week | 2006[23] | |
| Dublin | Dublin Fashion Week | ||
| Dusseldorf | Dusseldorf Fashion Week | 1963[24] | |
| Fort Lauderdale | FTL MODA | 2007[25] | |
| Gainesville | Gainesville Fashion Week | 2009[26] | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong Fashion Week | 1968[27] | |
| Jakarta | Jakarta Fashion Week | 2008[28] | |
| Johannesburg | Joburg Fashion Week | 2007[29] | |
| Kansas City, MO | Glance Fashion Week KC | 2009[30] | |
| Karachi | Karachi Fashion Week | 2009[31] | |
| Kenya | Kenya Fashion Week | 2005 | |
| Kiev | Ukrainian Fashion Week | 1997[32] | |
| Kingston | Caribbean Fashion Week | Started November 2001 (Now held in June) | |
| Kobe | Kobe Fashion Week | Started from 2006 A/W collection [33] | |
| Kuala Lumpur[34] | Malaysia Fashion Week | 2007-2008 | |
| Lagos | Nigerian Fashion Week | 2007 | |
| Las Vegas | Las Vegas Fashion Week | 2009 | |
| Lisbon | Moda Lisboa/Lisbon Fashion Week | 1994 | |
| Liverpool | Liverpool Fashion Week | 2008 | |
| London | London Fashion Week[35] | 1961 (1993 in its current form) | |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Fashion Week | 2003[36] | |
| Łódź | Fashion Week Poland | 2009 | |
| Luanda | Moda Luanda / Luanda Fashion: annually, on January/February | 1997[37] | |
| Angola Fashion Week: annually, on June/July | 1999[38] | ||
| MODANGOLA - Angola's Male Fashion Week: annually, on November | 2009[39] | ||
| Madrid | Madrid Fashion Week | 1963 | |
| Mallorca | Mallorca Fashion Week | 2009[40] | |
| Manila | Philippine Fashion Week | 1997[41] | |
| Melbourne | L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival[42] | ||
| Melbourne Spring Fashion Week[43] | |||
| Mexico City | Fashion Week Mexico | 1998[44] | |
| Miami | Funkshion: Fashion Week Miami Beach | 1998[45] | |
| Miami Fashion Week | 1998[46] | ||
| Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Miami | 1998[47] | ||
| Milan | |||
| Montréal | Montréal Fashion Week | ||
| Morocco | Morocco fashion week (caftan) | 1996[48] | |
| Moscow | Fashion Week in Moscow | 1994 (2003 in its current form)[49] | |
| Moscow | Russian Fashion Week | 2001[50] | |
| Mumbai | Mumbai Fashion Week | 2001 | |
| Nashville | Music City Fashion Week | 2008[51] | |
| New Delhi | Delhi Fashion Week | 2008[52][53] | |
| India Fashion Week | 2000[54][55] | ||
| New York City | New York Fashion Week | 1943 (1993 in its current form)[56] | |
| New York City | Couture Fashion Week New York | 2003 to present in its current form. | |
| Oslo | Oslo Fashion Week | 2004 | |
| Ottawa | Ottawa Fashion Week | 2008 in its current form | |
| Paris | Paris Fashion Week | 1973 in its current form | |
| Plovdiv | Plovdiv Fashion Week | 2000 | |
| Plovdiv | MEN`s Fashion Week | 2009 | |
| Plovdiv | BRIDAL Fashion Week | 2009 | |
| Philadelphia | Philadelphia Fashion Week | 2009[57] | |
| Phoenix | Phoenix Fashion Week - separated from Scottsdale Fashion Week | 2004[58] | |
| Portland | Portland Fashion Week | 2003[59] | |
| Prague | Prague Fashion Week | 2002[60] | |
| Reykjavík | Iceland Fashion Week | 2000[61] | |
| Riga | Riga Fashion Week | 2004 | |
| Rio de Janeiro | Fashion Rio | ||
| Rome[62] | Rome Fashion Week | ||
| Sacramento | Sacramento Fashion Week | 2008[63] | |
| San Francisco | San Francisco Fashion Week | 2004[64] | |
| San Juan | Puerto Rico High Fashion Week | ||
| Santiago | Santiago Fashion Week | 2006 | |
| São Paulo[65] | São Paulo Fashion Week | 1995[66] | |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo Fashion Weeks - two rival events | [67] | |
| Scottsdale, Arizona | Scottsdale Fashion Week | 2005 | |
| Singapore | Singapore Fashion Week. | 1987 | |
| Seattle | Seattle Fashion Week | 2003 | |
| Seoul | Seoul Fashion Week | [68] | |
| Shanghai | Shanghai Fashion Week | ||
| Sydney | Australian Fashion Week | 1995[68] | |
| Sydney Fashion Festival | |||
| Sydney Fashion Weekend | |||
| Sofia | SOFIA Fashion Week | 2004 | |
| St. Louis | St. Louis Fashion Week | ||
| Stockholm | Stockholm Fashion Week | 1995[68] | |
| Tashkent | Tashkent Fashion Week | 2006[69] | |
| Tehran | 2006[61] | ||
| Tirana | Albania Fashion Week | 2007[70] | |
| Toronto | LG Fashion Week | 1999 (2009 in its current form) [71] | |
| Tokyo | Japan Fashion Week | 1985 (2005 in its current form) [72] | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Fashion Week Trinidad and Tobago | 2008 [73] | |
| Ulan Bator | Goyol | 1988 [74] | |
| Valencia | Valencia Fashion Week | 2001[75] | |
| Vienna | MQ Vienna Fashion Week | 2009[76] | |
| Warsaw | Warsaw Fashion Street | 1996 | |
| Zagreb | Zagreb Fashion Week | 2003 |
See also
References
- ^ COSMOWORLDS | AIFW Official Show & Press Schedule January 2008 - Amsterdam International Fashion Week 2008
- ^ Asunción Fashion Week - Asunción, Paraguay
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Atlanta International Fashion Week Homepage
- ^ [3]
- ^ [4]
- ^ The Nation: BKK Fashion Week 2005
- ^ Belgrade Fashion Week | Beogradska nedelja mode
- ^ Bellevue Fashion Week | Beogradska nedelja mode
- ^ "Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin."
- ^ "Boston Fashion Week."
- ^ "Brooklyn Fashion Week."
- ^ Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival
- ^ "Mercedes-Benz global fashion activities". cosmoworlds. http://www.cosmoworlds.com/fashion_features/mercedes-benz-08202009.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
- ^ Cape Town Fashion Week
- ^ "Fashion Week Cleveland Unveils Schedule" (PDF). Global Press Release Distribution. http://www.prlog.org/10063480-fashion-week-cleveland-unveils-schedule.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ^ Columbus Fashion Week
- ^ Copenhagen Fashion Week - Cfw History
- ^ Cyprus Fashion Week by Harpers Bazaar
- ^ Couture Fashion Week Dallas
- ^ [5]
- ^ Dubai Fashion Week
- ^ [6]
- ^ FTL MODA - Fort Lauderdale Resort Fashion Week
- ^ Gainesville Fashion Week
- ^ Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall / Winter
- ^ Jakarta Fashion Week
- ^ Audi Joburg Fashion Week
- ^ Glance Present's Fashion Week KC
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8345177.stm
- ^ Ukrainian Fashion Week
- ^ [7]
- ^ http://www.kualalumpurfashionweek.com/
- ^ http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/
- ^ Making a splash in Los Angeles:Fashion Week goes coastal - International Herald Tribune
- ^ [8]
- ^ [9]
- ^ [10]
- ^ Mallorca Fashion Weekend
- ^ FWM
- ^ L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival
- ^ Melbourne Fashion Week
- ^ FWM
- ^ Funkshion
- ^ Miami Fashion Week
- ^ http://www.mbfashionweek.com/ Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Miami
- ^ [11]
- ^ Our mission
- ^ Russian Fashion Week
- ^ Music City Fashion Week
- ^ Delhi Fashion Week
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/03/stories/2008090356770200.htm Setting the Stage for Fashion's Renaissance: Delhi Fashion Week.
- ^ Fashion world readies for first India Fashion Week-Entertainment-The Times of India
- ^ Test Page for the Apache Web Server on Red Hat Linux
- ^ Fortini, Amanda. How the Runway Took Off: A Brief History of the Fashion Show. Slate Magazine (Feb. 8, 2006).
- ^ "Philadelphia Fashion Week"
- ^ "Phoenix Fashion Week"
- ^ Portland Fashion Week (October 19-24, 2007)
- ^ Fashion takes over the city of Prague - 20-03-2007 - Radio Prague
- ^ a b "Big 4 Fashion Weeks Get Company." International Herald Tribune (Oct. 3, 2006).
- ^ Rome Fashion Week article, China Daily, July 13, 2004
- ^ "SAC Fashion Week"
- ^ San Francisco Fashion Week 2007
- ^ "São Paulo Fashion Week." Style.com
- ^ http://www.visitingarts.org.uk/features/v45bf.html
- ^ "Sarajevo Fashion Week."
- ^ a b c Cape Town Fashion Week
- ^ "Tashkent Fashion Week."
- ^ "Albania Fashion Week."
- ^ "LG Fashion Week."
- ^ toward FORUM
- ^ Reporters. [12] Triniview.com (<May 16, 2008).
- ^ [http://news.gogo.mn/r/47107/ ]
- ^ "valencia Fashion Week."
- ^ "MQ Vienna Fashion Week."
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