Fashion week starts in a few days! And it is in New York that the fall-winter 2022-2023 fashion shows will start from Friday, February 11, 2022.
Only a few more days before the start of the Fashion week fall-winter 2022-2023 ! From Friday February 11 to Tuesday March 8, the biggest brands are meeting in the four fashion capitals to present their new collections.
What calendar for the Fall-Winter 2022-2023 Ready-to-Wear Fashion Week?
The shows will begin in New York. Among the some 70 brands that will present their creations, Proenza Schouler, Brandon Maxwell, Ulla Johnson, Khaite, Laquan Smith, Michael Kors, Prabal Gurung and Telfar. The creator Tom Ford, on the other hand, has just announced the cancellation of his parade because of the coronavirus. The rise of the epidemic in Los Angeles and Italy has delayed the design of its new collection. Another consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic: some presentations and fashion shows will take place face-to-face, others only online. A practice that will also take place in London, where the shows will take place from February 18 to 22. The opportunity to discover the collections of more than 70 brands. Emilia Wickstead, Rejina Pyo, Halpern, Nancy Dojaka, Richard Quinn, Paul & Joe…
In general, the women’s ready-to-wear fashion week calendar evolves slightly each season depending on the city where the brands decide to parade.
Women’s fashion week fall-winter 2022-2023:
- Fashion week de New York : from Friday 11 to Wednesday 16 February 2022.
- London fashion week : from Friday 18 to Tuesday 22 February 2022.
- Fashion week de Milan : from Tuesday 22 to Monday 28 February 2022.
- Fashion week de Paris : from Wednesday 2 to Tuesday 8 March 2022.
What is Ready-to-Wear Fashion Week?
The Fashion week femme is fashion’s most anticipated event and returns twice a year. In February and September, the major brands unveil their ready-to-wear collections : clothing and accessories produced in series and not made to measure, intended to be sold in their various points of sale six months later. At the end of winter, the collections for the following autumn-winter are presented, while the spring-summer collections are paraded at the end of summer. If more and more big cities organize their own Fashion weeks (Tokyo, Seoul, Istanbul, Sao Paulo…), the fashion week travels historically from New York to Paris via London then Milan, stopping for a few days in each of these four major style capitals. Increasingly renowned, the Fashion weeks of Copenhagen, Seoul or Lagos have also been talked about a lot in recent seasons.
What is Paris Fashion Week?
Registered trademark, the Paris Fashion Week refers to all the parades that take place in Paris twice a year for women and twice a year for men. It can also commonly refer to the week of haute couture fashion shows, but this is an abuse of language.
When is Fashion Week in Paris?
It is the most popular fashion event. The Paris Fashion Week always intervenes at the end of the Fashion month, after those in New York, London and Milan, and is by far the busiest in fashion shows. Less underground than that of London and even richer than those of Milan and New York, its fame makes it the Holy Grail for most creators in the world. Large foreign houses like Valentino (Italy), Dries Van Noten (Belgium) or Stella McCartney (United Kingdom) prefer Paris to their capital of origin to parade. Consequently, it concentrates a maximum of stars, muses and events on the sidelines from which to meet them.
Where is Fashion Week in Paris?
The parades of Fashion week in Paris takes place in different places, according to the wishes of the brands and creators. Usually, Chanel organizes its show at the Grand Palais, while Dior presents its collections at the Rodin Museum. The Louvre has often been the playground of Louis Vuitton. The brands nevertheless try to keep in mind that their guests often attend several parades in the same day and try to restrict their movements in the center of Paris. The Marais, Concorde, Palais-Royal, Trocadéro and Saint-Germain-des-Prés districts are therefore often where Fashion Week in Paris takes place.
Who organizes Fashion Week in Paris?
From an organizational point of view, the Federation of Haute Couture and La Chapeaute Fashion and facilitates relations between its various actors (buyers, photographers, journalists, influencers and creators). It also publishes the official fashion show calendar, assigning a date and time to each show.
Who is invited to Fashion Week in Paris?
The people invited to Fashion week in Paris are the buyers international department stores, prestigious multi-brand boutiques or luxury sites. In the front rows of the parades, we also find the best customers and friends from home, the stars of the moment, the most prominent influencers and fashion journalists.
To organize a parade
Each season, the Haute Couture and Fashion Federation opens applications to allow brands to join the official Fashion Week calendar. Entry requirements? Have a legal structure and have marketed at least one of its collections.
To watch parades
To participate in Paris Fashion Week without being invited by a house, there are different possibilities. Especially work there. Cabin dressers, hosts and hostesses, waiters and waitresses… There is no shortage of small jobs. Otherwise, you can always go to the place of the parades and wait quietly in the “Standing” queue. Brands sometimes bring in fashion fans just before the start of the show, who are waiting there to fill the somewhat sparse rows. Last option: do not miss any live.
Where to watch Paris Fashion Week online?
To follow Fashion Week, visit brand websites. They have all become experts in livestreaming, which they often retransmit simultaneously on their eshops and their social networks. Another way to attend Fashion Week almost as if you were there: follow fashion influencers on social networks invited to the shows that interest you. Some broadcast the shows and backstage live, select their favorite silhouettes to bring their subscribers to life. Fashion week from their front row seat.
What is Haute Couture Fashion Week?
He’s the tailor Charles Frederick Worth who in 1858 created the first haute couture house, located at 7, rue de la Paix, in Paris. Since a decree of January 23, 1945, the expression “haute couture” has become a legally protected designation, granted by the Minister in charge of industry on the proposal of a commission led by the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture. At the time, houses that could claim to be haute couture were entitled to specific advantages in terms of price and supply of raw materials.
How to obtain the haute couture label?
“Haute couture” is therefore a French name, granted each year to houses of all nationalities that meet a certain number of specific criteria (such as handmade clothing, for example) and adhere to the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture, which has its origins in the 19th century. The official calendar includes “members”, “corresponding members” and “guest members”.
Only sixteen houses enjoy member status (some of whom are no longer on the runway): Adeline André, Alexandre Vauthier, Alexis Mabille, Bouchra Jarrar, Chanel, Christian Dior, Franck Sorbier, Giambattista Valli, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, Julien Fournié, Maison Margiela, Maurizio Galante, Rabih Kayrouz, Schiaparelli, Stéphane Rolland.
The Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture is part of a larger entity called Haute Couture and Fashion Federation. The latter’s main mission is to support emerging brands, perpetuate the houses already established, protect intellectual property and establish the calendar of collections presented in Paris.
What is the haute couture calendar in 2022?
Haute Couture Fashion Week takes place twice a year in Paris. As the silhouettes offered do not require long production times, unlike ready-to-wear, they are presented just before each season, in January for the spring-summer collections and in July for the fall-winter collections. During the two annual meetings high fashion organized in Paris, around thirty fashion houses show off their exceptional creations which testify to real craftsmanship and contribute to their international influence. The collections presented there serve as a showcase for the houses: they will not be produced in large numbers but made to measure for customers who request them. Each piece is therefore unique, corresponding to the desires (colours, details, length, etc.) of these exceptional consumers.
The next Haute Couture Fashion Week in Paris will take place from Sunday July 3 to Thursday July 7, 2022 and will reveal the fall-winter 2022-2023 collections.
What are the dates for Men’s Fashion Week in 2022?
The Men’s fashion week in Paris takes place twice a year. Spring-Summer Men’s Fashion Week usually takes place in the last week of June. The Autumn-Winter Men’s Fashion Week takes place in mid-January. These two weeks of men’s fashion systematically precede haute couture.
The next Men’s Fashion Week in Paris will take place from Tuesday 21 to Sunday 26 June 2022 and will unveil the spring-summer 2023 collections.
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