With the changing needs of the industry, the organizers have decided to rename the New York runway and redefine its purpose.
The Week of the Fashion of New York will be called the American Collections Calendar and will only include designers characteristic of the United States, “regardless of the location or release date” of their creations, their organization announced on Thursday.
The Council of Designers of Fashion of the USA, which organizes the official calendar of the event, presented a new decentralized edition in which the parades began yesterday, Thursday, and last until April 15, although the majority will be concentrated between 14 and 17 February, with veteran and emerging names.
“With the changing needs of the industry, and subsequently its strategies, the CFDA is proud to present the inaugural American Collections Calendar, which includes traditionally American designers from where and how they want to do their ‘shows,” he said in a note the collective.
The couturier Tom Ford, who chairs the designers, recalled that the Council’s mission is to “promote fashion America “around the world and noted that the fact that many of its members choose to run shows outside of Fashion Week and even the United States indicates the” need for flexibility in the fashion system. “
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In this sense, the American Collections Calendar is presented as a showcase that will collect the samples of fashion designers characteristic of the country, whether produced online or physically, within or outside its borders, although due to the covid-19 pandemic most of them are expected to be digital.
According to the calendar, this Thursday the firm Zero + Maria Cornejo kicks off the samples of this autumn / winter 2021 season, followed the following days by Kozaburo, Ulla Johnson and R13 until the official opening of the new “NYFW” on February 14, starring Taiwanese-Canadian Jason Wu.
“In addition to Tom Ford, Carolina Herrera, Altuzarra and Thom Browne, there are several noteworthy emerging talents including Bed on Water, Maisie Wilen, and Project Runway (a television contest) winner Geoffrey Mac. Kimberly Goldson and Negris LeBrum will also feature in the spotlight ”, said the collective of designers.
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“Gabriela Hearst, Oscar de la Renta, Willy Chavarria, Tanya Taylor, Adam Lippes, Veronica Beard, No Sesso, Kevan Hall and Rosetta Getty return to the calendar, and Erin Beatty presents her sustainable Rentrayage collection,” she added.
The list includes the absences of some of the most emblematic US brands, such as Michael Kors and Marc Jacobs, who are regularly present on the closing day of the NYFW; and Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren, who have chosen to follow their own pace in other editions.
Likewise, on February 15, a dozen fashion shows dedicated to men’s fashion will be held with designers such as Carter Young, Federico Cina and Timo Weiland through the Runway 360 digital platform, which was launched in the last edition.
Despite the change announced by the CFDA, other platforms converge in the Week of the Fashion from New York, including the Federation of Latin American Designers (FDLA), which will celebrate its second digital edition between February 15 and 17 with the Peruvian Yirko Sivirich and the Dominican Giannina Azar as highlights.
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