Fashion week
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A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, that allows fashion designers or "houses" to display their latest collections. Runway shows are typically the highlight of fashion week. The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the fashion capitals of Paris, London, New York and Milan.[1] In the early and mid 2000s, fashion weeks sprang up around the globe to draw attention to designers elsewhere.[1]
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[edit] Characteristics
In the major fashion capitals, fashion weeks are semiannual events. "Fall" fashion weeks, showcasing designers' fall collections, are held January through March, and "spring" fashion weeks, showcasing spring collections, are held September through November. 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.
Fashion weeks are attended by buyers for major stores, editors of fashion magazines, the media, celebrities, and members of the entertainment industry. In years past, fashion weeks were predominantly for "the trade only"; however, today they are entertainment and media events. They may incorporate live musicians, celebrity guests, lavish galas and charity events, and a few allow the public to purchase special passes to see the runway shows or attend expositions which display handbags, jewelery, shoes, hats and cosmetics. Many important fashion design schools participate in the shows, as well.
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, Palm Springs Fashion Week (Resort Collections) and Bridal Fashion Week, while Portland (Oregon, USA) Fashion Week has taken on a green hue to become the world's first sustainably produced fashion week showing eco-friendly designers from around the globe.
[edit] History
The earliest fashion week, held in New York City in 1943, was designed 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 Lamber organized an event she called "Press Week" to showcase American designers for fashion journalists, who had previously neglected their innovations.[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.[2]
[edit] Selected cities with fashion weeks
| City | Name | Date established |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | New York Fashion Week | 1943 (1993 in its current form)[2] |
| Paris | Paris Fashion Week | 1973 in its current form |
| London | London Fashion Week | 1993 |
| Milan | Milan Fashion Week | |
| Madrid | Madrid Fashion Week | 1984 (Known as Pasarela Cibeles until 2006) |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong Fashion Week | 1968 |
| Tokyo | Japan Fashion Week | 1985 (2005 in its current form) [4] |
| Copenhagen | Copenhagen Fashion Week | 1964 (Unknown in its current form) [5] |
| Moscow | Russian Fashion Week | 1994 (2003 in its current form)[6] |
| São Paulo[7] | São Paulo Fashion Week | 1995[8] |
| Sydney | Australian Fashion Week | 1995[9] |
| Belgrade | Belgrade Fashion Week | 1996[10] |
| Kiev | Ukrainian Fashion Week | 1997[11] |
| Johannesburg | Joburg Fashion Week | 2007[9] |
| Rio de Janeiro | Fashion Rio | |
| Cape Town | Cape Town Fashion Week | 2003[9] |
| Mexico City | Fashion Week Mexico | 1998[12] |
| Chicago | Chicago Fashion Week | 2005[13] |
| Reykjavík | Iceland Fashion Week | 2000[1] |
| Zagreb | Zagreb Fashion Week | 2003 |
| New Delhi | India Fashion Week | 2000[14] [15] |
| Buenos Aires | fashionbuenosaires | 2001 |
| Santiago | Pasarela Santiago | 2006 |
| Toronto | L'Oreal Fashion Week | 2001[16] |
| Vancouver | British Columbia Fashion Week | 2004[17] |
| Auckland | New Zealand Fashion Week | 2001[1] |
| Prague | Prague Fashion Week | 2002[18] |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Fashion Week | 2003[19] |
| Portland | Portland Fashion Week | 2003[20] |
| Athens | Moda Athena | 2004[21] |
| Bangkok | Bangkok Fashion Week | 2005[22] |
| Tehran | 2006[1] | |
| Lahore | Pakistan Fashion Week | 2007 |
| Lisbon | Moda Lisboa/Lisbon Fashion Week | |
| Amsterdam | Amsterdam International Fashion Week | |
| Singapore[23] | Singapore Fashion Week | |
| Melbourne | L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival | |
| Barcelona | Barcelona Fashion Week | |
| Rome[24] | Rome Fashion Week | |
| Kuala Lumpur[25] | Malaysia Fashion Week | 2007-2008 |
| San Francisco | San Francisco Fashion Week | 2004[26] |
| Boston | Boston Fashion Week | 1999[27] |
| Oslo | Oslo Fashion Week |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e "Big 4 Fashion Weeks Get Company." International Herald Tribune (Oct. 3, 2006).
- ^ a b c d e Fortini, Amanda. How the Runway Took Off: A Brief History of the Fashion Show. Slate Magazine (Feb. 8, 2006).
- ^ http://hkfashionweekfw.tdctrade.com/index.htm
- ^ http://www.t-i-forum.co.jp/english/magazine/vol52_fashion.html
- ^ http://www.copenhagenfashionweek.com/18343/CFW%20History
- ^ http://www.fashionweekinmoscow.com/aboutus/mission.php
- ^ "São Paulo Fashion Week." Style.com
- ^ http://www.visitingarts.org.uk/features/v45bf.html
- ^ a b c http://www.joburgfashionweek.co.za
- ^ [1]
- ^ Ukrainian Fashion Week
- ^ http://www.fashionweekmexico.com/
- ^ http://www.chicagofashionweek.com/
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2745579.cms
- ^ http://lakmeindiafashionweek.indiatimes.com/
- ^ "L'Oreal Fashion Week."
- ^ "BC Fashion Week."
- ^ http://www.radio.cz/en/article/89509
- ^ http://www.iht.com/articles/2003/04/08/lfash_ed3_.php
- ^ http://www.PortlandFashionWeek.net
- ^ http://www.mediainfo2004.gr/cgibin/hweb?-A=1789&-V=calendar&-w=
- ^ http://www.nationmultimedia.com/specials/fashionweek/
- ^ "Singapore Fashion Week."
- ^ Rome Fashion Week article, China Daily, July 13, 2004
- ^ [http://www.kualalumpurfashionweek.com/
- ^ http://www.fashionweek-sf.com/fashion_week/
- ^ http://www.fashionweek-bos.com/fashion_week/
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