Actually, if we can say that there are many fashion weeks, some refer to cities, others refer to cultures, and wear style sometimes.
but all eyes always turn to the big four fashion capitals, New York, London, Milan, Paris.
What is fashion week?
A fashion week in general is a fashion event, taking place usually in a specific city, scheduled for one week.
In nonstop runway shows, parties and fashion events, where the hottest fashion designers, brands or “houses” display their upcoming season’s collections in runway fashion shows to the media, journalists, celebrities, fashionistas and retail buyers.
These events are a chance for fashion designers to know the critique trends, find new models, and it obviously influences the upcoming fashion trends for the current and upcoming seasons.
When are fashion weeks?
Fashion Weeks usually are held twice a year. In September, to show up the spring/summer and in February to fall/winter collections.
Where do the fashion weeks take place?
While New York kicks off the Fashion Weeks, London, Milan, then Paris are hot on the top to be the most prominent fashion weeks. which receive the majority of press coverage, and the most vaunted fashion designers of the last century.
There are The Arab fashion week, and The Modest fashion week new entries get a head!
Fashion weeks historical facts
- First signs of a fashion week can be traced back to Parisian designer Charles Frederick Worth.
- In the beginning the fashion week was called Press Week.
- The concept of fashion week began in Paris
- Hiring women to wear couture items in the shop, public places and the beauty salons were the first runway shows.
- In 1903, a Manhattan shop called Erich Brothers put the country’s first fashion show to lure women into the store.
- In 1910, many big stores were holding their shows as a marketing style to promote their items and stores, and improve their status.
- By the 1920s the fashion show was held in the shop’s restaurant during lunch or teatime.
- To turn the eyes from Paris and give fashion buyers alternatives to French fashion, the first fashion week was held in New York in 1943, during world war II.
- Eleanor Lambert had been a fashion publicist, who tried to promote the work of American designers while it was impossible to travel to France during the war.
- “See the best of the best in one place at one time” It was a summary of what Lambert invited workers in the fashion industry and the journalists to Press Week in New York.
- In 1950 the stores in New York had to obtain a license to have live models.
- The first fashion week in Paris actually was in 1973, it was organized by the French Fashion Federation.
- In 1984 London Fashion Week was founded and organized by the British Fashion Council.
- In 1958 Milan Fashion Week was founded and organized by the National Chamber for Italian Fashion.
- The top French designers Chanel, Givenchy and Christian Dior are only allowed to be shown in Paris.
Written By Rania Abu Jbarah
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