Bangladesh (Asia)

Bangladesh Fashion Week

Bangladesh Fashion Week will be a six days Fashion industry eventin Bangladesh alike other International Fashion Week in theworld.

The week will highlight the Bangladeshi Fashion and TextileIndustry to the international media as well as fashion and theapparel industry. While talking about international, the weekensures that the national and international artists, media,designers, critic, and our brilliant scholars can walk under thesame roof. The week will initiate a brand new way for all thefashion industry creative’s, Bangladeshi art & artists,syndicates, and media widely. The project Bangladesh Fashion Weekis now connected and

liaison with all the delegation related with the event.

Bangladesh Fashion Week is first time and very wide coveragefashion week in the history of the Bangladesh & Subcontinent. Theorganizers holds the passion to make the week one of the biggest,luxurious, entertaining, innovative, technical, and creative weekin Bangladesh as well as in Asia.

Dhaka Fashion Week

Dhaka Fashion Week (DFW), has become one of the most talked aboutevent of the capital city these days, and is drawing lot ofattention from fashionistas. It has helped to create necessaryexposure for some of the fashion powerhouses of Dhaka city, and

to create a global profile for Dhaka as a fashion capital. It hasreceived wide coverage from many news dailies, namely The Timesof India, and Dawn of Pakistan.

2008

The Marico sponsored 'Aromatic Gold Dhaka Fashion Week 2008' wasa 7-day fashion fiesta, which celebrated 400 years of the city ofDhaka. For this, four themes were chalked out: 'Architecture ofDhaka', 'Fusion City', 'Natural Environment of the City' and'Evolution of Urban Youth'.

2009

DFW 2009 was organized by Tupa And Associates and hosted by DhakaClub Between June 24 and June 26 2009. Moon’s Boutique was thetitle sponsor and Parachute advanced and Pride Group were the co-sponsors. Trends/ New Age, IcE today, Ekushey TV were the mediaand persona was the makeover partners. Dhaka Fashion Week (DFW),the most prestigious fashion event in Bangladesh, had itsinception back in 2008.  It is a platform to showcase the latestcollections and creations by the leading designers / brands ofthe country.  In its fourth year, DFW commenced on June 9th atthe Westin, Dhaka.  This year, to give the event an internationalflavor, DFW embraced 10 designers from abroad including India,France, USA, and Spain.

China

China Fashion Week (Beijing)

China Fashion Week was established in 1997. It is held twice ayear in Beijing for A/W collections (March 25th-31st) and S/Scollections (October 25th-31st). The event consists of fashionshows, professional contests, fashion forum, professionalevaluation, and more.

Within 15 years’ development, China Fashion Week has become notonly a top-rated platform for fashion design, ready-to-wear,accessories, styling, and other new designs and new technologies

in China, but also a world-renowned platform for promotingbrands, displaying originality, and broadcasting fashion trends.

Until now, more than 330 designers from over 10 countries, andmore than 360 fashion brands and organizations have hold 791fashion shows. Over 2,700 young designers and models have takenpart in 104 professional contest finals. China Fashion Weekattracts hundreds of media representatives from all over theworld each season.

Elite Model Look International

Elite Model Look is a yearly fashion modeling event held by EliteModel Management, an international model management group. It isused to discover and launch female fashion models in theinternational fashion marketplace, like the similar Ford Models'Supermodel of the World contest. Each year, hundreds of thousandscontestants, typically between the ages of 14 and 18, compete inlocal contests for a chance to represent their country in theworld final. Notable past contestants include AlessandraAmbrosio, Ana Beatriz Barros, Cindy Crawford, Dayana Mendoza,Diane Kruger, Esther Cañadas, Fernanda Tavares, Frederique vander Wal, Ruby Christine Martin, Gisele Bündchen, Inés Rivero,Isabeli Fontana, Kate Dillon Levin, Lara Stone, Petra Němcová,Stephanie Seymour, Tatjana Patitz and Ujjwala Raut.

Guangzhou Fashion Week

The exhibition will be hosted by the government of Guangzhou, andorganized by The Economic and Trade Commission of Guangzhou,making it the only government-led garment exhibition in the city.It will cover over 40,000 sq. m of exhibition space, occupyingfour pavilions of the complex. Almost all sectors in the industrywill be showcased, including men's and women's wear, Jeanswear,leisurewear, sportswear, underwear, wedding dresses andchildren's wear. The upstream and downstream industries,including design, manufacturing equipment, raw materials andaccessories will be also on display. It is estimated by theorganizer that foreign exhibitors will cover over 10,000 sq. m ofspace and that more than 600 companies from all over the world bepresent.

During the exhibition, dozens of fashion shows will be held inthe pavilions and the hotels nearby. Organizers estimate that sofar, over 60 percent of exhibition space has been booked byexhibitors.

With an exhibition area of nearly 40,000 square meters, the eventconsisted of four halls: Domestic Fashion Brand Hall,International Brand Hall, Textile Materials & Equipment Hall andDynamic Fashion Show Hall; and the exhibition lasted untilSeptember 8, 2012. The Guangzhou Fashion Week that had beensuspended for four years finally came back. At the exhibitionarea of Guangzhou Fashion Week returning with a brand new image,"goods made by Guangzhou" were arranged at the most eye-strikingplaces. "Fashion and brand" has become the consistent pursuit ofthe local garment enterprises.

It is learned that nearly 100 garment enterprises and brands weredisplayed at the exhibition where exhibitors from over 20countries and regions presented the world's latest garmentfashion trends and concepts.

Hong Kong Fashion Week

•Hong Kong is widely acknowledged as the fashion trend settinghub of Asia. The world's great fashion brands line its streetsand its population adopts trends early, giving the lead toother Asian markets.

•Hong Kong has a long history of supplying the garment industry,through its own manufacturing and through its position as aworld trading hub for the garment industry.

•Hong Kong has developed stringent laws and proceedings toprotect Intellectual Property of the companies and brands whichparticipate in its trade shows.

•Hong Kong is unrivalled as the gateway to the vast market ofthe Chinese mainland due to its geographical location andlongstanding commercial ties.

Hong Kong Delivers the Competitive EdgeGlobal ParticipationThis fair can put you squarely in the sight of international buyers by placing you in a truly international context. Hong Kong

Fashion Week for Spring/Summer has global participation with morethan 1,250 exhibitors coming from 21 countries & regions in 2012 to reap the benefits.

Product DifferentiationHong Kong Fashion Week is a coherent event which allows product differentiation by placing you in the zone which highlights your products. Each zone clearly flags its wares for buyers.

Zones of enduring popularity at the fair cater to various market segments. They are: • Fashion Gallery, showing trendy collections• Garment Mart, catering to mass market fashion• International Fashion Designers’ Showcase, home to designers with original fashion statements to make• Brand Name Gallery, featuring premium brands• Bridal & Evening Wear• Intimate & Swim Wear• Fabrics & Yarn• Sewing Supplies

More Onsite Opportunities To Attract BuyersCreating heightened buyer interest are runway shows and fashion parades through which exhibitors can promote their latest styles.Drawing attention to exhibitors' hot new items are fashion displays.

Quality Buyers in QuantityFair organizer HKTDC uses its global network to identify buyers from new markets of strong potential. These buyers are invited tojoin buying missions organized by HKTDC.

In a service designed to save you time and facilitate constructive engagements, one-on-one meetings can be arranged on your behalf with pre-selected buyers.

A number of other services including guided tours and assistance from onsite buyer ambassadors can quickly connect you with quality buyers who match your criteria.

The pool of buyers is always enlarging and renewing as HKTDC undertakes its worldwide marketing campaigns to recruit new buyers.

You may make valuable contacts by taking advantage of networking opportunities offered throughout the fair, including the organizer’s networking reception and various meet-the-press events.

Preparing For the Seasons AheadHong Kong Fashion Week is justly famed for its Trend Seminars. Several of these are conducted during the fair by prominent international trend forecasting agencies. They cover lifestyle trends which influence fashion as well as the styles, colors and fabrics you can expect to be important in coming seasons.

Your Organiser−HktdcProfessional organization leaves you free to concentrate on business. The next edition of Hong Kong Fashion Week for Spring/Summer will be its 20th, and HKTDC has built a renowned show over these two decades. It is a byword in the fashion industry for smooth organization, professional management and effective marketing.

HKTDC is a global leader in trade fair organization and business-to-business communications with over 30 trade fairs in its portfolio. Among them are events which are ranked in the world's top three fairs and many HKTDC fairs are the largest of their kind in Asia. You are in good hands.

Shanghai Fashion Week

Shanghai Fashion Week is a fashion event held two times every year in Shanghai, each time lasting for seven days which is a part of Shanghai International Fashion Culture Festival which usually lasts for a month.

Supported by the Ministry of Commerce of P.R.China, ShanghaiFashion Week is a business and cultural event hosted by theShanghai Municipal Government. With more and more young designersand models, Shanghai Fashion Week is aiming to build up aninternational and professional platform, to attract top designtalents from all over the world.

The current organizer of Shanghai Fashion Week is ShanghaiTextile Group, who is in the center of the textile and clothingnetwork in China. In cooperation with many consulates of othercountries in Shanghai, Shanghai Fashion Week also invites manyinternational designers to come present their latest work. It'salso a venue for those designers who are targeting China.

As part of Fashion week, Mode Shanghai puts on the Fashion Tradeshow, offering an expansive window into China's vast geography ofregions and markets, while providing a channel for export salesof international brands and China's emerging designers. In 2013Mode Shanghai will collaborate with ENK International, theleading fashion apparel trade show producers headquartered in NewYork.

Shenzhen Fashion Week

Chinese fashion storms New York. Fifteen fashion brands from the southern city of Shenzhen have appeared at New York fashion week on Tuesday. Shenzhen has been at the forefront of Chinese fashionand clothing manufacturing ever since the country's reform and opening up over 40 years ago.

Distinctively Chinese... though not all are familiar with Chinese fashion, everyone here certainly remembers the name "Fashion Shenzhen".

Fashion Shenzhen has taken part in London fashion week 5 years in a row. This is its first time in New York, marking another major achievement for Chinese fashion.

Over 300 people attended the event. And American fashion dealershave shown great interest in the Chinese designs showcased here.Analysts believe this will further boost China's image, and help

the world see the great cultural developments that are taking place there.

Tianjin Fashion Week

The Tianjin Fashion Week's mission is to supports rising Europeandesign novelties by introducing them to international and Chinesebuyers, producers, and stakeholders, by creating event in China.The first fashion week have had a focus on Italian and Chinesedesigners. Future events will be pleasant to involve newdesigners from the worldwide scene.

The fashion week presented collections from some of the mostpromising young Italian and Chinese talents in a weekend ofrunway shows, high-profile events and photo shoots.

Bridgeit.it co. introduced three emerging designers from Italy,including Ginevra Cupellini (Nessuna 158), Tiziana Capillo(Korai) and Maria Concetta Finella (MC Finella) as well as withthe attendance of two famous Chinese designers includingRuiFuXiang and YingDak.

India

Indian Bridal Fashion Week

India Bridal Fashion Week (IBFW) is one of the highest profilefashion event in India and one of the “big four” fashion weekbeing held in the country. It’s the most opulent and the onlyfashion week in India, which is held in Mumbai and Delhi andshowcases the best of the trends and designs in bridal couture byleading fashion designers. IBFW has become the most aspireddestination for India’s top designers, couture lovers,influential individuals, legacy brands, celebrities, socialitesand film stars.

During the fashion week, to promote trade and connect designerswith fashion consumers and buyers, we also organize a three daytrade fair bridal luxury couture exposition - Mumbai & Delhiedition, which invites fashion consumers and buyers to discoverand shop from emerging designer labels, established as well as

upcoming fashion brands featuring women’s wear, menswear, jewelryand accessories.

Bangalore Fashion Week

Bangalore Fashion Week (BFW) is a bi-annual fashion event held inthe IT Capital of India, Bangalore.[1] Established in 2009, thename Bangalore Fashion Week follows the international practice ofchristening the fashion week event after the name of the city inwhich it is being held.

The participation to Bangalore Fashion Week is ‘by invitationonly’ and each participating designer has to undergo a stringentjury which selects the designer on the basis of the ingenuity ofhis design.

The Indian Fashion Scene is divided into 3 Sectors - North,Central and South.

Wills India Fashion Week is Executed in the North India (Delhi)whereas Lakme Fashion Week is executed in the Central Sector(Mumbai) and in the South Sector - Bangalore Fashion Week

Indore Fashion Week

Indore Fashion Week (IFW) or Blenders Pride Indore Fashion Week (BPIFW) is a bi-annual fashion event that takes place in Indore. Its Summer show takes place in March whiles the Winter show takesplace every November. It is considered a premier fashion event incentral India. It is run by Storm Fashion Company (SFC) and the title sponsor is Blenders Pride.It established 2012.

Lakme Fashion Week

Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) is a bi-annual fashion event that takesplace in Mumbai. Its Summer-Resort show takes place in Februarywhiles the Winter-Festive show takes place in August. It is

considered a premier fashion event in India. It is run by FashionDesign Council of India (FDCI) and the title sponsor is Lakme.

The event first took place in 1999 and international models suchas Naomi Campbell as well as Indian film stars such as DeepikaPadukone, Malaika Arora Khan, and Arjun Rampal have participatedin it. International labels that have taken part in LFW includeLouis Vuitton, Dolce & Gabbana, and Roberto Cavalli. Among Indiandesigners, Manish Malhotra, Rohit Bal, Tarun Tahiliani, and RituBeri have taken part in the event. The event has been responsiblefor launching the careers of designers such as SabyasachiMukherjee.

Indonesia

Jakarta Fashion Week

Jakarta Fashion Week (JFW) is held annually and aimed to providedirections to the Indonesian fashion industry as well as avehicle to demonstrate its wealth in talents and creativity.Ultimately, the goal is to turn Jakarta as a major fashion hub inthe region and the world. Since 2008 the Fashion Week is held atthe Pacific Place shopping mall in South Jakarta and organized asa collaboration between the Municipal Government of Jakarta,major stakeholders of the fashion industry and Feminagroup.

Indonesia’s leading designers such as Sebastian Gunawan, MusaWidyatmojo, Taruna K. Kusmayadi, Putu Aliki, Jeanny Ang, LennyAgustin, Carmanita, Ghea Sukasah and Denny Wirawan] showcasetheir design in the event. Many of them will present collectionsinspired by the country’s rich heritage in different types oftraditional fabrics while simultaneously keep their eyes on thepresent and future.[2]

On top of that, Indonesia’s crop of new talents will also beintroduced in the Young Fashion Designer Award segment, otherwiseknown as Fashion Designer Competition (LPM). Since its inceptionin 1978, LPM has orbited several of Indonesia’s top designerssuch as Carmanita, Chossy Latu, http://www.edwardhutabarat.com/Edward Hutabarat, Itang Yunasz, Musa Widyatmojo and DennyWirawan. Ever since the award was reactivated in 2004, LPM has

also helped the careers of new upcoming designers such as StellaRissa, Jeffrey Tan, Eny Ming, Andreas Odang, Zacky Gaficky, andBilly Tjong.All the shows are invites-only, targeted tocelebrities, socialites, buyers, local and foreign media and allwho love fashion.

In 2008 Jakarta Fashion Week featured 45 designers including acollaboration segment supported by Austrade with Australiandesigners including Akira Isogawa

Japan

KobeCollectionThe Kobe Collection is a fashion event that has been held inKobe, Japan and other cities during spring and autumn every yearsince 2002; over 30 brands have participated. It ischaracteristically a public relations event for consumers, and achance for young designers to publish their own designs.In thesecond half of the 19th century, there were many tradingcompanies and banks that made inroads into Kobe, and thecomparatively wealthy families who worked for these companies,tended to live on the mountain side of Kobe and Ashiya.Originally the Kobe fashion-style was seen in children of suchwealthy families. The fashion-style was characterized by therefined everyday wear which in quiet colors (navy blue, black,white and gray), in contrast to the popular style for girls inOsaka. From around 1990, many Japanese women's magazines came totake up this style, because it is known to look refined and cuteby women in their teens and early 20's. A magazine named KobeStyle focuses on the style trends of Kobe. The mode of "Kobe-Style" has somewhat changed, although it is expressed as apronoun of a conservative fashion in Japan currently, it has beenpopular among young Japanese girls. Kobe collection has held astrong social background in Japan and surrounding east-Asiancountries; In 2007, Kobe collection was held in Shanghai,Yokohama, and in Kobe. And Kobe collection will hold in SecondLife, an Internet-based virtual world developed by LindenResearch, Inc (commonly referred to as Linden Lab)

Tokyo Fashion Week

The Japan Fashion Week Organization (hereinafter referred to as,"JFW Organization") was established in 2005 with the cooperationof the textile/fashion manufacturers, fashion designers anddistributers, so both the upstream and downstream side for the

purpose of further strengthening and developing the internationalcompetitiveness of Japan’s textile and fashion industries.

The JFW Organization hosts the "Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO"as the Collection Business, and the "Premium Textile Japan", "JFWJapan Creation" as the Textile Business in order to disseminateinformation about Japan’s superior textile/fashion products andservices overseas and establish Tokyo as "only one the base fortextiles and fashion in the world" and the center of fashiontrendsetting in Asia.

In addition, in order to achieve the objectives mentionedpreviously the JFW Organization works in consort with designers,manufacturers and apparel retailers to implement various industryrelated events and aims to strengthen ties with fashion relatedorganizations both in Japan and overseas.

Tokyo Girls Collection

The Tokyo Girls Collection Tōkyō Gāruzu Korekushon?), sometimesabbreviated as TGC, is a semiannual fashion festival launched in2005. The fashion event showcases the season’s fashionablestreetwear by domestic brands.

Most of those who walk in the TGC runway are muses for fashionbrands, and many of them are not professional fashion models.Recently, as of 2012, actress Yumiko Shaku walked in the Spring-Summer TGC show as the muse for gyaru fashion brand "Rady" byShizuka Mutoh, a model known for appearing in the Koakuma Agehamagazine.The event is open not only to buyers and journalists,but also to the general public[1] and incorporates live concertsby well-known artists, charity auctions as well as the Miss TGCContest. The event is planned and sponsored by Branding Inc.(which runs girlswalker.com and fashionwalker.com) and theoutfits donned by the models are made available for purchase onthe spot through Fashionwalker's mobile site.

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week

The New Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week is a whole new horizon forfashionistas and shoppers,taking place from 19th June 2013 to23rd June 2013 at Pavilion Bukit Bintang, a premier shoppingdestination with 1.37mil sq ft of retail haven. The aim of theevent is to develop the Malaysian fashion industry, providing ouremerging designers a continuous fashion and retail platform thatgives recognition to Malaysian made fashion and retail items.

The main focus of The New Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week will be theemerging and established designers that shows an inclinationtoward Ready to Wear Collections that are readily available offthe rack. The emphasis on Ready to Wear is a vital business modelto be introduced to our current and next generation of designersbecause it focuses on clothing that are produced withoutsignificant alteration, faster construction technique to keepcosts low, with the hope of paving the way to a more sustainablelocal fashion industry with high export potentials.The eventprovides top designers an outstanding platform to showcase theircollection to fashion insiders, clients, local and regionalbuyers, editors, retailers, celebrities, VIP's and more. Withmore than 40 designers shows over 5 days, this will be KualaLumpur's premier event to celebrate the best in fashion.

Malaysian International Fashion Alliance (MIFA)

LOGWIN, the largest operator in European fashion logistics, hasjoined the Malaysian International Fashion Alliance (MIFA) beforeplaying its role as logistics partner for Malaysia InternationalFashion Week from November 21 to 27 in Kuala Lumpur. "Malaysia has enormous potential to become one of the fashion andlifestyle centres for Asia and we saw an opportunity to workalongside MIFA to strengthen our position in this dynamicsector," said Logwin's air-sea logistics chief Marc Wijnen. The company aims to launch a brand new product in Asia during thefashion week to support demand for fashion in the region,particularly in premium European and US fashion and lifestyle

products. Asian premium brands are expanding sales outside Asia,said Mr Wijnen. Expansion of its network and range of services across the regionis aimed at supporting fashion brands in Malaysia, Singapore,Hong Kong, mainland China as well as Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailandand Australia and beyond.

Mongolia

Goyol Fashion Festival

Goyol (Mongolian: гоёл, decoration or adornment) is an annualfashion event held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It started in 1988and the last 21st event took place on 13-15 of December 2008.[1]

Foreign designers and models participate in the show since 2000.The grand prix of Goyol-2007 was won by designer of Gobi companyB. Nyamsuren, and model G. Tumenjargal was selected as the bestmodel. At the Goyol-2008 event, the designs of 50 designers and18 companies were featured by 15 male and 55 female models on thecatwalkGoyol (гоёл, decoration or adornment) is an annual fashion eventheld in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It started in 1988 and the last21st event took place on 13-15 of December 2008. Foreigndesigners and models participate in the show since 2000. Thegrand prix of Goyol-2007 was won by designer of G...

Nepal

Nepal Fashion Week

Nepal Fashion Week (also known as The Himalayan Times TGIF NepalFashion Week) is an event organized and promoted by theMcDowell’s Signature, Emirates and sponsored by Himalayan Times.From 2009 onwards the fashion week has been held annually in thecapital city of Kathmandu. TGIF Nepal Fashion Week 2011 had 34designers showcasing their collections on the catwalk. TGIFFashion Week is a fashion show event organizer company in Nepal.

Celebrities and fashion models from around the world come tomodel for the designers to promote their designs. The fashionweek lasts for 4 days with all the glitz and glamor on thecatwalk.

Pakistan

Islamabad Fashion Week

Islamabad Fashion Week (IFW) is a fashion week annually held inIslamabad, Pakistan. IFW was first held in 2011, run by Triple-E(Pvt.) Ltd. Tariq Amin is the creative head of IFW and KarachiFashion Week.

2012

The second Islamabad Fashion Week was held from April 10–12,2012. Fashion week was held at the Pak-China Friendship Centre.The third edition of Islamabad Fashion Week (IFW) is slated to beheld from October 4-6, 2013 at Serena Hotel Islamabad. Thisthree-day fashion event is organized by Excellent Events &Entertainment (Pvt.) Limited (Tripe-E) under the aegis ofInternational Pakistan Fashion Council (IPFC) and with supportfrom Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP).

The fashion week included the three basic components that make afashion week credible and purposeful for the cause of fashion andinternational trade: the presence of international and localbuyers; coverage by international and local media and theparticipation of emerging design talent.

This year, IFW while entering its third year aims to encouragethe participation of fashion schools and emerging talent to share

the ramp with established and known fashion designers of Pakistanand learn from their experiences, as the students are the futureof our textile industry and a big source of promotingInternational trade and Exports.

Karachi Fashion Week

Karachi Fashion Week is a fashion week held in Karachi, Pakistan.It is the country's largest fashion display event. It has beenhosted annually and coincides with the international and localspring and summer peak buying season. It established 2009

Karachi Fashion Week 2011

The 3rd Karachi Fashion Week (KFW) is slated to be held fromOctober 6–09, 2011. This four-day fashion event is organized byExcellent Events and Entertainment (Pvt) Ltd. (Triple-E) underthe aegis of the Pakistan Fashion Council (PFC), with supportfrom both the International and National Chapter Pakistan of theWorld Fashion Organization (WFO). Veteran stylist Tariq Amin isthe creative and aesthetic consultant of KFW and will continue toset the mood and raise the bar for the fashion brands showcasingat both Karachi Fashion Week and later at Islamabad Fashion Week.

Lahore Fashion Week

Lahore Fashion Week is the second largest fashion week event inPakistan (after the Karachi Fashion Week) which is held annuallyin the city of Lahore, also regarded as Pakistan's cultural andfashion capital. Famous Pakistani fashion designer Mehmood Bhattihas praised the fashion week and called it an answer to the"futile efforts of extremists to enforce fear."[1] ‘Pantene Bridalcouture Week Style 360 day 1 was held at Pearl Continental hotelLahore on 15 October, In Style 360 Bridal couture Week day OneTotal of 13 Fashion Designers and 33 models participated in thefashion show. Bridal couture Week 360 2011 was sponsored byPantene one of the leading Shampoo company in Pakistan andorganized by Style 360 Pakistan’s only Fashion Channel.. Apartfrom the traditional fashion show Bridal couture Week day 1

included a dance performance by Fia which was much appreciated byeveryone.

Peshawar Fashion Week

Peshawar is set to host its own fashion week in 2011, but thereaction in the fashion community in Lahore and Karachi has beenfairly stereotypical and ironically similar to the stereotypedcoverage fashion week received from the international press.Butthe recently formed Peshawar Fashion Council is not deterred.

“I had been working with Style 360 for the last six years and evenwhen I approached my friends in the fashion industry, theystarted to laugh at me. But I felt that if every major city canhave a fashion week, why not Peshawar? We also have a lot oftalent that just needs to be unearthed and nurtured. There aremany women designing and selling clothes from their own boutiquesand lots of photographers are here as well. With the right kindof media projection even these small scale designers can becomeHassan Sheheryar Yasins and Khawar Riazes,” said Waqas Ahmed ofthe Peshawar Fashion Council.

Philippines

Philippine Fashion Week

Philippine Fashion Week, (PhFW) is a bi-annual fashion week heldin Manila, Philippines. Dates are determined during the month ofMay, to showcase Holiday collections (instead of the autumn-winter which does not apply in the country) and again, during themonth of October, to showcase spring and Summer collections. Itis the largest apparel trade show and the biggest fashion eventheld in Manila. The fashion week was founded by Fashion CouncilJoey Espino.

Filipino Designers such as Rajo Laurel, Mich Dulce, Rafé Totengcoas well as Young Designers Guild Jerome Lorico, Louis Claparols,Tina Daniac, Ivarluski Aseron, and Mitzi Quelendrino showcasedtheir works in the event. The participants of Philippine FashionWeek is ‘by invitation only’ and each participating designer has

to undergo a stringent jury which selects the designer on thebasis of the ingenuity of his design.

As of 2008 it is being held at the SMX Convention Center & SMMall of Asia and welcomed more designers and local brands to takepart in the Bi Annual Event.

Philippine Fashion Week has helped bring attention to a number ofFilipino designers such as Michael Cinco, Albert Andrada, SassaJimenez,[1][2] Amir Sali, Robin Tomas, and Norman Noriega.

Russia

Novosibirsk Fashion Week

Today, the International Fashion Forum (IFF) "Novosibirsk FashionWeek" is the largest industry event in Siberia, combining anexhibition, a programmed of fashion shows, competitions, businessworkshops, fashion master-classes and a specialized culturalprogramme.The concept of the IFF Novosibirsk Fashion Week hasbeen guided by the experience of international Fashion Weeks inParis, New York, London, Milan and Moscow.

The aim of Novosibirsk Fashion Week is to favors the developmentof the fashion industry in Siberia by promoting Russian designersand clothing manufacturers in the domestic market, displayingyoung designers' innovative ideas and featuring the best examplesof world fashion on the catwalk. In 2012, Novosibirsk FashionWeek was included in the Special State Programmed to build theimage of Novosibirsk Oblast (region) and is actively involved inworking with twin cities, in addition to promoting cultural andeconomic exchange between cities and countries around the world.

On 19th November 2012 Novosibirsk Fashion Week signed apartnership agreement with "Siberia EXPO" and until the end of2017 the event will be jointly held by the two companies at theInternational Exhibition Centre "Novosibirsk Expocentre".InNovember 2012 Novosibirsk Fashion Week set an absolute fashionrecord for Novosibirsk: 75 collections were shown and theprogrammed of fashion shows attracted more than 10,000spectators! The International Fashion Forum Novosibirsk Fashion

Week is Siberia's official fashion event, which took place forthe first time in 2009.

Yekaterinburg Ural Fashion Week

The dates for Eurasian Fashion Week, season spring/summer 2009are defined. One of the most status events of the world offashion will take place in Yekaterinburg from November, 10th tillNovember, 14th. EFW organizing committee keeps acceptingapplications for participation from designers, that would like topresent their collections on the catwalk, in the showroom, and toattend the professional master classes from the leading expertsof marketing, merchandising and brand promotion.

The project’s concept has been changed thanks to the fact thatthe EFW organizers always made the corner-stone of theprofessional attitude towards Russian design. Besides theshowcases, designers have the opportunity for professional growthof their trade-marks, such as: show-room where participants canpresent their collections to buyers and to potential customers;the unique professional program including a cycle of seminarsfrom well-known experts of the fashion-industry; press briefingsand conferences with leading mass-media participation. EFW givesgreat opportunities for designers that make cloths for kids aswell — so some seasons in a row were opened by the special BabyFashion Day.

Singapore

Asia Fashion Exchange

Asia Fashion Exchange (AFX) is an annual event held in Singapore.It was launched in 2010 as part of a joint effort byInternational Enterprise (IE) Singapore, SPRING Singapore(SPRING), and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) to develop the

long-term sustainability of Singapore’s fashion industry. Ittargets to build capability, provide an international platformfor showcasing Asian talent and to position Singapore as agateway to Asian designers and markets.[1]Asia Fashion Exchangeconsists of events for both trade professionals as well asconsumers. The four key events are Blueprint, a trade show thatpositions itself as the fashion trade gateway to Asia whichcreates business opportunities between international buyers andpromising design players ; Asia Fashion Summit, a premierbusiness conference that generates thought leadership content andinsights on fashion topics for industry professionals; AudiFashion Festival Singapore, a showcase of world-class collectionsby top and emerging designers and labels, both international andAsian; and Audi Star Creation, a regional fashion designcompetition to spot budding talent.It’s a whole new fashionfrontier in Singapore. Gone is the previous Singapore FashionFestival and replacing it on a more global platform is the AsiaFashion Exchange (AFX).Consisting of Audi Fashion Festival, Blueprint, Audi StarCreation and Asia Fashion Summit, AFX is an industry developmentframework centred on building capabilities and profiling Asiantalent to an international audience. The event is an importantplatform to establish Singapore as a one-stop destination for thefashion community including consumers, designers and fashionprofessionals to seize the opportunities in Asia.

Turning up the glamour factor is the popular Blueprint event.Promising to cater exclusively to fashion fans, the trade showwill welcome designers and buyers, and culminates in BlueprintEmporium, a unique shopping event open to the public thatshowcases limited edition fashion pieces, most of which are notavailable locally. Be inspired by the new local and Asian talentsthat are uncovered at Star Creation. For the latest fashioninsights from fashion thought leaders, make a beeline for AsiaFashion Summit. From the new generation talent rocking thefashion world to the royalty that rule its catwalks – expect anexciting line up of international designers and Singapore’s home-grown fashion talents at the Audi Fashion Festival Singapore.Withafter-parties, runway shows and an exclusive shopping event – we

invite you to experience the most visionary and progressive ofAsian and international fashion.

Men's Fashion Week

Dating back to 2009-2010 Fashion Week producers in New York,London, Paris, Los Angeles, Singapore and Vancouver have pushedto provide a platform for a growing apparel segment - menswear -by creating a separate Fashion Week (weekend or day) for menswearfashion designers and brands - Men's Fashion Week. "Designer'ssay that debuting their collections in September - three monthsafter Milan and Paris hold their Men's Fashion Week - is bad forbusiness. Merit to the apparel segment, traditional womensweardesigners such as Vera Wang recently announced that they will belaunching new menswear divisions.

Men's Fashion Week is held twice a year in major cities acrossthe globe typically in January (Autumn/Winter) and June(Spring/Summer). The fashion industry event is held for fashionprofessionals and fashion occult. Designers and brands showcaseupcoming collections to press, media, stylists, buyers, fashiontrailblazers and, in some cases, the national public. In recentyears, designers have tried making the esoteric experienceavailable to the general public by broadcasting their runwayshows via the World Wide Web.

Singapore Fashion Festival

The Singapore Fashion Festival is an annual event held since 2001to 2008. In 2009, the festival was replaced with the Audi FashionFestival. Finally in 2010, the Singapore Fashion Festival wasrelaunched as the Asia Fashion Exchange annual event.

2009 Audi Fashion Festival

The 2009 fashion festival took place at the TENT@ORCHARD from 6May to 10 May 2009. Singapore’s fashion elite gathered for thenation’s biggest scale fashion event at the newly minted AudiFashion Festival - marking the first ever privately owned fashionfestival. Organized by Mercury Marketing and Communications, the

festival welcomed fashion’s biggest and hottest names includingChristian Lacroix, Gareth Pugh, Vivienne Westwood, JacquettaWheeler, Ashley Isham, RAOUL, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Mango, andSingapore’s creative crop from BlackMarket, Nicholas by Nic Wongand Hansel by Jo Soh.

Sri Lanka

Colombo Fashion Week

The Colombo Fashion Week (CFW) is an annually fashion event heldin Colombo, Sri Lanka. Show was first held and started in 2003,designers from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Palestine, Spain andSri Lanka have showcased their design,HSBC Colombo Fashion Week2013 was a three days event held from 3–5 April in Colombo,sponsored by HSBC. Thirty one designers were there from all overthe world.

It’s February and its all systems go for HSBC Colombo FashionWeek which takes place on February 24, 25 and 26. This year theHSBC Colombo Fashion has collaborated with five retailerscreating a designer retailer programmed to provide Sri Lankandesigners the much needed exposure and opportunity to expandtheir retail presence and business growth in Sri Lanka.

Under this programmed five established retailersTrunk, Cantaloupe Boutique, Aakshii, Melache andCotton Collection will provide Sri Lankan designersthe necessary infrastructure as well as the customerbase to market and sell their designs.

This would mean post Colombo Fashion Week, fashion fans would beable to immediately head to one of these retailers to purchaseitems from the collection shown on the ramp

Far from being just a glamorous fashion show, HSBC CFW’s aim hasfrom the beginning been to raise the standards of the localdesigners. Having worked on this ethos for over nine years,consumers are now showing the change as local designer clothingbecomes increasingly sought after.

This trend has seen an increase in homegrown labels, changing thepattern of what consumers want and look for. It is now considered“chic” to wear a Sri Lankan designed outfit.

CFW President and Director, Ajai Vir Singh said, “Our objectivehas always been to create opportunities for new and establishedSri Lankan designers domestically and internationally. This year,CFW has taken focused steps to enhance these objectives bycreating strategic alliances and ventures that would provide acohesive platform for designers and the fashion industry in SriLanka from a holistic perspective.”

Our focus by tying up with the retailers is to increasecommercial activity, Singh added. Being the only South Asian country fashion extravaganza thatrepresents many international designers from the region, CFW hasalso now been positioned and seen as the hub for Spring/Summerresort wear.

In December 2011, Cotton Collection launched its flagship storeat 143 Dharmapala Mawatha Colombo 7. World renowned brands suchas Levis, Hidesign, Crocodile, Nike and PICARD are currently in-store along with Sri Lankan brands with international reach suchas Avirate, Arugambay, Carlo & Spa Ceylon. The store has alsointroduced one of Sri Lanka’s eminent fashion designers, KT by KTBrown for Cotton Collection.

Europe

France

Africa Fashion Week Paris

Africa Fashion Week Paris is an annual fashion week held inParis, France. Africa Fashion Week (Paris) is not to be confusedwith South Africa Fashion Week and Arise Africa Fashion Week.

Following the success of Africa Fashion Week New York, AfricaFashion Week (Paris) will be held every year during the winter atan announced location in Paris. Africa Fashion Week (Paris) isproduced by Adireé Fashion Agency, partners and sponsors to bringAfrican designers to the fashion capital of Paris.

Bordeaux Fashion Week

This fashion event is based on a debutante ball which began as anEnglish tradition, where 18-year-old women from aristocraticfamilies would be presented to the queen wearing white ballgowns, white gloves and tiaras. The traditional débutante ballwas followed by a season of balls.

The tradition continues for instance with the historic andprestigious International Debutante Ball in the U.S. at NewYork's Waldorf Astoria.

In France, the couture house Jean Patou took on the tradition bycreating an annual ball in 1957, but this came to an end with theevents of May 1968.

On September 27, 1992, Ophélie Renouard along with Frenchmagazine Point de Vue revived the tradition of the Bekerley dressshow with a modern twist, bringing together haute couture andcouture fashion houses to dress young women from many types offamous families.[6] Nearly all of the designers were French, buteven at this early date Renouard was planning to make the eventmore international by bringing in more foreign Debs, includingsome from Asia. (This was eventually accomplished in 2003 withthe participation of Bao Bao Wan and Penelope Pei-Tang fromChina, and continued with participation from Ariel Ho-Tjeargranddaughter of Stanley Ho) The event was held at the Hotel deCrillon, a Paris landmark and one of the oldest luxury hotels inthe world. Its association with le Bal would continue until

November 2012 Then the Crillon closed for renovations for 2years.

In 1993, there were 27 Debs from around Europe, including HarumiKlossowksi de Rola who was dressed by Japanese haute couturedesigner Hanae Mori, as well as Laetizia Tarnowska, wearing LouisFeraud Haute Couture. One journalist covering the event wrote,"the show itself was central casting's idea of Paris couture—allunswept Carita Chignons, solid makeup and the girls plodding outin drop-dead gowns. Yet all seemed as thrilled as Cinderella thatsomeone had waved a mascara wand to give them glamour."

In 2003, the first Chinese Debs made their premieres, includingthe year's "star" Bao Bao Wan, the granddaughter of Wan Li, theformer chairman of the Chinese People's Congress and executivevice-premier of China.

le Bal took a hiatus in 2010 due to its regular venue, the Hotelde Crillon, being up for sale.[12] The event returned in 2011 and2012 to the Crillon, with the approval of the hotel's new owner,Saudi Prince Mitab ben Abdallah Ben abd Al-Aziz al Saoud. InMarch 31, 2013, the Hôtel de Crillon is closing for 2 years.

Elite Model Look

Elite Model Look is a yearly fashion modeling event held by EliteModel Management, an international model management group. It isused to discover and launch female fashion models in theinternational fashion marketplace, like the similar Ford Models'Supermodel of the World contest. Each year, hundreds of thousandscontestants, typically between the ages of 14 and 18, compete inlocal contests for a chance to represent their country in theworld final. Notable past contestants include Alessandra Ambrosio,Ana Beatriz Barros, Cindy Crawford, Dayana Mendoza, Diane Kruger,Esther Cañadas, Fernanda Tavares, Frederique van der Wal, RubyChristine Martin, Gisele Bündchen, Inés Rivero, Isabeli Fontana, KateDillon Levin, Lara Stone, Petra Němcová, Stephanie Seymour, TatjanaPatitz and Ujjwala Raut.

Bal des débutantes

le Bal des Débutantes in Paris, also known simply as le Bal or,sometimes, the Crillon Ball, is an annual fashion event. It wascreated in 1992 by Ophelie Renouard at the Crillon Hotel, whichserved as the venue until 2012. Some notable past participantsinclude Ksénia Gorbachev, Barbara Berlusconi, Tamara and PetraEcclestone, Vanessa and Victoria Traina, Anna Wallenberg,Princess Fawzia Latifa of Egypt, Karan Singh's granddaughterAdishree Singh, Wan Li's granddaughter Wan BaoBao and I.M. Pei'sgranddaughter Olivia Pei.

History

This fashion event is based on a debutante ball which began as anEnglish tradition, where 18-year-old women from aristocraticfamilies would be presented to the queen wearing white ballgowns, white gloves and tiaras. The traditional débutante ballwas followed by a season of balls.

The tradition continues for instance with the historic and prestigious International Debutante Ball in the U.S. at New York's Waldorf Astoria.

In France, the couture house Jean Patou took on the tradition bycreating an annual ball in 1957, but this came to an end with theevents of May 1968.

On September 27, 1992, Ophélie Renouard along with Frenchmagazine Point de Vue revived the tradition of the Bekerley dressshow with a modern twist, bringing together haute couture andcouture fashion houses to dress young women from many types offamous families. Nearly all of the designers were French, buteven at this early date Renouard was planning to make the eventmore international by bringing in more foreign Debs, includingsome from Asia. (This was eventually accomplished in 2003 withthe participation of Bao Bao Wan and Penelope Pei-Tang fromChina, and continued with participation from Ariel Ho-Tjeargranddaughter of Stanley Ho) The event was held at the Hotel deCrillon, a Paris landmark and one of the oldest luxury hotels inthe world. Its association with le Bal would continue untilNovember 2012 Then the Crillon closed for renovations for 2years.

In 1993, there were 27 Debs from around Europe, including HarumiKlossowksi de Rola who was dressed by Japanese haute couturedesigner Hanae Mori, as well as Laetizia Tarnowska, wearing LouisFeraud Haute Couture. One journalist covering the event wrote,"the show itself was central casting's idea of Paris couture—allunswept Carita Chignons, solid makeup and the girls plodding outin drop-dead gowns. Yet all seemed as thrilled as Cinderella thatsomeone had waved a mascara wand to give them glamour."

In 2003, the first Chinese Debs made their premieres, including the year's "star" Bao Bao Wan, the granddaughter of Wan Li, the former chairman of the Chinese People's Congress and executive vice-premier of China.

le Bal took a hiatus in 2010 due to its regular venue, the Hotelde Crillon, being up for sale.[12] The event returned in 2011 and2012 to the Crillon, with the approval of the hotel's new owner,Saudi Prince Mitab ben Abdallah Ben abd Al-Aziz al Saoud. InMarch 31, 2013, the Hôtel de Crillon is closing for 2 years.

Paris Fashion Week

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaParis Fashion Week

Genre clothing and fashion exhibitions

Date(s) September 26, 2013 (Fall/Winter collection)

Frequency semi-annuallyLocation(s) Paris, France

Organised by French Fashion Federation

Magdalena Frackowiak at Paris Fashion Week Fall 2011

Paris Fashion Week is a clothing trade show held semi-annually inParis, France with Spring / Summer and Autumn / Winter eventsheld each year. Dates are determined by the French FashionFederation. Currently, Fashion Week is held in the Carrousel duLouvre, as well as at various other venues throughout the city.

Paris Fashion Week is part of the Big 4 fashion weeksinternationally, the others being London Fashion Week, MilanFashion Week and New York Fashion Week. The schedule begins withNew York, followed by London, and then Milan, and ending theevents in Paris.

In 2013, Paris Fashion Week (Spring/Summer season) startsSeptember 26 with Lucien Pellat Finet, and will be followed byshows from major fashion houses such as Guy Laroche, Dries VanNoten, Comme des Garçons, Christian Dior, Lanvin, Isabel Marant,Sonia Rykiel, Jean Paul Gaultier, Balenciaga, and more. Theserunway shows are held to show the fashion industry what thevarious labels will be releasing and to increase sales for thebrands.

In addition to Ready to Wear shows, there are Men's and HauteCouture shows, which are held semiannually for the Spring/Summerand Autumn/Winter seasons

Fall 2008 fashion weeks

Major fall 2008 fashion weeks were held in New York City, London,Paris, and Milan during February and March 2008.

New York Fashion WeekFor more details on this topic, see List of Fall 2008 New York Fashion Week fashion shows.

The Fall 2008 New York Fashion Week, officially called Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, was held between February 1 and February 8, 2008.

Men's Fashion Week

Dating back to 2009-2010 Fashion Week producers in New York,London, Paris, Los Angeles, Singapore and Vancouver have pushedto provide a platform for a growing apparel segment - menswear -by creating a separate Fashion Week (weekend or day) for menswear

fashion designers and brands - Men's Fashion Week. "Designer'ssay that debuting their collections in September - three monthsafter Milan and Paris hold their Men's Fashion Week - is bad forbusiness. Merit to the apparel segment, traditional womensweardesigners such as Vera Wang recently announced that they will belaunching new menswear divisions.

Men's Fashion Week is held twice a year in major cities acrossthe globe typically in January (Autumn/Winter) and June(Spring/Summer). The fashion industry event is held for fashionprofessionals and fashion occult. Designers and brands showcaseupcoming collections to press, media, stylists, buyers, fashiontrailblazers and, in some cases, the national public. In recentyears, designers have tried making the esoteric experienceavailable to the general public by broadcasting their runwayshows via the World Wide Web.

Universal support for menswear designers is expected to result inMen's Fashion Week launches across the globe. In January 2012London announced that it would dedicate an entire weekend tomenswear fashion designers. Singapore dedicated a few days tomen's shows. Los Angeles followed suit launching Men's FashionWeek LA in 2012. Additionally, Vancouver does Men's Fashion Week.Among other cities, New York has supported the developments inthe menswear segment, but has yet to announce a Fashion Weekdedicated entirely to menswear fashion designers. Currently Parispromotes their men's runway shows as a part of their regularFashion Week schedule.

Spring 2004 Dior couture collection

The Spring-Summer 2004 Christian Dior haute couture collectionwas designed by John Galliano and presented on January 19, 2004in Paris. It was inspired by Galliano's then recent travels toEgypt. (Ethnic influences are often prominent in Galliano'swork.) The collection was one of Galliano's most celebratedcollections for Dior.

The collection included leopard-print fur stoles with collarsthat "soar like obelisks", billowing gowns of shadow-dyedorganza, with hems twisted and folded into lotus flower shapes,

and pyramid-shaped gowns made of dozens of golden mirrors, andprinted with hieroglyphics, or the glamorous mummies paraded inbandages of black silk tulle flashing with rainbow sequins. Manywore Nefertiti-like crowns, or long Egyptian "goatees". Themodels wore breast-plates of turquoise, coral, silver and gold,and earrings the size of "eagles' eggs". All models wereoutfitted in corsets. The models wore carved and polished woodmasks, of Tutenkhamun, or gods like Horus, a falcon, Bast, a cat,or Anubis, a jackal. The masks were made by London millinerStephen Jones.

Models in the show included Britain's Erin O'Connor, who openedthe collection, Russia's Natalia Vodianova, Sudan-born Alek Wekand the Czech Karolína Kurková, who closed the collection.

Germany

Berlin Fashion WeekEscada Sport show opening look at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin Season Spring/Summer 2013

Berlin Fashion Week (Berliner Modewoche) is a fashion week heldannually (in January and July) in Berlin, Germany since July2007. It is still very "young" and works its way up to the bigfour fashion weeks (New York, London, Paris, Milano). It hasalready gained much attention for its many creative youngdesigners who are flourishing in the city of Berlin. Since July2011, the event takes part in front of the famous landmarkBrandenburg Gate.

In cooperation with Elle, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week features younginternational talents on an exclusive show (since Spring/Summer2012 season). Fashion entrepreneurs can make use of the Start yourFashion Business competition. Another important event for youngdesigners is the Designer for Tomorrow Award, which is held everysummer season. A jury, which famous designer Marc Jacobs belongsto, chooses a winner who will be able to present his own show inthe next winter season.

Another specialty is the Berlin U-Bahn fashion show, that takes place in a chartered train of the U5 line.

Different trade fairs are an essential part of the Berlin FashionWeek, such as BREAD & BUTTER, Premium Fair, Bright Tradeshow, (capsule),Show&Order, PanoramaBerlin and The Gallery Berlin. Widely publiclyavailable are the showfloors at Mercedes-Benz showfloor, ShowfloorBerlin, Lavera Showfloor, GREENshowroom and Ethical Fashion Show.

Mercedes-Benz is the main sponsor of the fashion week. The next Berlin Fashion Week will take place from January 14 to 19, 2014.

StyleNite

The StyleNite by Berlin-based designer Michael Michalsky takesplace at the Berlin Fashion Show and became globally famous forits unusual performances of different art disciplines combinedwith state-of-the-art fashion. Musicians like Lady Gaga, HURTS,Alphaville and Icona Pop performed at StyleNites. Michalsky alsochooses non-mainstream ways when it comes to selecting themodels, as he also appointed disabled models like Mario Galla (witha leg prosthesis) or models aged above 60 like Eveline Hall. Thefamed female model Toni Garrn is part of every show.

Italy

Milan Fashion Week

Genre clothing and fashion exhibitions

Date(s) January 20, 2013 (Fall/Winter collection)

Frequency semi-annually

Location(s) Milan, Italy

Inaugurated 1958

Organised by

National Chamber for ItalianFashion

People

Maria Antonelli, Roberto Cappucci, Princess Caracciolo Ginnetti, AlbertoFagiani, Giovanni Cesare Guidi, Germana Marucelli, Emilio Federico Schuberth, Simonetta Colonna Di Cesarò,Jole Veneziani, Francesco Borrello, Giovanni Battista Giorgini, and the lawyer Pietro Parisio.

Milan Fashion Week (Italian: Settimana della moda) is a clothingtrade show held semi-annually in Milan, Italy. The autumn/winterevent is held in February/March of each year, and thespring/summer event is held in September/October of each year.

History and operations

Milan Fashion Week, established in 1958, is part of the Big 4fashion weeks internationally, the others being Paris FashionWeek, London Fashion Week, and New York Fashion Week. Theschedule begins with New York, followed by London, and thenMilan, and ending the events in Paris.

Milan Fashion Week is owned by Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (TheNational Chamber for Italian Fashion), a non-profit associationwhich disciplines, co-ordinates and promotes the development ofItalian fashion[2] and is responsible for hosting the fashionevents and shows of Milan. The Camera Sindacale della Moda Italiana, wasset up on 11 June 1958. This was the forerunner of the body whichsubsequently became the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana.

Proprietors of the most important haute couture establishments inItaly, including some private establishments, which, in thosedays, played a crucial role in the promotion of this sector, werepresent at the Memorandum of Association: Maria Antonelli,

Roberto Cappucci, Princess Caracciolo Ginnetti, Alberto Fagiani,Giovanni Cesare Guidi, Germana Marucelli, Emilio FedericoSchuberth, Simonetta Colonna Di Cesarò, Jole Veneziani, FrancescoBorrello, Giovanni Battista Giorgini, and the lawyer PietroParisio.

The events dedicated to women's fashion are the most important(Womenswear / Milan SS Women Ready to Wear, and Milano Moda Donnabeing the major fashion shows). The summer events dedicated tomen include Menswear and Milano Moda Uomo.

In 2013, the fall/winter Milan Fashion Week started on January 20with Paola Frani, and was followed by shows from major fashionhouses such as Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Versace,Ferragamo, Moschino, Etro, Prada, etc. On 20 November 2013,Giorgio Armani announced he has decided to join the ItalianChamber of Fashion.[2]

2014

Greenpeace protested "to demand toxic-free fashion" by hangingsigns in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele. Chiara Campione ofGreenpeace Italy said "the demonstration was set up “to askItalian brands, especially Versace, because it has the highestlevel of hazardous chemicals in its products, to publicly committo eliminate harmful substances from the various stages ofproduction. Milan’s fashion week is just beginning, and probablythere will be other protests in these days and also maybe duringParis’ fashion week, because also French brands are involved.""

Milan Fashion Week (Italian: Settimana della moda) is a clothingtrade show held semi-annually in Milan, Italy. The autumn/winterevent is held in February/March of each year, and thespring/summer event is held in September/October of each year.

Fall 2008 fashion weeksFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Major fall 2008 fashion weeks were held in New York City, London,Paris, and Milan during February and March 2008.

New York Fashion WeekFor more details on this topic, see List of Fall 2008 New YorkFashion Week fashion shows.

The Fall 2008 New York Fashion Week, officially called Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, was held between February 1 and February 8,2008.

Russia

The Brandery

The Brandery is an urban fashion show, organized by Fira deBarcelona and held twice a year, in summer and winter. The firstedition was held in July 2009 at the Montjuïc exhibition site inBarcelona and was initially addressed exclusively to professionalvisitors.

History

The first edition had 113 participating brands. The thirdedition, from June 28 to June 30, 2010, had 215 brands and 17.000visitors, with 25% of them coming from outside Spain. The fourthedition, in January 2011, hosted buyers such as the departmentstores El Corte Inglés, John Lewis, La Rinascente and GaleriesLafayette, and included “Windows on the Move”, a window-dressing

competition involving more than 100 top stores in Barcelona,distributed across the city center.

The fifth edition, in July 2011, was inaugurated by Xavier Trias,mayor of Barcelona, and by Miquel Serrano, manager of the showThis edition included a new section named Brandtown, which wasopen to non-professional visitors, and included a Fitting Roommeeting inside the rooms of an hotel, with bloggers,trendsetters, specialized media and fashion and design lovers.

In December 2012, The Brandery announced that it would beconverted into an annual show held as part of the Mobile WorldFestival, a fashion, music and technology event to be launched inSeptember 2013 by the Mobile World Congress. In July 2013, theorganizers postponed the launch of the Mobile World Festival toSeptember 2014.

Brands and designers who have participated at the show includeDesigual, Custo Barcelona, Munich, Armand Basi, Buff, Sita Murt,Camper, le Coq Sportif, Kaporal, North Sail[1] and Lyle & Scott.The summer 2011 edition presented proposals from StellaMcCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Blumarine, Iceberg, AlbertaFerretti, Moschino, Frankie Morello, Roberto Cavalli and Parah.Magazines such as Elle, Cosmopolitan and Vogue have also beenpresent at the show.

Spain

Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid, was known as Pasarela Cibelesuntil 2008 or Cibeles Madrid Fashion week up until 2012, is theprincipal platform to promote fashion in Spain. Based in Madridand often takes place twice a year, in September 2008 held itsedition No. 48. The No. 49 edition, which lasted two weeks, washeld in February 2009. It is organized by IFEMA, the trade fairin Madrid. In the edition organized for September 18, 2009 theycelebrate the 50th edition of the former Pasarela Cibeles.

Some of the notable attendees at MBFWM are Spanish nationaltreasure, Duchess of Alba, socialite and tabloid fixture CarmenLomana, French socialite Beatrice D'Orleans, Russian model, IrinaShayk and also athletes like Cristiano Ronaldo Sergio Ramos,Kaka, Higuain, Ozil, Figo... .

Many models see in the Spanish capital as a continuum of workduring their available free days after the conclusion of New YorkFashion Week and just before the start of the Milan fashionshows.[citation needed] Iris Strubegger, Marina Pérez, Eniko Mihalik, EgleTvirbutaite, Denisa Dvorakova, Michaela Kocianova, DianaFarkhullina, Sheila Márquez, Daiane Conterato, Charlotte DiCalypso, Jon Kortajarena, and Michaela Kocianova are just some ofthe top models that have added some “super” appeal to the MBFWMcalendar. Some designers that showing their collections inMercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid are: Davidelfin, Juan Duyos,Adolfo Dominguez, Andres Sarda, Aristocrazy, TCN, Juanjo Oliva...

United Kingdom

Africa Fashion Week London

Africa Fashion Week (London) is an annual fashion week held inLondon, England. Africa Fashion Week (London) is not to beconfused with South Africa Fashion Week and Arise Africa FashionWeek.

Following the success of Africa Fashion Week New York, AfricaFashion Week (London) will be held every year during the fall atan announced location in London. Africa Fashion Week (London) isproduced by Adireé Fashion Agency, partners and sponsors to bringAfrican designers to the fashion capital of London.

To generate more awareness for the 2012 show, the Africa FashionWeek London team took a trip to Westfield Stratford City toinform the public about AFWL 2012. The theme of the trip was "FunDay Flyering at Westfield".

Clothes Show Live

Clothes Show Live

Status Active

Genre Fashion

Venue National ExhibitionCentre

Location(s) Birmingham, UK

Country UK

Inaugurated 1989

Attendance 165,093

Organized by Haymarket Exhibitions

Website

www.clothesshowlive.com

The Clothes Show Live is a consumer exhibition brand heldannually in December at the Birmingham's National ExhibitionCentre. The events showcase latest fashion, beauty and musictrends on large and often interactive features and stands. Theshow is considered the premier fashion event in the UK andpraised for its ability to attract young followers.

Fashion Theatre

It is presented by celebrities and is kick-started with livemusic performances. Previous performances have included, theSpice Girls, JLS and the Saturdays. Every ticket to the ClothesShow Live includes a dedicated seat in the Fashion Theatre, for aspectacular 45 minute catwalk performance. It features new andcurrent season fashion collections, over 40 top models anddancers, bringing fashion to life wearing high-street, designer,couture and boutique fashion collections. All models and dancersare exhibited wearing the latest hair and makeup trends.

There is a different theme every year, past themes include ‘TheFashion Circus’ (1997), ‘Cities of the World’ (2010) and ‘Behindthe scenes of a Magazine,’ in association with Suzuki (2012).

The Fashion Theatre showcases every day of the Clothes Show Liveexhibition and has up to seven time slots a day.

Clothes Show Live history

Male model dressed as angel in the Clothes Show Live 2009.

The first show launched during 1989 in London, 23 years ago onthe back of the then popular television programme. Due tooverwhelming visitor turn-out since 1990 the event has been heldat the NEC, in Birmingham, UK. It is solely owned and operated byHaymarket Exhibitions, part of the Haymarket Media Group.

Despite the various incarnations of The Clothes Show sufferingfrom popularity waves, the live event has remained steadilypopular and still holds an audited visitor attendance of 165,093,making it the second most visited show in the UK.

Established model agencies have frequently used the show as ahunting ground for young new talent. Many now famous faces havebeen plucked from the shows, including Holly Willoughby, CatDeeley and Erin O'Connor amongst many more.

1986-1999

The Clothes Show Live was first exhibited as a television show in1986 and from 1989 onwards it has become an extremely successfullive event. During these years, some of the most famous bandsincluding the Spice Girls and Boyzone have performed. Successfulmodels and presenters including Holly Willoughby, Vernon Kay andCat Deeley were spotted by model scouts at the show during the90s.

2000-2002

In association with the British Heart Foundation NEC Birmingham

There were a host of celebrities at these shows including,presenters Dermot O’Leary and Jamie Theakston, Liberty X, VernonKay, Dane Bowers, Josie D’Arby, DJ Luck and MC Neat, So SolidCrew and Miss Dynamite. An audience of 6,500 in the British HeartFoundation Fashion Theatre were able to enjoy ‘Big ChefProduction’’ award winning chic and progressive style on theCatwalk.

2003

5–10 December- NEC Birmingham

Clothes Show Live featured appearances from Hollyoaks castmembers Ben and Lizzie aka. Marcus Patrick and Elize Du Toit andDuncan James from Blue. Sugababes, Darius Danesh and Lisa Mafiaall performed. The hosts for the show were Brian Dowling, who wonthe award for being the most stylish TV personality at the NOWmagazine Style Awards, Tara Palmer Tomkinson, Vernon Kay and SoSolid Crew’s Harvey.

12th-14th- Fashion Victims, Powered by the Clothes Show Live, Jaarbeurs Utrecht

Haymarket Exhibitions staged a reworked version of the ClothesShow Live in the Netherlands covering 26,000sqm. This was a jointventure between Haymarket and the Dutch venue’s in-houseorganising arm, Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs Exhibitions and Media.Haymarket Exhibitions’s managing director, Gavin Brown said: ‘Itwould be wonderful if we could take more of our successful UKevents and run them in other areas of the world, so it issomething we are looking at very closely.’ ‘Clothes Show Live isone of our flagship events and is now in its 15th year. The Dutchand British communicate very well, the fashion in Holland is verysimilar to that in the UK and so there is a natural empathythere,’ added Brown. The exhibition was aimed at 16-24 year oldsand included fashion shows, style and beauty tips, makeovers andmusic.

2004

3–8 December- NEC Birmingham

This year’s show was presented by June Sarpong, Jeff Brazier andDave Berry. There were performances from boy band Phixx, Lemar,Estelle, 411 and Rooster. Models Jodie Kidd, Jade Parfitt andElizabeth Jagger all graced the stage.

2005

2–7 December- NEC Birmingham

Presented by the Nokia Fashion Collection William Baker, stylistto Kylie, brought his flair and expertise to the show as thecreative director of the Nokia Fashion Theatre. Joined by fashiondesigner Julian Macdonald, photographer Helena Christiansen andmodel Vivien Solari worked alongside William Baker to produce thecover image that would represent Clothes Show Live 2005. Thisyear also saw an extension to the show support for young fashionand design talent in the UK with a variety of initiativesincluding the introduction of the Clothes Show Live EducationalBursary and the appearance of the London Fashion Forum. There wasanother great line-up with performances this year from SimonWebbe, X Factor’s Maria and ex-Blazin Squad member’s new band,Friday Hill. Presenting this year were, Vernon Kay and JuneSarpong.

2006

1–6 December- NEC Birmingham

This was the year for the re-launch of the Clothes Show Liveprogramme. After a six year hiatus, Clothes Show Live was broughtback onto our screens through the UKTV Style channel and washosted by Brendan Courtney, Louise Redknapp and originalpresenter, Caryn Franklin.

This year the fashion theatre was brought to Birmingham by Nokia,attracting the late Amy Winehouse and Blue’s Duncan James and

Simon Webbe to the stage. Presenting on the theatre stage wereClothes Show favourites T4’s June Sarpong and MTV’s Dave Berry.

2007

7–12 December- NEC Birmingham

This year’s star line-up attracted 160,000 visitors toBirmingham’s NEC over the 6 day period, this included, X Factorwinner Shane Ward, Desperate Housewives’ gardener Jesse Metcalfe,model and designer Caprice, Big Brother 8 housemates Ziggy, Samand Amanda and fashion industry experts Caryn Franklin and HilaryAlexander. Presenting this year were Peaches Geldof and DaveBerry, who were also joined by Clothes Show model-scoutee, ErinO’Connor. Sugababes headlined the fashion theatre show this year.

2008

5–10 December- NEC Birmingham

Gorgeous girlband The Saturdays and Alesha Dixon performed in thefashion theatre. Nina Porter, who has appeared in Burberry’sSpring/Summer 2011 campaign alongside Lily Donaldson and RosieHuntington-Whiteley was spotted by a model scout at the showwhilst on a school trip. She is still at school and has alsoappeared in Vogue magazine.

2009

29–31 May Clothes Show London, ExCel London

Clothes Show Live came back to London for the first time since1989 and was hosted by Erin O’Connor and George Lamb. Toaccompany the new summer time slot, the Designer Beach inassociation with Company was introduced. Visitors were treated toClothes Show model favourites, Max Rogers and Anthony Lowderstrutting their stuff on the Catwalk with a special appearancefrom Jordan.

4–9 December Clothes Show Live- NEC Birmingham

Hollyoaks star Roxanne McKee was the face of this year’s ClothesShow Live [5] and was joined by various fellow Hollyoaks stars.

Adding yet more glamour and style to the mix, there were specialguest appearances from Gok Wan and stylish Fearne Cotton whoreceived the best dressed woman of the year award at London’sClothes Show.

2010

3–8 December Clothes Show Live- NEC Birmingham

TOWIE’s Lauren, Mark, Sam and Harry added a bit of Essex glamourto the proceedings whilst there was music from Sunday Girl andboybands Inju5tice and Vice.

25 – 27 June- London’s Earls Court

London’s Earls Court hosted this year’s show with the help ofheadliners, Gok Wan and Arlene Philips. The ever fabulous CarynFranklin and The Telegraph’s Fashion Director Hilary Alexanderwere also hosts, alongside George Lamb who presented this yearfor the ‘Cities of the World’ themed fashion theatre show.

Music star Paloma Faith performed live and showcased her verytrendy style. Boy-band, ‘The Wanted’ delighted teenage girls byperforming their debut single ‘All Time Low.’ The Style Stagedemonstrated their tips on how to wear the latest Spring/Summertrends and what to look for as the Autumn/Winter collections hitthe shop.

2011

2–7 December- NEC Birmingham

The 2011 event promoted the ultimate girls day out with acampaign fronted by George Lamb and girl band ‘Parade.’ The showwas hosted by George Lamb and Grace Woodward. This years face ofclothes show was 16year old Mel Titmass from Bury. There wasmusic from Alexandra Burke, X Factor's The Risk and KimberlyWyatt's Her Majesty and The Wolves, alongside dance acts from The

Dance Show. Jeff Brazier was also presenting on the ImageCatwalk, whilst there were guest appearances from some ofHollyoaks hotties and cast members from TOWIE. The class of 2011for Bright Young Things, a celebration of new and emerging talenthad four winners. Charlotte Wood was awarded Young Designer ofthe year, Emma Spencer won Young Fashion Photographer and YoungHairdresser of The Year was awarded to Leah Walton. Inassociation with Select Model Management, Lottie Richman wasscouted at the show and won Face of 2012.

2012

7–11 December- Clothes Show Live in association with Suzuki- NECBirmingham

The Jubilee year saw Clothes Show Live re-affirm its authority inthe fashion industry. The campaign was fronted by model DaisyLowe, stylist to the stars Grace Woodward and British designerHenry Holland. Other fashion elite in attendance were Mark Fast,Bora Aksu and John Rocha.[6] Highstreet brands who exhibited atthe show included Oasis, Miss Selfridge, Vero Moda, New Look andDebenhams. Notable designers included Tatty Devine and Gushlowand Cole. The ASOS Marketplace featured a number of recentgraduates who had won their place to showcase their brand newcollections at the show as an innovative strategy to promote theindustry’s rising stars. The Young Designer of the year wasCurtis Li Young. Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model finalistswere also there on the Highstreet Catwalk.

2013

6–10 December - NEC Birmingham

This year was the 25th Anniversary of Clothes Show Live. JadeThompson, the former winner of Britain and Ireland's Next TopModel Live and Fashion Theatre Star, was announced as the Face ofClothes Show Live 2013. The Only Way Is Essex cast members MarkWright, Amy Childs, Lauren Goodger, Jess Wright and Gemma Collinswere at the Show, along with reality star Peter Andre and modelCaggie Dunlop. In the Alcatel Fashion Theatre, there was musicperformances by Stooshe, Union J and The X Factor band Kingsland

Road. Contestants from 2013's Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model alsomade an appearance on the Highstreet Catwalk.

Clothes Show London

2009 saw the debut launch of Clothes Show London that took placefrom 29 to 31 May in ExCeL, making the brand a bi-annualoccurrence across the UK.

The show launched the Clothes Show Style Awards and includedawards for Fashion Photographer of the Year, won by Kayt Jones,Fashion Stylist of the Year and Make-up Artist of the Year, allvoted for by top industry experts within the UK’s mostinfluential media. The other categories were all voted for by thepublic and included Best Dressed Man of the Year, won by GeorgeLamb and Best Dressed Woman of the Year, collected in style byFearne Cotton.

The 2010 moved to Earl's Court between 25 and 27 June 2010.

Fashion in Film Festival

Poster for Fashion in Film Festival by Sean O'Mara

Poster for Fashion in Film Festival by Petr Babak

The Fashion in Film Festival (often abbreviated as FFF) is abiennial festival organised by Fashion in Film. The festival iscurrently in its fourth edition. It has previously been held atvenues including BFI Southbank, Tate Modern, the Barbican Centre,the Horse Hospital and the Ciné lumière in London and the Museumof the Moving Image in New York.

History

The first Fashion in Film Festival was titled Between Stigma andEnigma and premiered in London in May 2006 at the Ciné lumière,the Horse Hospital and the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Theprogramme subsequently toured to Kino Světozor in Prague and theMuseum of the Moving Image in New York. The poster for thefestival's visit to Prague was designed by Petr Babak; its boldcolours and black hats suggest early films and laterdevelopments.

The second Fashion in Film Festival was titled If Looks Could Kill andwas held in London in May 2008 at BFI Southbank, Tate Modern, theCiné lumière, the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the HorseHospital.

The third Fashion in Film Festival, Birds of Paradise was held inLondon in December 2010 at BFI Southbank, Tate Modern, theBarbican Centre, and the Horse Hospital, touring to the Museum ofthe Moving Image in New York in April 2011.

Parent organisation Fashion in Film

Fashion in Film is based at Central Saint Martins College of Artand Design in London. It was founded by Marketa Uhlirova, RogerBurton and Christel Tsilibaris in 2005 as a way of encouragingcritical response to the use of fashion, clothing, jewellery,

make-up and accessories in film, and addressing current practicesin the context of film’s long history.

Fashion in Film commissions new public projects, bringing togetherartists, designers, photographers, filmmakers, performers andmusicians. Fashion in Film present a mix of popular culture, art andthe underground which shows how the moving image has representedand interpreted fashion as a concept, an industry and a culturalform. As well as curating the festival, Fashion in Filmcollaborates on smaller projects including special screenings,conferences and exhibitions.

Fashion in Film festivals April - May 2011: Birds of Paradise tour to Museum of the Moving

Image. December 2010: Birds of Paradise in London.

November 2008: If Looks Could Kill tour to the Arnolfini inBristol.

May 2008: If Looks Could Kill in London.

March 2007: Between Stigma and Enigma tour to the Museum of theMoving Image, New York.

September 2006: Between Stigma and Enigma tour to KinoSvetozor, Prague.

May 2006: Between Stigma and Enigma.

Fall 2008 fashion weeksFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Major fall 2008 fashion weeks were held in New York City, London,Paris, and Milan during February and March 2008.

New York Fashion WeekFor more details on this topic, see List of Fall 2008 New YorkFashion Week fashion shows.

The Fall 2008 New York Fashion Week, officially called Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, was held between February 1 and February 8,2008.

LA Fashion Week 2008 controversy

In 2008, there were numerous celebrity fashion designersshowcasing their designs at LA's Fashion Week. Many peoplebelieved that, because of this new surge of "celebs-as-trendsetters", some fashion regulars and legitimate designers didnot attend the 2008 fashion event. Instead, attendees turnedtheir attention to the designs of "The Hills" star Lauren Conrad,who debuted her collection during the week, Nicky Hilton, and ThePussycat Dolls.

Sue Wong was one of the designers that openly voiced her opinionabout celebrity designers. Wong calls the emerging trend"absolutely bogus." Wong is usually a regular at the Mercedes-Benz LA Fashion Week, but decided not to show in 2008, claimingshe wanted to concentrate on doing something "different." "Sure,every celebrity and his brother wants to be a fashion designer",said Wong, who has been designing since 1968. "It's not likeanybody can pick it up and do it. It's a science. You need toknow fit and construction." Wong has also claimed that thecelebrities are just capitalizing on their "15 minutes of fame."Normally, up-and-coming designers would not get the kind ofexposures celebrities get for their clothing lines.

Lauren Conrad has tried to defend herself against the criticismsand pressures put on her before her fashion launch. Conrad, whohas trained at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandisingin Los Angeles, said the additional pressure thrust upon herFashion Week debut made her nervous while working on the line.She described it as "California chic", basing this season on arecent trip to Paris reflected in simple, clean piecesaccessorized with berets, netting, leather gloves, bows andlace."I will probably never have the respect I want in thefashion industry, but I can work hard every day to try and provemyself", Conrad said. "Can I really be criticized for takingadvantage on an opportunity that allows me to have what I'vealways wanted?"

Wong still voiced her skepticism. "Let's see whether she cansurvive and thrive. It takes so much dedication", she said. "Yougotta really pay your dues to be a serious artist." A review byJenny Peters of Fashion Wire Daily criticized her debut line,writing, "There was absolutely nothing new or innovative in hercollection."[4]

Men's Fashion Week

Dating back to 2009-2010 Fashion Week producers in New York,London, Paris, Los Angeles, Singapore and Vancouver have pushedto provide a platform for a growing apparel segment - menswear -by creating a separate Fashion Week (weekend or day) for menswearfashion designers and brands - Men's Fashion Week. "Designer'ssay that debuting their collections in September - three monthsafter Milan and Paris hold their Men's Fashion Week - is bad forbusiness. Merit to the apparel segment, traditional womensweardesigners such as Vera Wang recently announced that they will belaunching new menswear divisions.

Men's Fashion Week is held twice a year in major cities acrossthe globe typically in January (Autumn/Winter) and June(Spring/Summer). The fashion industry event is held for fashionprofessionals and fashion occult. Designers and brands showcaseupcoming collections to press, media, stylists, buyers, fashiontrailblazers and, in some cases, the national public. In recentyears, designers have tried making the esoteric experienceavailable to the general public by broadcasting their runwayshows via the World Wide Web.

Universal support for menswear designers is expected to result inMen's Fashion Week launches across the globe. In January 2012London announced that it would dedicate an entire weekend tomenswear fashion designers. Singapore dedicated a few days tomen's shows. Los Angeles followed suit launching Men's FashionWeek LA in 2012. Additionally, Vancouver does Men's Fashion Week.Among other cities, New York has supported the developments in

the menswear segment, but has yet to announce a Fashion Weekdedicated entirely to menswear fashion designers. Currently Parispromotes their men's runway shows as a part of their regularFashion Week schedule.

Oxford Fashion Week

Oxford Fashion Week is an annual independent fashion showcase inOxford, England. It was founded in 2009 by Oxford Universitygraduates Carl Anglim and Victoria Watson. Oxford Fashion Weekhas showcased the talent of designers such as Alexander McQueen,Matthew Williamson and Valentin Yudashkin.

History

Oxford Fashion Week was established in 2009. The event is now anannual fashion feature and takes place primarily over the courseof one week in the year, with satellite events at other times. In2009 and 2010, Oxford Fashion Week took place in May. In 2011, ittook place in March. In 2012, it took place in November.

Oxford Fashion Week is mostly produced by volunteers from acrossthe UK, although in 2012 it was produced by events productioncompany BMLY Ltd.

The event takes place in a range of notable venues across thecity of Oxford. Previous venues have included the AshmoleanMuseum, Oxford Town Hall, Malmaison hotel, the Randolph hotel,Oxford University Examination Schools, and the Sheldoniantheatre.

Designers and Shows

Oxford Fashion Week has featured a wide variety of designers,from established international brands such as Alexander McQueen,Matthew Williamson and Valentin Yudashkin, to up-and-comingtalent such as Ara Jo and Yvonne Lau (both of whose designs havebeen sported by Lady Gaga).

The shows are arranged by clothing category, rather than byindividual designer. Most years have featured a concept fashionshow, a ready to wear show, and a haute couture show, amongothers.

The catwalk shows feature a mix of professional models and newfaces, and some models first discovered at Oxford Fashion Weekhave since gone on to have successful modelling careers.

Sunrise in Baku Fashion Project

Sunrise in Baku Fashion Project wasorganised in the aid of ABC TrustFoundation

Date February 28, 2009

Location The Mayfair, London

Country  United Kingdom

Presented by KPK Entertainment Group

Sunrise in Baku was an international fashion project held on 28February 2009 in London, UK. The project was part of a series ofphilanthropic events organised by KPK Entertainment Group in theUnited Kingdom and aimed to raise funds and awareness for the UK-based charity organisation ABC Trust Foundation - Action forChildren of Brazil. The initiative, whose proceedings contributedtowards the establishment of a primary school in Brazil, wassupported by Azerbaijan Embassy, Brazil Embassy and the HighCommission of Cyprus in London.

The fashion project involved young rising designers from a numberof countries, including Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Russia, Italy and

the United Arab Emirates. The Azerbaijani collection reflectingthe national flag of Azerbaijan (see photo) under Azeri nationalmusic was inspired by the name of the fashion project. Thecollection, presented by Ramina Mavadin Huseynova, formed theculmination of the catwalk show during the night.

Cyprus High Commission's Cultural Counsellor Dr. Niki Katsaounimentioned on her speech: 'This is a great evening organised bytwo young ladies, Kamila Mavadin Huseynova from Azerbaijan andKaterina Gavrielidou from Cyprus, founders of KPK EntertainmentGroup, a nonprofit organization that has already a background ofphilanthropic contribution in Britain. I would like to express mysupport to initiatives like this which enhance the culturalcooperation between young people from different countries. It isremarkable how two small countries like Azerbaijan and Cyprusworked together towards the common good, tonight dedicated to thechildren of Brazil'.

The project attracted the interest of international media such asFashion TV (Europe, USA and the Middle East), BBC Azeri, LondonGreek Radio, MTV, Hellenic TV, and Sigma Live.

ABC Trust Foundation was chosen by KPK Entertainment Group as thesole beneficiary charity foundation for Sunrise in Baku FashionProject.Action for Brazil’s Children Foundation is dedicated tohelping the most vulnerable children and young people of Brazil.By raising awareness and funding, ABC Trust supports the work oflocal, community-led organisations who give children theeducation, support and inspiration they need to transform theirlives. ABC Trust is a UK-based organisation set up by JimenaPage, as Founding Trustee, and Led Zeppelin legend Jimmy Page, asFounding Patron. They have since been joined by a Board ofTrustees and a group of Patrons who lend a hand wheneverpossible.

KPK Entertainment Group is an international non-profitorganisation founded under the leadership of Kamila MavadinHuseynova in November 2007. KPK Entertainment holds annualsummits that bring together young talented individuals to work onnew projects and develop new ideas for the support of differentcharity foundations across the globe. The events of KPK

Entertainment Group are the platform for young designers,singers, and artists to demonstrate their talents. Among them arefashion designers Yuliya Polishchuk, Mona Hamid, singers MariosTofi, Heidi Anne Burford, artists Karim Theilgaard, KrishNightstar, model Claudia Camarena and many others.

Australia

Australian Fashion Week

Jennifer Hawkins, Miss Universe 2004 atAustralian Fashion Week, May 2007

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia isan annual fashion industry event,currently sponsored by Mercedes-Benz andshowcasing the latest seasonalcollections from Australian and AsiaPacific Designers.

Australian Fashion Week is an industryfashion week intended for retail buyersto buy forthcoming spring/summer collections directly fromdesigners and manufacturers, as opposed to a consumer fashionweek, which showcases clothes currently available instore and istargeted to fashion consumers.

As of 2013 it is held at Carriageworks in Redfern, Sydney, inApril of each year.[2] Previously it had been held in April/May atthe International Passenger Terminal at Sydney's Circular Quay,and prior to that at Fox Film Studios, Moore Park and Melbourne'sSt Kilda pier.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia has helped bring attentionto a number of Australian designers such as Lisa Ho, Alex Perry,Zimmermann, Toni Maticevski, Collette Dinnigan, Leona Edmiston,J'Aton Couture, Ericaamerica, Easton Pearson and Gwendolynne.

History

The event was the brainchild of PR consultant and former skimagazine reporter Simon Lock. Launched in 1996, in its debut yearthe event featured shows by Australian designers including AkiraIsogawa, Alex Perry and Wayne Cooper. The event had mixedsuccess; British fashion writer Susan Owens wrote a scathingreview dubbing it "Fashion Weak" and writing that 25 broken-hearted designers had thrown away their money.

In 2005, event founder Simon Lock sold the event and its parentcompany Australian Fashion Innovators to the New York-basedInternational Management Group. The deal was rumoured to havebeen worth several million dollars.

Rosemount Estate wineries acquired naming rights from Mercedes-Benz in 2006 and the event was renamed Rosemount AustralianFashion Week (RAFW), but the principal sponsorship passed back toMercedes-Benz in 2011.

Lock worked with IMG for the next five years before departing thecompany in 2010. In 2011 he was presented with the AustralianFashion Laureate award, the first non-designer to receive it. Atthe time he was building a ski hotel in Japan and spending moretime with his children.

Highlights and criticism

Australian Fashion Week has attracted criticism of being out ofsync with the global fashion market; some popular designerspulled out of the 2012 event in order to prepare forinternational events.

The event has also been criticised for featuring inexperiencedemerging designers rather than big names, that its collectionsare conspicuously 'influenced' by European designers, and that it

resorts to cheap theatrics that have included everything fromAfghan hounds to midgets in lederhosen.

However, fashion journalist Marion Hume argues that the non-participation of established designers is welcome. "It lets thosedesigners grow [by going overseas] and gives space for youngerones to come up,” she said. “It’s a natural progression and showsa healthiness in Australian Fashion Week.”

The event relies heavily on the participation of internationalcelebrities. In 1997, supermodel Linda Evangelista's appearancein the Alex Perry show drew international attention to the event.Eva Herzigova donned a $500,000 pearl bikini to launchTigerlily’s first runway show in 2001.

Jade Jagger modelled for Charlie Brown in 2005.[12] Dita Von Teesewas a guest of honour in 2007, giving a sexy performance thatfeatured her straddling a giant MAC lipstick. Singer Macy Grayperformed at the Marcs show in 2008, and celebrity fashionblogger Susie Bubble covered the 2010 event.

2001 saw some notorious appearances of animals as a runwaygimmick. Model Kristy Hinze wore a snakeskin bikini with a livesnake draped around her shoulders. It began to wrap itself aroundher neck, to her evident discomfort. Meanwhile, streetwear labelKsubi (then named Tsubi) released 169 live rats onto the runway,one of which was killed, prompting an RSPCA investigation.

2012 event

The complete list of designers presenting at Mercedes-BenzFashion Week Australia 2012 is: Aje, Akira, Alice McCall, An Odeto No One, Aurelio Costarella, Bec & Bridge, Bless’ed Are TheMeek, Bowie, By Johnny, Camilla, Carl Kapp, Christopher Esber,Dylan Cooper, Dion Lee, Ellery, Flowers For a Vagabond, FernandoFrisoni, Gail Sorronda, Gary Bigeni, Ginger & Smart, Hardwick byMariana Hardwick, Jenny Kee, Jayson Brunsdon, Johanna Johnson,Josh Goot, Kirrily Johnston, Kooey Australia, Ksubi, Lisa Ho,Lisa Maree, Manning Cartell, Magdalena Velevska, MATICEVSKI, MensShow, Michael Lo Sordo, Miss Unkon, nANA jUDY, New Generation 1,New Generation 2, Oroton, Raffles International Designer

Showcase, Romance was Born, Roopa Pemmaraju, Sara Phillips, Songfor the Mute, Style Hong Kong, Suboo, Talulah, The Innovators,Toi Et Moi Sydney, Watson X Watson, Whitney Eve and WE by WhitneyEve, We Are Handsome and Zimmermann.

Title sponsor Mercedes-Benz is supported by government partnersDestination NSW and Austrade, Maybelline New York, DHL, HP/Intel,Redken 5th Avenue NYC and EYE and as well as media outlet GettyImages.

2013 event

It was announced in October 2012 that Mercedes-Benz Fashion WeekAustralia (MBFWA) was moving from its Overseas Passenger Terminallocation in The Rocks in Sydney Harbour to Carriageworks inEveleigh. Also announced with the move was the plan for MBFWA topartner up with PREMIERE the leading trade event for boutiquebrands for an onsite buying space for wholesale brands.

The 2013 fashion week exhibited many of the same iconic andinspiring Australian designers while also introducing a vastamount of new innovative and upcoming designers. These newgeneration 2013 included Betty Train, Desert Designs, Faddoul,Jamie Ashkar, Natalie & Sarah, The Letter Q, and Tristan Melle.Some of the most praised designers showcased on the runway thisyear were White Sands, Christopher Esber, Bec and Bridge, AurelioCostarella, and Camilla and Marc. All of these designers hadgained a large amount of publicity and popularity upcoming theevent and impressed the critics with innovative and stylishdesigns. According to Vogue Australia’s beauty director andNapoleon Perdis who were backstage for the event, the beautytrends this year were long lashes, luminous skin and a goldenbronzed cheeks.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Sydney

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Sydney is a schedule of fashionevents showcasing the contemporary Spring Summer Collections ofAustralia’s leading designer brands. The festival is held at theSydney Town Hall and throughout the city.[ The festival isshowcased months after Australian Fashion Week. It is still

hosted by IMG and Mercedes-Benz fashion week, connecting it withthe same designers and production style. Many of the shows put onare reviews of fashion week. As retailers struggled withdeclining sales, MBFF was pitched as an event to show consumershow to wear the clothes currently on the retail racks.[20] IMGfashion hosts the whole event. IMG also has control over thewhole Australian Fashion Week and festival.

Although Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Sydney is primarily basedduring Australian Fashion week, they also support and puttogether runway shows throughout the year for the designer brandsthey support. In May 2013, the festival hosted a fashion focusedseminar featuring Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia designersCamilla and Marc and KIRRILY JOHNSTON. This is just one of themany external events outside the festival that MBFFS contributesto.

Many well-known and influential designers as well as new andupcoming designers participate in the fashion festival. Some ofthe designers include Alice Mccall, Bec & Bridge, Ginger & Smart,Ksubi, Lisa Ho, Oroton, We Are Handsome, and Whitesands.[22]

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane is a schedule of fashionevents showcasing the contemporary Spring Summer Collections ofAustralia’s leading designer brands. The festival is held at theBrisbane Town Hall and throughout the city in August.

Melbourne Fashion Festival

Melbourne, the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria,is renowned for its fashion scene and is sometimes consideredAustralia's fashion capital rivalling and disputing Sydney.Melbourne is the home and birthplace of many Australian styles,designers and fashion houses. The city is also home to an arrayof international designer boutiques and stores, as well as manythrift stores and independent labels. The Melbourne FashionFestival is a showcase of Melbourne's latest designs and is heldby L'Oreal. It is generally held in mid-late March each year over

the course of several days. Part of the festival is held at theMelbourne Docklands.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane is an annual fashionindustry event held in Brisbane, Australia. The Mercedes-BenzFashion Festival Brisbane began in 2006 and is held over six daysin late August of each year. It features the latest spring-summerseason collections available in stores. It is one of the mostimportant fashion week events in Australia and the Queensland’spremier fashion event.

The event is recognized as the showcase for emerging Queenslandfashion designers. It also features some of Australian topdesigners and their labels and international designers.

Lindsay Bennett is festival director and founder and Mercedes-Benz is the main sponsor.

In 2009, the festival featured 40 designers in 10 Group Shows,opening and closing events, a fashion forum, exhibitions andfashion workshops.

There were national designers such as Alex Perry, Leona Edmistonand Lisa Ho and local designers such as Easton Pearson, PaulHunt, Juli Grbac, Pia du Pradal, Bora and Sacha Drake.

Other Queensland designers featured in the past included Pistolsat Dawn, Chelsea de Luca and George Wu.

Fiji

Fiji Fashion Week

Fiji Fashion Week (FJFW) is run by Fashion Week (Fiji) Limited(FWL) a limited liability company incorporated in the Republic ofFiji in January, 2009.

History

The company’s primary objective is to create a world classfashion week event which helps nurture, develop and promoteindividual stakeholders in Fiji’s fashion industry.

The FJFW brand is gathering significant momentum as itcapitalizes upon regional interest in both emerging fashion andthe wondrous tropical setting. Fiji is blessed with not only anoutstanding geographical endowment (the land and sea) but also aunique and highly attractive cultural system (the people).Combined, these elements produce an ideal setting for an iconicevent such as fashion week. It's "Fashion in Paradise!"

Note though that fashion weeks are a global phenomena. The crèmede la crème of the Australian and New Zealand fashion scene arealready actively participating in FJFW. Further, designers fromas far away as the US, India, China and Western Europe have allexpressed interest!

Fiji’s first ever Fashion Week between the 4th to the 6th ofDecember, 2008 at the prestigious Hilton Hotel in Denarau waslauded a huge success. Fiji Fashion Week was founded by DonnaWhippy. It is now currently run and managed by Ellen Whippy-Knight.

Celebrated by the press, international guests and designers, theoverwhelming consensus was that the inaugural event was afantastic foundation on which to build.

“Better than Moscow Fashion week. Good as other first timers…don’t stop here!” (Neville Findlay – Zambesi designer/owner).

The 2009 event was then held between the 3–6 December at AlbertPark in Suva. The show drew huge interest from designers, models,sponsors and the community at large. Notably, Kookai, a leadingAustralian fashion brand identified one of our emerging localdesigners (“Second Chance”) as having the potential to compete onthe world stage.

FJFW aspires to promote the active involvement of savvy local andoverseas designers who wish to project their creativity. FJFWalso facilitates the involvement of international fashion buyersand those right across the South Pacific Asia region. This istheir opportunity to find a new and contemporary style that willinspire both them and their customers.

Denmark

Copenhagen Fashion Week

Copenhagen Fashion Week is held twice a year in Copenhagen. Copenhagen Fashion Week consists of a market week with 3 big fairs: CIFF at Bella Center, VISION at Lokomotivværkstedet and Gallery at Forum,[1] and a diverse range of fashion shows at City Hall and a myriad of different locations, as well as showrooms and events all over town.

Copenhagen Fashion Week also offers a programme open to all, forconsumers, citizens and tourists. This open part of the week,Copenhagen Fashion Festival, is developed in collaborationbetween Wonderful Copenhagen, Copenhagen City Centre andCopenhagen Fashion Week.

The first actual fashion week was held in 1968 by BellaCenter.Today, the event takes place in February and August, andis the Nordic region's largest fashion event with more than 1,600exhibitors and 2,800 branded collections[2] in addition to 40-45runway shows on the official show schedule. More than 50.000professionals from the fashion industry visit the three fairs.

Copenhagen Fashion Week is organised by the three fairs and thecompany Copenhagen Fashion Week, which aims to promote Danishfashion on international markets. Among the fashion houses thatstand out in Copenhagen Fashion Week are Ivan Grundahl, BruunsBazaar, By Malene Birger, Munthe plus Simonsen, Rützou, Baum undPferdgarten and Day Birger et Mikkelsen.

For the AW13/14 Fashion Week held from January 29 to February 2,Copenhagen managed to get Vivienne Westwood to show her

Anglomania collection,[3] making Copenhagen an internationallyacclaimed Fashion Week.

Gallery Int Fashion Fair

Type Public company

Industry Fashion

Founded Denmark, Copenhagen (2005)

Headquarters Copenhagen

Key people Founder:Christian Gregersen

Products Clothing

Website www.gallery.dk

Gallery Int Fashion Fair is a trade fair held twice a year duringCopenhagen Fashion Week in August and February. The fairrepresents more than 150 leading design driven fashion brandsfrom Scandinavia and 200 design driven brands from around theworld. Gallery has also one of Europe's biggest show scenes withmore than 20 catwalks shows each year and has had 120 showswithin the last 6 years.[1] Among the shows are Marimekko, JillSander, Cheap Monday, Vivienne Westwood, Henrik Vibskov and PeterJensen. Among the exhibitors are Wood Wood, Tiger of Sweden,Kitsune, Altewai.samoe, Carin Wester, Veronica B. Vallnes,Tabernacle Twins, Foreign Affairs, Soulland, Norse Project, Sandand Day. [2]

Christian Gregersen[3] is the founder and owner of Gallery IntFashion Fair.[4] He is the co-organizer of Copenhagen Fashion Weekand the owner of Gregersen Communication founded in 1999.

Gallery Int Fashion Fair started in 2005 as a small showroom, andby 2008 it has grown into a full sized fair with 350 leadingbrands.

Georgia

TbilisiFashion Week

Genre clothing and fashion exhibitions

Frequency semi-annually

Location(s)

Tbilisi

Inaugurated 2009

Founder Tako Chkheidze

Tbilisi Fashion Week (TFW) (Georgian: თთთთთთთთ თთთთთ თთთთთთთთ; tbilisis modis kvireuli) is a Georgian fashion week in its capital city of Tbilisi. TFW hosts industry professionals twice ayear, in Spring and Fall.[1][2]

TFW was established in 2009 during Tbilisoba festival.[3]

TFW is a fashion hub in the Caucasus which maintains the fashion industry development and introduces new faces and exports Georgian fashion production.

Greece

Athens Xclusive Designers Week (AXDW)

Athens Xclusive Designers Week (AXDW) is the official international fashion week in Greece. It takes place twice a yearat the luxurious premises of Ethniki Asfalistiki Conference Center, presenting both supreme and current, cutting edge Greek designers along with top international fashion designers and fashion houses. Until today, AXDW has had the honor of hosting the fashion shows of legendary international fashion houses such as Emanuel Ungaro, Vivienne Westwood, Guy Laroche, Krizia, Vivia Ferragamo, Barbara Bui, Francois & Marithe Girbaud, to name a few.

The fashion shows are assembled and designed with top of the range production standards, corresponding to the same rank as the“Big Four” official fashion weeks in Paris, London, Milan and NewYork.

Every season, Athens Xclusive Designers Week is a must-visit destination for a total more than 25.000 people, including Greek and international Press and media, fashion buyers, fashion professionals and exclusive guests. Personalities like Nicky Hilton, Tara Reid and Boy George among others, have visited AXDW.

AXDW’s strategic partnerships and collaborations with international organisations and local authorities over the years have developed a strong base for very successful fashion events, enhancing the local industry awareness, supporting the work of the important home-grown and foreign designers. AXDW’s imperativemission is to promote Athens as an important cultural European capital and as a must-visit annual International Fashion Week program.

AXDW celebrates fashion in its most unique and innovative way. Itaims at presenting an extensive creative program for fashion, business and culture giving the opportunity to its visitors to live the experience of a fashion festival with creative interaction.

From charity galas and fashion concerts to art exhibitions and business forums, AXDW is determined to make each of its fashion weeks a memorable, engaging and entertaining experience.

Fashion with conscience; that is the philosophy behind AXDW’s social responsibility actions. By supporting a different NGO or social cause every time, AXDW has managed to give fashion a “voice” to spread important messages in innovative ways; whether it involves the environment, the children or women with cancer, AXDW’s objective is to make a difference through fashion. Throughthe years, AXDW has supported several well known NGOs like the Make a Wish Foundation, Women in Need and the Pink Ribbon campaign, as well as other organizations focusing on the preservation of the environment, NGOs fighting for people with cancer etc.

One of AXDW’s main goals is to support, promote and reward new talent and it has proudly established the only institution in Greece addressing new Greek fashion designers. That is the inspiration behind the New Designers Awards institution established exclusively by AXDW. Every AXDW dedicates one day forits new designers, who present their work and compete for 3 important prizes. The judging committee is comprised of acknowledged personalities from the fashion world and media, and

winners have the opportunity to win important prizes related to their upcoming career.

With its team of highly experienced fashion professionals in various fields, its strong business ethics and its passion for fashion, AXDW constantly evolves to continuously upgrade its standards and make a substantial contribution to the fashion industry.

In March 2013, Mercedes-Benz became the title sponsor of the 13thorganization of AXDW, which was renamed to Mercedes-Benz Athens Xclusive Designers Week.

Lithuania

Mados infekcija

Mados infekcija (Fashion Infection) is the biggest Lithuanianfashion show. It is held in "Šiuolaikinio Meno Centras"(Contemporary Art Center), Vilnius in spring every year. Thefirst show was held in 1999 by fashion designer SandraStraukaitė. During the event some popular designer have presentedtheir collections, such as Andrew Logan, Alistair Carr, Jean-Pierre Braganza, Andrey Bartenev, Aliona Achmadulina, Jojo &Malou, Richard Rene and Stephanie Coudert. Since 2008 there isspecial award for rising designers.

Warsaw Fashion Weekend

Warsaw Fashion Weekend is one of the largest and most prestigiousfashion events in Poland which presents the trends for the upcoming season.

Warsaw Fashion Weekend Spring Edition kicks off on April 4!  in the EXPO XXI at 12 Prądzyńskiego Street in Warsaw.

Warsaw Fashion Weekend gathers top Polish designers and world-class fashion houses in one glamorous place. Each year, 150 designers and fashion companies have a chance to showcase their

latest and most fashionable collections. For the Friday Opening Night the designers are preparing special attractions!

Join us during Warsaw Fashion WeekendSpringEdition! Hunt for the most fashionable clothes and accessories, check out the latest beauty trends, and watch stunning catwalk shows of the top designers! This time we are inviting designers from Denmark!

FASHION WEEK ZAGREB

Martićeva 67/2. kat, Zagreb, Croatia

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info@fashionweekzagreb.com

Canada

World MasterCard Fashion Week

World MasterCard Fashion Week or WMCFW, formerly known as LGFashion Week is an event held in Toronto, Canada in March (forfall/winter collections) and in October (for spring/summercollections) by IMG Fashion. It is the biggest fashion week heldin Canada and it is the second largest fashion week in NorthAmerica after New York. It is a very important Fashion week inCanada and in the world because it shows Canadian culture andfashion. It also has a lot of media attention.

A tent, displaying the LG Fashion Week logo inOctober of 2011

Alberta Fashion Week

Alberta Fashion Week is a fashion event in Calgary, Alberta,Canada. It was started in February, 2009 by David R. Politi inCalgary, Alberta. It is a bi-yearly Fashion Week featuring localand national, Canadian designers. Its first shows were heldbetween October 4–10, 2009, at the Banke of Nova Scotia, onStephen Avenue in Calgary. Most of the designers involved werewomen, showing a mix of ready-to-wear and haute couture. To staycompetitive with other non-fashion events, and encouraging foryoung fashion enthusiasts, tickets prices were kept low – under$22 for standing-room.

Fashion Cares

Fashion Cares was an annual event held in Toronto, Ontario,Canada that seeks to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS, as well asraise funds for the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT). Since itsinception in 1987, it, with assistance from local and nationalbusinesses, has raised over $10 million through banquets,auctions and fashion shows.

Men's Fashion Week

Dating back to 2009-2010 Fashion Week producers in New York,London, Paris, Los Angeles, Singapore and Vancouver have pushedto provide a platform for a growing apparel segment - menswear -by creating a separate Fashion Week (weekend or day) for menswearfashion designers and brands - Men's Fashion Week. "Designer's

say that debuting their collections in September - three monthsafter Milan and Paris hold their Men's Fashion Week - is bad forbusiness. Merit to the apparel segment, traditional womensweardesigners such as Vera Wang recently announced that they will belaunching new menswear divisions.

Men's Fashion Week is held twice a year in major cities acrossthe globe typically in January (Autumn/Winter) and June(Spring/Summer). The fashion industry event is held for fashionprofessionals and fashion occult. Designers and brands showcaseupcoming collections to press, media, stylists, buyers, fashiontrailblazers and, in some cases, the national public. In recentyears, designers have tried making the esoteric experienceavailable to the general public by broadcasting their runwayshows via the World Wide Web.

Universal support for menswear designers is expected to result inMen's Fashion Week launches across the globe. In January 2012London announced that it would dedicate an entire weekend tomenswear fashion designers. Singapore dedicated a few days tomen's shows. Los Angeles followed suit launching Men's FashionWeek LA in 2012. Additionally, Vancouver does Men's Fashion Week.Among other cities, New York has supported the developments inthe menswear segment, but has yet to announce a Fashion Weekdedicated entirely to menswear fashion designers. Currently Parispromotes their men's runway shows as a part of their regularFashion Week schedule.

United States

Houston fashion week

Houston Fashion Week was branded in 2010 as the first organizedfashion week event in Houston, Texas. The annual, week-long eventis held during October, and came to fruition because New YorkFashion Week relocated from Bryant Park to Lincoln Center. Theresulting confusion over the move opened the door for new venuesthroughout the nation, such as Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, andHouston. Houston Fashion Week has introduced several designers,

including Ann Mitchels, Ayo Shittu, Krystel Holnes, LucasEscalada, and Carol Reyes (San Antonio).

Los Angeles Fashion Week

Los Angeles Fashion Week takes place each March (for fallcollections) and October (for spring collections) in locationsthroughout the Los Angeles area. Various producers hold eventsduring L.A. Fashion Week, including Style Fashion Week, ProjectEthos, Los Angeles Fashion Council, CONCEPT, and Africa FashionWeek Los Angeles.

History

Los Angeles Fashion Week started in the middle of the 20thcentury with "press week" and the invitation of fashionjournalists to see collections from, and in, Southern California.

Since the late 1990s, Los Angeles Fashion Week has beenrepresented and coordinated by a loose consortium of L.A. fashiondesigners, journalists, and marketers interested in its success.Among the longest running Fashion Week exhibitions since thattime was Gen Art, which last showed in Los Angeles in 2010. In2002, IMG's fashion division, which produces Mercedes-BenzFashion Week in New York, made its first foray west, withMercedes-Benz Shows LA in downtown Los Angeles at The Standardhotel. Simultaneously, Davis Factor and Dean Factor producedSmashbox Fashion Week Los Angeles at Smashbox Studios in CulverCity. Dozens of designers showed their collections tojournalists, celebrities, family and friends at these twocentralized venues, while others still chose to show theircollections in unique off site venues such as nightclubs, privateestates, train stations, churches and lofts. In 2003, IMG andSmashbox united under one banner to streamline services andvenues, choosing the Factor-owned Smashbox Studios Culver Citylocation over downtown Los Angeles venues. The relationshipbetween IMG and Smashbox Studios lasted for five years, with theOctober 2008 shows marking their final presentation together. InOctober 2005, the now-defunct LA Fashion Awards debuted tocelebrate and honor the very best of California fashion. The

annual Awards were timed at the closing of Fashion Week and theopening of Market Week in October, at the service of both retailstore buyers and press. A nominating committee of more than fortyof LA's top fashion journalists, merchandisers, stylists,designers and marketplace experts participate in the selectionprocess. Among past winners are educator Rosemary Brantley;retailers Ron Herman, Fred Segal, Cameron Silver and ChristosGarkinos; designers Trina Turk, Monique Lhuillier and Max Azria;fashion innovators Nony Tochterman of Petro Zillia, Rozae Nicholsand Juan Carlos Obando; journalist Rose Apodaca; stylist AriannePhillips; web publisher DailyCandy; event producer Gen Art;brands American Apparel, Volcom, J Brand, Bebe, Guess; and thetelevision show Project Runway. The program is produced by LAFashion Awards, LLC, which was co-founded by fashion industryveterans Jennifer Uner and Mary Hill with the support of severalvisionary sponsors and the endorsement of local fashion industrynon-profit organizations California Fashion Association, FashionGroup International of Los Angeles, Fashion BusinessIncorporated, the Fashion District BID, and also the Los AngelesCounty Economic Development Corporation and WTCA. The Awards wereplaced on hiatus in October 2008 after sponsorship support wasput on hold in the wake of the financial market meltdown thatSeptember. This annual program is expected to return in 2009.

In February 2007, artist Peter Gurnz, developer Gary Warfel, anddowntown resident Brady Westwater - all members of the DowntownLos Angeles Neighborhood Council (DLANC) - created an alternativeFashion Week venue in Downtown Los Angeles, for the first timesince IMG moved their production to Smashbox Studios in 2003. Itwas produced by a local arts organization, BOXeight, founded byartist/designer Peter Gurnz. In Spring 2007, after just 6 weeksof preparation, BOXeight Fashion Week had its first show at theLos Angeles Theater. In Fall 2007, it moved to Vibiana LA, thenewly restored Cathedral of Saint Vibiana. In 2008, it movedagain, this time eastward to BOXeight's headquarters on thefringe of downtown's warehouse district, which added furtherpatina to its independent street credibility.

Curly-V designs for Concept LAFashion Week Fall Winter ’12

With the help of various economic and industry forces, thesuccess and notoriety of L.A. Fashion Week continues to rise. InOctober 2007, City of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosarecognized the contributions of the fashion industry with acompelling speech at the opening of the LA Fashion Awards andvisited the Designers & Agents trade show and the wholesaleshowrooms at the Cooper Design Space, New Mart and CaliforniaMarket Center. Early in 2008, the mayor's office briefly formed acommittee to better harness and organize the energies of theloose consortium that has worked diligently to improve thereputation of Los Angeles as a fashion capital and the bottomlines of the businesses operating there. In October 2012, MayorAntonio Villaraigosa attended Style Fashion Week at the VibianaCathedral.

Events

LA Fashion Week is known for the diversity of its variousproductions. Main attractions of L.A. Fashion Week includeCONCEPT, Africa Fashion Week Los Angeles, Project Ethos, The LosAngeles Fashion Council, Men's Fashion Week and Style FashionWeek. After five seasons at Vibiana, in October 2013 StyleFashion Week tripled in size and moved to the 42,000 square ftEvent Deck at L.A. LIVE. Style Fashion Week was supported by LosAngeles Councilman Curren D. Price, Jr. The Los Angeles FashionCouncil was recognized by Los Angeles Eric Mayor Garcetti.

Los Angeles Fashion District

The L.A. Fashion District is a business improvement district(BID), funded by over 700 property owners. The Fashion Districtspans 90 blocks and is the hub of the apparel industry on theWest Coast of the United States. 2008 also marked the beginningof "Belle Du Jour" (The Look of LA), an annual fashion showcontributing toward the common goal of showcasing talented LAbased fashion designers.

Men's Fashion Week Los Angeles

Since 2010, Fashion Week producers in New York, London, Paris andVancouver have pushed to expand the realm of Fashion Week bycreating a separate Fashion Week (weekend or day) for menswearfashion designers and retail brands. Los Angeles is the 5th inthe world to develop a Fashion Week for menswear, succeeding NewYork, London, Paris and Vancouver.

During Men’s Fashion Week LA (MFWLA), menswear fashion designersand retail brands present their latest collections to industryinsiders—press, media, bloggers, buyers, stylists, high profileguests and fashion occult. Men’s Fashion Week LA is held twice ayear: January (Autumn/Winter); and June (Spring/Summer). The one-week event is held a few days preceding the traditional (women’s)Los Angeles Fashion Week.

Men’s Fashion Week Los Angeles was created to provide a platformfor the evolving menswear apparel segment. MFWLA fuses fashionweek runway shows, trade show style exhibits and market week typecustom pop-up showrooms. Men’s Fashion Week Los Angeles’ calendaris generally composed of designer runway shows, one departmentstore showcase, one emerging talent student showcase, launchparties and the like. MFWLA also features press installations.

Additional amenities found at Men’s Fashion Week LA are a “GentrySuite”, “Cigar Lounge”, “Pop-Up Barber Shop”, “Gaming Suite” anda “Bow Tie Technique Suite”.

To reflect the original working-name, “Gentlemen’s Week”, a bowtie was linked to the company logo. The bow tie personifies

MFWLA’s company philosophy, which (as indicated by the companywebsite) was founded on honor and civility among aesthetegentlemen.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is a series of international fashionweeks sponsored by Mercedes-Benz and produced by IMG. NotableMercedes-Benz Fashion Weeks include events in Berlin, Australia,Miami, Russia, Istanbul, Mexico, and "Mercedes-Benz Fashion WeekNew York," held during New York Fashion Week.

New York Fashion Week

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaNew York Fashion Week

Genre clothing and fashionexhibitions

Frequency semi-annuallyLocation(s) New York City

Inaugurated 1943

Founder Eleanor Lambert

New York Fashion Week, held in February and September of eachyear, is a biannual series of events (generally lasting 7–9 days)when international fashion collections are shown to buyers, thepress and the general public. It consists of numerous brandedevents, including Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York and MADEFashion Week, as well as numerous independent fashion productionsaround town. It is one of four major fashion weeks in the world,along with those in Paris, London, and Milan.

New York Fashion Week vs. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

New York Fashion Week is a citywide series of twice-annuallyoccurring fashion events, which has multiple producers. DuringNew York Fashion Week, IMG produces "Mercedes-Benz Fashion WeekNew York," one of several international Mercedes-Benz Fashion

Weeks, which also take place in Miami, Berlin, Russia,Australia, and Istanbul, among other locations.

Leading designers will often showcase separately from Mercedes-Benz-sponsored events.

For Fall 2014, Oscar de la Renta and Vera Wang will showindependently from IMG / Mercedes-Benz. Although Michael Kors,Diane von Fürstenberg and Carolina Herrera were originallyrumored to be departing, they will show with Mercedes-Benz inFebruary 2014.

Origin

The first New York Fashion Week (which was then called "PressWeek") was the world's first ever organized fashion week. Firstheld in 1943, the event was designed to attract attention awayfrom the French fashion during World War II, when fashionindustry insiders were unable to travel to Paris to see Frenchfashion shows. Fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert organized anevent she called "Press Week" to showcase American designers forfashion journalists, who had previously neglected theirinnovations. (Buyers were not admitted to the shows, and insteadhad to visit designers' showrooms.) Press Week was a success, andfashion magazines like Vogue, which were normally filled withFrench designs, increasingly featured American fashion.

Location

In 1994, the event was moved to its former site in Bryant Park byFern Mallis, where it was held inside a series of large whitetents in the almost-block-long park. Admission is by invitationonly, to the fashion industry, fashion press, assortedcelebrities, and internet based fashion press (e.g., District L,Fashionista, FWD, and The Fashion Bomb). Beginning in February2009 (showing Fall 2009), many designers opted out of their usualBryant Park tent fashion shows because of the poor economy andheld smaller presentations.

2009

Milagros Schmoll walks the runway at the Custo Barcelona Spring2009 show in New York.

Outside entrance, Spring 2009 NewYork Fashion Week

At the Fall 2009 Fashion Week, the public got a taste oftechnology as it is shaping the future of fashion. It is not onlymaking it cheaper and easier for designers to create theircollections, it is also saving them travel time as many broadcasttheir lines over the Internet. Many designers opted to not onlymarket online but also sell exclusively online. Designer NormaKamali and the Polo Ralph Lauren Rugby brand both have anapplication for the Apple iPhone. In the Vivienne Tam show,models walked the runway carrying Hewlett Packard mini notebookcomputers instead of the expected handbag. Mercedes-Benz

officially became the sponsor of the event, and New York FashionWeek was called "Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week" from then.

Because of the recession affecting most of the world, designerswere stepping outside of the box for fall 2009. In previousyears, fashion houses would be expecting costs up to $750,000 toproduce a quality runway show. The idea of using mannequins todisplay clothing was used by established designers Betsey Johnsonand Vera Wang as a way to cut model and runway costs - even themannequins themselves can be rented instead of bought.[20] MaraHoffman, Sergio Davila and Nicholas K saved 40 percent of theircosts by combining their separate lines into one show. Anothertrend seen during fall 2009 Fashion Week was recession friendlyfashion. A number of pieces displayed were items that could beworn in the fall and carry over to the spring. A popular staplewas bold color dressed that could be worn over a turtleneck incolder weather and stand alone in the spring; convertible blazerswere introduced by Vera Wang and Karen Walker as a way to getdouble the wear out of one piece.

2010

Yigal Azrouel runway show at satellite venue, Spring2008 New York Fashion Week

Due to increasing pressure from Bryant Park management, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week was hosted in Damrosch Park at the LincolnCenter for the Performing Arts for the first time in September2010. In addition to the new location, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Weekpartnered with Fashion GPS, a new technology that offered quickseating and check-in for guests at the shows.

2011

The 2011 Mercedes-Benz Fall Fashion week collection will beshowcased starting the second week of February and will be heldat the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts. The Lincoln Center forthe Performing Arts offers an additional 17,000 square feet ofspace, but the location change is still receiving mixedreviews.There initially appeared to be a trend toward darker andmore somber designs.

2012

Dates for the 2013 shows were September 5–12, 2012 (Spring/Summer2013) and February 7–14, 2013 (Fall/Winter 2013).

2013

The Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014 shows atLincoln Center ran from September 5–12, 2013, althoughindependent shows began a day earlier. On November 4, 2013, IMGannounced that it is outsourcing production of its New York andMiami fashion weeks to LDJ Productions.

2014

For the 2014 New York Fashion Week, the Tory Burch brand was thefirst to use Google’s Lightbox, which is Google’s custom brandexchange, to livestream video of the runway show.

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

2013 Victoria's Secret Angels include (left to right in each row)Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Doutzen Kroes, CandiceSwanepoel, Lindsay Ellingson, Behati Prinsloo, and Karlie Kloss(Lily Aldridge not pictured)

The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is an annual fashion show sponsoredby (and featuring) Victoria's Secret, a brand of lingerie andsleepwear. Victoria's Secret uses the show to promote and marketits goods in high-profile settings. The show features some of theworld's leading fashion models such as current Victoria's Secret

Angels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Doutzen Kroes, BehatiPrinsloo, Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge, Lindsay Ellingson,Erin Heatherton, Karlie Kloss, and Miranda Kerr.

American network television broadcasts the show during primetime. The first few shows in the 1990s were held in the dayspreceding Valentine's Day to promote the brand for this holiday.They were not aired on national television. In 1999 and 2000 theshow was webcast. Beginning in 2001, the shows were moved aheadof the Christmas holiday season. Also in 2001, the show made itsnetwork television broadcast on ABC, though in all subsequentyears, it has been broadcast on CBS. The show has been held at avariety of locations in different cities including Miami, LosAngeles, and Cannes. The first four shows were held at the PlazaHotel in New York City, but since it has become a televised eventit has most often been held at the 69th Regiment Armory in NewYork City.

The show is a lavish event with elaborate costumed lingerie,varying music by leading entertainers, and set design accordingto the different themes running within the show. The showattracts hundreds of celebrities and entertainers, with specialperformers and acts every year. Each year, twenty to forty of theworld's top fashion models are selected to perform in the fashionshow. In a typical year, this includes about a half dozen womenunder contract to the company, known as Victoria's Secret Angels,who help publicize the event. The giant angel wings worn by themodels, as well as other wings of various forms and sizes such asbutterfly, peacock, or devil wings, have become emblematic of theVictoria's Secret brand.

History

The first fashion show extravaganza, introduced by StephanieSeymour, was held at the Plaza Hotel in New York City in August1995. The show also featured Beverly Peele and Frederique van derWal. This first fashion show occurred two months before TheLimited, parent company of Victoria's Secret owner IntimateBrands, sold an initial public offering of a 16 percent stake inthe company and almost had Seymour make an appearance at the NewYork Stock Exchange (NYSE) for the opening bell. She actually did

ring the closing bell at the NYSE as part of the publicitycampaign. The subsequent three annual shows were also held at thePlaza.

In 1999, during Super Bowl XXXIII, Victoria's Secret announced a72-hour countdown to the Internet webcast of the Victoria'sSecret fashion show, which resulted in over 2 million internetviewers of the show. Parent company Intimate Brands bought a $1.5million ($2.1 million today) 30-second television advertisementduring the Super Bowl broadcast and spent an additional $4million ($5.7 million) for subsequent international newspaperadvertisements to publicize the event. The show, which was airedby Broadcast.com, featured Tyra Banks, Laetitia Casta, HeidiKlum, Karen Mulder, Daniela Pestova, Inés Rivero, and Seymour. In1999 and 2000, the show was broadcast live on the internet, butthe 2000 show was moved for a year from the usual February eventat the Plaza to a May event in concert with the Cannes FilmFestival in France to raise money for the Cinema Against AIDScharity; it raised $3.5 million.

In 2001, the show, which was hosted by Rupert Everett, returnedto the New York City but at Bryant Park instead of the Plaza.That year, the show made its broadcast debut on ABC, drawingmillions of viewers as well as some middle-brow controversy; theFederal Communications Commission received many complaints aboutthe broadcast every year. The show has continued to be broadcaston network television every year since.

From 2002 through 2005, it was held at the Lexington AvenueArmory in New York City. The 2004 show was canceled due to awidespread crackdown on perceived indecency in broadcastingstemming from the Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake Super BowlXXXVIII halftime show controversy, in which Jackson encountered abreast-revealing "wardrobe malfunction". Before the 2005 show,Banks announced her retirement from modeling and embarkation on atelevision career with The Tyra Banks Show, making the 2005 show afarewell to her decade of fashion shows for the company.

In 2004, instead of the annual fashion show, the Angels (TyraBanks, Heidi Klum, Gisele Bündchen, Adriana Lima, and AlessandraAmbrosio) did an Angels Across America Tour, a grassroots campaign for

the brand visiting four major cities: New York City, Miami, LasVegas, and Los Angeles.

The 2006 and 2007 shows were held at the Kodak Theatre in LosAngeles. On November 13, 2007, the Victoria's Secret Angels werehonored with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame right outsidethe Kodak Theatre. The 2007 Angels honored in this celebration tomark Victoria's Secret's 25th anniversary on Hollywood Boulevardwere Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, KarolinaKurkova, Selita Ebanks, Izabel Goulart, Marisa Miller, andMiranda Kerr. The other models, who also appeared in that year'sfashion show, were in attendance that day. The 2008 showcoincided with the grand re-opening of the Fontainebleau MiamiBeach hotel.

In 2006, Victoria's Secret sub-brand PINK made its debut on therunway. Justin Timberlake opened the show with his popular song"Sexy Back". This year fashion show was the final walk of GiseleBündchen.

The 2007 show featured a performance by the Spice Girls andgained prominence as the first American TV debut of the bandafter their comeback. Kanye West was also scheduled to perform atthe event, but cancelled his appearance due to his mother'sdeath. will.i.am was called to perform in his place.

The 2008 show was held at Fountainebleu Miami Beach, Florida.Usher was appeared on the show as well as opened it. Unlike theother shows, the runway was designed parallel with the audienceseats.

In 2009, the fashion show took place in New York City at theLexington Avenue Armory, where it was last held in 2005. The 2009show was notable for featuring the results of a competition,called the Victoria's Secret Model Search, to find a newVictoria's Secret "runway Angel." The winner was announced asKylie Bisutti.

The 2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion show aired on November 30,2010 on CBS, and featured performances by Katy Perry and Akon. A

promotional ad featured a lipdub for Katy Perry's "Firework". Asof 2010, 152 models have walked the show.

In 2011, Kanye West started his song "Stronger" with a tribute tohis mother who had died before his scheduled performance fouryears before, saying: "In 2007, I was supposed to perform thissong on this show ...and I lost my superhero. Now she's my super-angel.In 2012, an outfit worn by model Karlie Kloss, which wasreminiscent of Native American attire, sparked controversy due toits alleged stereotypical depiction of Native Americans.Victoria's Secret released a statement of apology shortly after,saying that they will remove it from future advertisements andthe broadcast. Kloss apologized on her Twitter account for theoutfit and expressed her support for the outfit's removal in thebroadcast.

In 2013, the Victoria's Secret Fashion show featured performancesby Taylor Swift, A Great Big World, Neon Jungle and Fall Out Boy.Taylor Swift performed I Knew You Were Trouble, A Great Big Worldperformed Say Something, UK's Neon Jungle made their UStelevision debut with Trouble, and Fall Out Boy performed Birdsof Paradise, and later performed again with Taylor Swift in MySongs Know What You Did In The Dark.

Critical review

The early webcasts were criticized for poor connection and thosethat could were subjected to low video quality. One critic fromThe New York Times described the initial 20th-century webcastexperience as having felt like he was "watching a stripteasethrough a keyhole".

Some critics have described the 21st-century televised editionsof the show as pornographic, while others have described it asboth "outright commercialism" and an infomercial. The FederalCommunications Commission has received complaints regarding thebroadcast, but no fines have been imposed, with the FCC,following the 2001 airing, citing the First Amendment and statingthat "sexual or excretory activities or organs in a patentlyoffensive manner as measured by contemporary community standardsfor the broadcast medium" were not broadcast. In the initial 2001

airing ABC blurred the screen on particularly sheer lingerie.This enabled the show to pass muster with its internal BroadcastStandards and Practices department and to achieve the TV-14rating. In 2002, the National Organization for Women protestedthe show calling it a "soft-core porn infomercial. They werejoined in protest by the Parents Television Council and otherwatchdog organizations. CBS has given past shows TV-14 ratings,which is a warning that the show may contain material unsuitablefor children age 14 and under. Nonetheless some affiliates havechosen not to air the show in past years including FisherBroadcasting affiliates in Idaho. To this day, LondonBroadcasting Company in Texas refuses to air the show. In 2009,the American Decency Association organized email letters ofprotests to sponsors of the show including AT&T, Kentucky FriedChicken, Netflix, Nikon, and Reebok.

Fantasy Bra

Adriana Lima with the 2010 Fantasy Bra.

Typically, one model is chosen among the Angels to wear abejeweled bra dubbed the "Fantasy Bra". It was first advertisedin the Victoria's Secret catalog, but since 2001 has been worn in

the Fashion Shows. Prior to each Fashion Show, Victoria's Secretcontracts a renowned jewelry designer to craft the bra to be usedas a focal point for promoting the fashion show and as acenterpiece within it. The company offers the Fantasy Bra forsale as "the ultimate holiday" gift. However, only thecenterpiece from the 2004 Heavenly "70" Fantasy Bra and the 2012Floral Fantasy Bra and Gift Set have found a buyer. If notbought, the bras are dismantled after a year. Heidi Klum has wornthe Fantasy Bra in three different years. Gisele Bündchen, TyraBanks, Karolina Kurkova, and Adriana Lima have each worn twoFantasy Bras.

The $15 million price tag for the 2000 bra worn by GiseleBündchen earned a place in the Guinness World Records as the mostexpensive item of lingerie ever created. The $3 million 2009Harlequin Fantasy Bra and the $2 million 2010 Bombshell FantasyBra were designed by Damiani. Listed below are the prices per set(including accessories for the 2007 and 2013 editions, the 2013bra alone is worth $8,000,000). The 2012 Floral Fantasy Bra wasaccompanied by a $500,000 perfume bottle.

Latin America & Caribbean

Argentina

BAFWEEK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBAFWEEK

Genre clothing and fashionexhibitions

Frequency semi-annuallyLocation(s) Buenos Aires

Inaugurated 2001

Attendance 40,000 people

Organisedby

La Nación, La Rural, APSACentros Comerciales

Websitebafweek.com.ar

Bossini Pithod fashion show, August 2013.

BAFWEEK (abbreviation for Buenos Aires Fashion Week, alsostylized as BAFWeek) is a biannual clothing trade show heldmainly in La Rural fairgrounds, Buenos Aires. Argentina's mostimportant fashion event, BAFWEEK showcases both leading brandsand emerging designers. In addition, the Semillero UBA BAFWEEK(English: Seedbed UBA BAFWEEK) competition is held, where fashiondesign students from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) arechosen by a panel of experts to present their collections at theevent with financial support from Paseo Alcorta.

Boston Fashion Week

Boston Fashion Week

Luke Aaron - Boston Fashion Week2012Genre FashionLocation(s)

Boston, Massachusetts,United States

Yearsactive 1995-Present

Inaugurated 1995

Founder Jay CalderinMostrecent September 2013

Previousevent September 2012

Boston Fashion Week is a week-long luxury clothing event thattakes place annually in Boston, USA. Fashion Week allows forinternational and local designers to showcase their creations tothe general public, buyers, celebrities, and fashion experts. Theevent was established in the city by Jay Calderin in 1995. Itfaced a few setbacks in the early years, but is now increasingits popularity and importance, as Boston becomes a more fashionforward city. Accessibility and diversity in programming allowthe public to engage the week on many levels; experiencing ashow, taking in an exhibit, participating in an educationalprogram or joining in the festivities at a party. The week also

contributes to a sense of civic pride about what the region hasto offer and how it continues to evolve.

History

The Boston Fashion Week was founded by Jay Calderin in 1995.Unlike other global fashion events such as the New York FashionWeek, Boston Fashion Week is a non-profit event with a lowbudget, that focuses on showcasing mainly local designers.However, the event was put on hiatus in 2004 because Jay Calderinfelt that the show didn't match the quality of the clothes andwas becoming very repetitive. Boston Fashion Weeek began again inSeptember 2007. The event returned more powerful and with moreattention of the media. It includes fashion shows and networkingevents. The week also contributes to a sense of civic pride aboutwhat the region has to offer and how it continues to evolve. Inthe year of 2013 the Boston Fashion Week was held betweenSeptember 27 and October 25 and it was specially dedicated toAlfred Fiandaca, who was a leading Bostonian fashion designer.

Jay Calderin

Jay Calderin is the founder of the Boston Fashion Week as well asthe Executive Director. He was born and raised in New York City.He is a successful author of Fashion Design Essentials and Form,Fit & Fashion which the LA Times called, “a new fashion bible fordesigners, aspirers and the just plain curious, this tomecontains all the secrets.” He has been involved with the charityof Big Brothers for over 10 years and states that it has been oneof the most rewarding experiences. The Boston Globe refers to JayCalderin as "a budding designer's best friend." Calderin foundedBoston Fashion Week, and has served as the organization'sExecutive Director since 1995. In 2012 he was appointed CreativeDirector of the first Chengdu Fashion Week in China. His work asa fashion designer has graced the pages of Vogue and Ellemagazines. He is an instructor and the Director of CreativeMarketing at the School of Fashion Design in Boston. He alsoteaches at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the MassachusettsCollege of Art and Design.

Brazil

São Paulo Fashion Week

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The São Paulo Fashion Week is an clothing trade show held semi-annually in São Paulo. It is notable as "Latin America's pre-eminent fashion event" and it is considered the fifth largestfashion week after in the world behind New York, London, Parisand Milan. It has been controversial in the past because of a"longstanding bias towards white models." In 2009 quotas wereimposed that required that 10 percent of models to be "black orindigenous" as a way to foster equal opportunity.

Chile

Elite Model Look Chile

Elite Model Look Chile is a yearly fashion modeling event held byElite Model Chile Management since 1997. The winner of the titletakes it for one year, taking part later in Elite Model Lookinternational contest. The first runner-up goes to Elite ModelLook Latino. The selection of the delegates is realized in"scoutings" in different cities of Chile.

Jamaica

Kingston Bridal Week

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaKingston Bridal Week

Motto More than just aBridal Show

Formation 2011Type Bridal FairHeadquarters Kingston, JamaicaLocation  JamaicaOfficial languages English

Website Official website

Kingston Bridal Week is Jamaica’s first and only annual BridalWeek. The event was founded in 2012 by Kibwe McGann, Sean Lyn andKara-Ann Anderson, and was produced by Intuit Concepts. In thesecond year, Nicola Barbar of Phoenix printery became an officialpartner and was added to the directorship. In September 2013, forthe second staging of Kingston Bridal Week, and for the firsttime in Jamaica, Kingston Bridal Week hosted Randy Fenoli, TVstar of TLC 's Say Yes To The Dress and Randy to the Rescue andauthor of It's all About the Dress,. As part of Kingston BridalWeek's Lifestyle and Honeymoon fashion shows, the event hasfeatured international designers Rebacca Ansah (UK), KesiaEastwick (Barbados), Cedella Marley (Jamaica), Spokes Apparel,Roger Gary (Guyana), and Lubica (Slovakia). Kingston Bridal Weekhas hosted three charity events as part of annual bridal week: In2012 - a charity dinner in partnership with Angels of Love, AJamaican charity for children was hosted by internationalrecording artist Tami Chynn, sister of Jamaican singer TessanneChin; Brides for Haiti, charity dress drive; and Baggage Claimcharity movie premiere.

Africa

Malawi

Fashion Malawi Edition

Fashion Malawi Edition or "F.A.M.E" is the first organization in Malawi that works to market and develop the Malawian fashion Industry through capacity building and professional development training. It was founded in 2010 by Zilanie Gondwe Nyundo and Inge Gondwe-Knapen to build a fashion in industry in Malawi afteridentifying voids in a previously underdeveloped industry.[1]

[2] They are Malawi's leading fashion organization and a pioneer in Malawi's fashion industry. They regularly host national fashion shows in Malawi that have received public acclaim. This includes the KiaMalawi Fashion Show.[3] They are credited for creating an industry which created space for fashion related businesses to grow in Malawi. They are credited for launching thecareer of fashion designer Lily Alfonso. In November 2012, they announced that they will host Malawi's first " Malawi Fashion Week".

South Africa

Cape Town Fashion Week

Each winter Cape Town plays host to the Western Cape’s biggestfashion event – Cape Town Fashion Week (CTFW). The CTFC is one ofthe key funders of Cape Town Fashion Week and has partnered withthe event’s organizer, African Fashion International (AFI), tofurther increase the quality and industry profile of the event aswell as to ensure that high standards are set. This year CapeTown Fashion Week was officially positioned as South Africa’snational Spring/Summer fashion platform. The CTFC prides itselfon having helped to create a platform which not only featuresvarious industry heavy weights but also continuallyfeatures exciting new talent, local industry has to offer.

“AFI has always been a long-standing supporter of untapped designtalent and the development of emerging designers. We couldn’t behappier to be the proud hosts of this fantastic initiative by theFashion Council.”

-Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe, Executive Chairperson of AfricanFashion International (AFI) –

A fashion education subcommittee was initially established by theCTFC to address issues within fashion education. Soon hereafterthe subcommittee identified that a professional platform toshowcase the best of fashion final year undergraduates, in theWestern Cape, was needed. The subcommittee also anticipated thatthis new platform would open up business and employmentopportunities for post-graduates within industry and media. InNovember 2008 the CTFC sponsored and hosted The Graduate Show forthe first time. The Cape Peninsula University of Technology, CapeTown College of Fashion and Design as well as the Design Academyof Fashion participated in The Graduate Show and showcased thebest of their talent to industry and media. Winners of the eventwere also invited to apply to participate in the following year’sCape Town Fashion Week as well as the CTFC’s Fashion for BusinessProgramme. In 2009 the CTFC secured the attachment of “TheGraduate Show” to Cape Town Fashion Week.

In August 2010, Foschini sponsored and presented The GraduateShow at Cape Town Fashion Week. Both the CTFC and Foschini have avested interest in promoting the best of graduate talent in SouthAfrica.  The Graduate Show is divided into two sections:

The Creative Category:

This first part of the show is a vehicle for recognition of theWestern Cape’s top graduate talent in fashion design. This isdriven by the CTFC Education Subcommittee, which consists ofmembers from recognised design schools in the Western Cape, who

curate the best of student talent in their respective final yearclasses, all of whom are presented to an industry panel in orderfor finalists for the show, to be decided upon.

The Commercial Category:

This part of the show stems from the original idea of theFoschini/ Nokia Design Awards, which has been running since 2002and which has become one of Foschini’s biggest social investmentprojects. Fashion students from all over the country submit theirentries for a chance to design trend-driven collections with aretail interpretation and six finalists are presented with theopportunity to showcase their commercial designs at Cape TownFashion Week, to be judged by big industry players.

“The Graduate Show is a wonderful outlet for new and upcomingtalent to be discovered straight out of school. This show hasbeen a great success here in the Western Cape, and what theFoschini/ Nokia Design Awards bring to it is a launching pad forrecognising graduate achievement nationally”.- Alex Harris, Divisional Merchandising Director, Foschini/ BoardMember, CTFC

Durban Fashion week

A splash of African colour and style will come to the DurbanFashion Fair on August 24 when celebrated Ghanaian designer, MinaEvans and her namesake brand take to the runway at the muchanticipated fashion extravaganza. Mina Evans will join Italian design house Diego M as the bignames of the night. 

Sindi Shangase, Business Support Program Manager for theeThekwini Municipality Business Support, Tourism and MarketsUnit, said Evans had been specially invited to participate in theDurban Fashion Show alongside big names such as Craig Jacobs,Gavin Rajah, Colleen Eitzen and Terrence Bray, amongst others. Although she studied in both the United Kingdom and South Africa,Durban Fashion Fair will be the first time that Evans hasparticipated in a major South African fashion event. “This is myfirst time showing in South Africa and in Durban, although it isnot first time visiting! I am honoured to have been invited and Iam really looking forward to checking out the fashion scene inDurban. I think it’s a beautiful city and can’t wait to show!”she said. “Mina Evans exemplifies just what a truly professional Africandesigner can bring to the international fashion scene and willcertainly be an inspiration to the new designers who will showtheir creations to both national and international fashionistasfor the very first time,” Shangase said. The Mina Evans brand was formally launched in 2010 with theinaugural Jewels & Tulle collection captured by the popularlifestyle show “Studio 53”. Influenced by Ghana’s veteran fashiondesigner, Kofi Ansah, Mina Evans exhibits a love for fusingluxurious fabrics and intricate handpicked embellishments toproduce feminine, stylish and flawless pieces that are wearabletime after time. The brand is readily identified by its signaturetie-dyed fabrics and bold colours. Evans lists winning the Glitz Emerging designer of the Year atGlitz Africa Fashion Week, showing at Vlicso Be Your Dream AwardsNight and showing at Ghana Fashion and Design Week last year ascareer highlights. “I think there is tremendous potential in Africa. We need to lookpast what’s in front of us. What other textiles can we use? Arewe presenting something that cannot already be purchased inEurope? There are eyes on Africa and it is up to us to make our

products competitive because we are definitely bringing somethingdifferent into the mix,” she says. The Durban Fashion Fair will be held from August 22 to 25 at theDurban Exhibition Centre and will showcase unique garmentscreated by Durban’s design talents – from new designers who arejust finding their feet on the catwalk to emerging talents whowere treated to an internship in Milan, one of the fashioncapitals of Europe, following Durban Fashion Fair 2012. Tennewcomers will be selected for a similar internship this year. The four day Durban Fashion Fair includes workshops, shows and abuyers' lounge. It will culminate in a sale of garments seen onthe ramps on Sunday, 25th August. Tickets to the exciting fashion shows at the Durban ExhibitionCentre are now on sale through Computicket at just R100 perperson per show and R50 for students per show. To find out more about the Durban Fashion Fair, log onto www.durbanfashionfair.com, visit official facebookpage: http://www.facebook.com/DurbanFashionFair or / orTwitterhttps://twitter.com/DbnFashionFair.  

EASTERN CAPE FASHION WEEK ANNOUNCEDAnother fashion week has been added to the calendar, the EasternCape Fashion Week. Port Elizabeth designer, Xoliswa Hudson isspearheading the initiative which aims to raise awareness ofEastern Cape designers. "The Eastern Cape is under-representedwhen it comes to big national fashion events and it is time thatthe designers here get some recognition," said Xoliswa, in aninterview by journalist Eleanor Douglas-Meyers for The Herald. 

The plethora of local fashion weeks indicated to Xoliswa that thefashion industry is booming and that more localised fashion weekswere necessary to elevate the designers working outside of themajor geographical centres of the country. Many well known South

African designers like Bongiwe Walaza, Nandipha Nandikiza and theSun Goddess team originated from the Eastern Cape but had to moveto Johannesburg to increase their profile.

"This leaves other provinces without a showcase for developingtalent," she said.

The fashion week will be taking place at the Boardwalk Conferencecentre from Wednesday, 9 September 2009, to Saturday, 12September.

According to Xoliswa the organisers of the fashion week hope todiscover and develop raw talent around the Eastern Cape.

"A selection committee will be appointed from seven districtmunicipalities within the province to select promising designersand crafters," she said.

The designers and crafters will be chosen during shows held inthe various "fashion hubs". Ten designers and five crafters fromeach district will be given the opportunity to showcase theirwork on the ramp, while a few others will be exhibiting theirwork at allocated stalls.

Skills development also will form part of the event. Seminarswill be held during the morning sessions. Seminars will be run onhow to source finance and funding, export products and usetechnology in design.

The event will kick off with an official launch at the Boardwalkon 25 July.

Pretoria Fashion Week

One thing is clear. The conveners of Pretoria Fashion Week havedone little to no research into the viability of such an event.Had they done so, they will know that no fashion commentator,blogger or journalist is in support of ludicrous initiatives thatlack substance, disguising as much needed platforms for localdesigners. Had these people, who obviously have lots of dough tothrow around on useless projects, done any research they wouldunderstand that organising yet another "fashion week" isdetrimental to the industry as it segments rather than builds it.What this petty initiative will do, like all other such ludicrousideas, is to promise some talented aspiring designers some orother form of recognition and what it will deliver is muchdisappointment and sheer confusion about what it takes to be adesigner worthy of a fashion week showcase.

Few designers in South Africa are worthy of this and thanks tothe likes of Pretoria Fashion Week the standard will drop to anew low.

I appeal to fashion writers, bloggers and editors with an ounceof respect for what they do to boycott this sort of insult on thefashion industry. I also appeal to aspiring designers to respecttheir craft by refining it and by aiming to showcase at crediblefashion week platforms. Anyone who entertains this stupidity isobviously a fashion slave who lacks substance and believesfashion is about little more than pieces of cloth sewn togetherto make anything that resembles a garment.

Middle East

Beirut Fashion Week

INTRODUCTION:Beirut Fashion Week is one of the biggest events in Lebanon andthe Middle East. It is a remarkable yearly event introducing thelatest fashion designers collections.

Officially recognized worldwide within the fashion week

organizations and agenda. Tremendous media exposure! Covered bymost of the regional TV stations reaching millions of TVspectators, as well the Pan-Arab and international magazines andnewspapers. Thousands of VIPs, media representatives, retailers,fashion critics and lovers attending this impressiveinternational event.

HONOREE MEMBERS:Beirut Fashion Week® distinguished Honoree Members with theirextensive background and experience in the fashion industry haveaccepted to support the event to ensure excellence in resultswithin this magnificent event and wide prospects of the fashionprosperity in the region.

PRODUCTION AND ORGANIZATION:Maalouli International Group (MIG), the leading organizer ofevent productions in the Middle East and widely recognized forits know-how in the internationalization of shows. The companybased in Dubai and Beirut with a very high profile and strongreputation in the region.

BEAUTY AND CHARITY MERGE:We believe the woman is the origin of life and merging beautywith children smile is the best achievement and contribution aperson can do within charitable contributions.

The Charity Contribution opening fashion show will host LebaneseInternational Designers along with European InternationalDesigners in one spectacular show with media coverage impactreaching awareness of millions. The profits will be donated to“Save our Children” charities.

Together hand in hand we can present world beauty and bring backthe smile to thousand of children in need.

Cairo Fashion Week

Cairo World Fashion Week has been running for over a decade nowand it has contributed to the development and growth of all sections of the fashion industry throughout Egypt and the Arab World. As with other global fashion events it is an event that combines trade and promotion within the industry, as well as acting as a forum for international fashion and art of the highest level. It also acts as a marketing platform and an arena for communication and networking amongst the biggest and most successful brands from across the world, from clothing andtextiles to cosmetics and jewellery.

The show also allows more local designers and designers from across the country to show their work to a global audience, including some of the most influential buyers in the world.As well as developing new business relationships and reinforcing current ones, it also allows people to launch new products, increase knowledge of the market and also raise awareness of brands and new collections.

As well as the cat walks and exhibitions on show during the event, there are also a number of other activities taking place, including competitions and a number of Beauty Workshops where some of the world’s leading make-up artist will demonstrate some of the most up to date techniques and newest innovations and products available on the market. These offer the opportunity for people to educate themselves so in turn advancing in careers and being able to provide the best serviceto clients.

Pearl-Qatar Fashion Week

The Pearl-Qatar Fashion Week Set To Establish Doha As Region’s“Fashion Capital” 

The Search Is On For The Middle East And North Africa’s NextFashion Design Star On MBC 4 With Qatar As The Backdrop 

February 08, 2012 

 

United Development Company and Doha/Amsterdam-based ZoulProjects, will stage Qatar’s first international fashion week atthe region’s most glamorous address ‘The Pearl-Qatar’ fromNovember 7 to 10, 2012.

In another exciting development, running in conjunction with ThePearl-Qatar Fashion Week will be the culmination of MENA’s NextTop Designer – a search for the region’s newest and freshestdesign talent’ to be aired on MBC4. The ground-breaking show willhave as its judge world famous designer Zuhair Murad who hasdressed some of the world’s most fashionable and beautiful women.

Some of the world’s best known designers as well as Qatari andregional designers will participate in the international eventwhich will focus attention on Doha and its growing role in thefashion world.

The Pearl-Qatar Fashion Week will see stunning catwalk shows andother VIP events over the four -day celebration of internationaland regional fashion expertise and the future of design, allcentered on the Island.

Several Qatar-based designers will also showcase their workduring The Pearl-Qatar Fashion Week, garnering internationalattention and the capacity to build their base and seek newmarkets.

The world’s fashion media and other high profile visitors willdescend on Doha for the event, which will be held at thespectacular The Pearl-Qatar and become a much anticipated yearlyshow on the international fashion calendar.

Several high profile designers have already committed to takingpart in the inaugural event, which will establish Qatar as a newfashion capital.

Created by Zoulikha El Fassi and Zoul Projects, the fashionreality TV show MENA’s Next Top Designer, airing on the Pan ArabFree-To-Air Satcaster, MBC4, will chart the progress of emergingdesign talent with The Pearl-Qatar as the stunning backdrop. 

The show it will see high profile judges including Qataribusinesswoman Aisha Al Fardan and showcase up and comingdesigners. Unlike other shows, the focus will also be on honingthe business acumen of the contestants as well as their designskills.

The 11 part series will see sought after designer Zuhair Murad as“Master Judge” and contestants will be drawn from around the MENAregion with the finale held on November 10, 2012 during ThePearl- Qatar Fashion Week. The soon-to-open St. Regis Doha,Qatar’s newest luxury hotel, will serve as official home forinternational fashion designers and fashion media attending theevents.

Lebanese-born international fashion designer Zuhair Murad’sdesigns have been worn by some of the world’s most famous andglamorous women including Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera.His extensive and critically acclaimed lines include hautecouture, ready to-wear, accessories and eyewear. He has boutiquesin Beirut, Paris and Milan.

The winner of the season will win a store at the Pearl – Qatar, astart up budget and mentorship offered by Zoul Projects, UnitedFashion Company and Commercial Bank of Qatar.

Sponsors for The Pearl-Qatar Fashion Week and MENA’s Next TopDesigner also include BMW, Commercial Bank, The St Regis Doha,Almana Group and United Development Company.

Zoulikha El Fassi from Zoul Projects, said The Pearl-QatarFashion Week and MENA’s Top Designer will establish Doha as aleader in the fashion stakes and cement its reputation as a placewhere exciting and creative things are happening.

“Zoul Projects is committed to showcasing the very best Doha canoffer in terms of fashion and lifestyle. We are confident ThePearl-Qatar Fashion Week and MENA’s Next Top Designer will raiseawareness about Qatar as an emerging design and fashionincubator,” she said.

“Qatar has been at the forefront of fostering a culture of artand design in the region and the world and it is only natural wewould choose Doha as the setting for both The Pearl-Qatar FashionWeek and MENA’s Next Top Designer.”

Kirk Martin, Executive Vice President Fashion and Retail Leasingat The Pearl-Qatar, said The Pearl-Qatar had become an importantfashion destination not just in Qatar but the region.

“The Pearl-Qatar is home to flagship stores of some of theworld’s biggest fashion names. To have The Pearl-Qatar as a

backdrop to Fashion Week and MENA’s Next Top Designer is anopportunity to showcase Qatar’s development and exciting future.”

“United Fashion Company was formed to bring world-class luxuryand mid to mid-upper range brands to The Pearl-Qatar and the restof the Gulf region. The Pearl-Qatar Fashion Week is part of theircommitment to do this. We look forward to it becoming an annualevent and showing what Qatar has to offer.”