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London Fashion Week to go ahead with no live audiences

The British Fashion Council has confirmed that London Fashion Week in February will go ahead as a digital-only event. All shows, presentations and installations will take place without a live audience. Taking place from February 19 to 23, London Fashion Week organisers said that the decision to go digital-only follows the return of coronavirus...

Jan 13, 2021

Fashion

The show must go on: The changing tides of fashion weeks

The show must go on. The Spring 21 runway season was the most hybrid variety we’ve ever seen, with a mix of digital presentations, lookbooks and films that ultimately proved effective, keeping travel restrictions and social distancing in mind. Visual media not only allowed us to view runway shows remotely, but gave us access to designers’...

Nov 27, 2020

Fashion INTERVIEW

LFW: What it is like to be a photographer at fashion week

Fashion week has changed significantly during the global pandemic, no more so for the catwalk photographers capturing the collections. Shutterstock fashion and entertainment photographer Anthony Harvey tells FashionUnited about what being a London Fashion Week fashion photographer entails and the current impact of Covid-19 on his work. Harvey...

Sep 24, 2020

Fashion

Fashion Month: What to expect from the SS21 season

With less than a week to go for the spring/summer 2021 season to kick off in New York, FashionUnited is running through all the different formats, the schedules, and who is missing, from what many people are describing as the “lost season” due to Covid-19. Over the past few months, fashion editors and buyers have become accustomed to digital...

Sep 8, 2020

Business

The future - and relevance - of fashion trade shows

September is the month of fashion trade shows. Thirty-two to be exact, according to listings on France’s trade publication Modem. This week would have seen Coterie in New York, CPM in Moscow, followed by Première Vision in Paris and many others. The majority have been cancelled or repositioned into digital formats. Public gatherings have been...

Sep 4, 2020

Retail

Will buyers be traveling for fashion week?

It is surreal to think the next fashion cycle is but a mere three weeks away. As New York fashion week leads the international calendar on 14 September, the latest update from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) informs some NYFW designers will stage physical shows, albeit limited to audiences of 50 persons. London, Milan and...

Aug 25, 2020

Fashion

Copenhagen Fashion Week lacked the influencer buzz

Copenhagen Fashion Week really put itself on the fashion map with its Scandi-cool brands, sustainable credentials, as well as its ability to attract all the streetstyle influencers, however, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, with travel bans and social-distanced showcases it seems influencers stayed away, and so did their much-needed...

Aug 18, 2020

Fashion

Rixo moves to monthly drop model

London-based fashion label Rixo has unveiled that it is moving away from the traditional fashion calendar to produce seasonal collections and will instead move to a drop model format. Rixo stated that going forward it would choose to deliver pieces by monthly drops in an effort “to drive even more timely, conscious and considered production”....

Aug 13, 2020

Fashion

Copenhagen Fashion Week signals a return to 'normal'

Fashion weeks and tradeshows have been canceled, postponed or re-packaged for the digital space since the world entered lockdown in March, making the possibility of a conventional event seem unimaginable. Enter Copenhagen Fashion Week, the first official fashion week to host a series of live events that starts today and ends on Wednesday. “We...

Aug 10, 2020

Fashion

Copenhagen Fashion Week launches new digital platform

With only days to go until Copenhagen Fashion Week’s new hybrid format, featuring physical as well as digital shows and presentations begins, organisers have unveiled its new digital platform, CPHFW72H, designed to stream this season's 72 hours of shows, talks, and events. The spring/summer 2021 edition of Copenhagen Fashion Week will feature 32...

Aug 7, 2020

Fashion

Milan claims first digital fashion week a success

Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana has reported that its first Milan Digital Fashion Week, which took place from July 14-17 was a success, as the new platform generated more than 300,000 views. In total, the streaming channel of the platform secured 15,100,000 plays, which was amplified worldwide through the Camera Nazionale della Moda...

Aug 4, 2020

Business

CFDA launches Runway360

This September, the CFDA will launch RUNWAY360, a unique and innovative digital platform developed to support American designers by bringing together every aspect of a collection launch in a one-stop-shop environment. The groundbreaking portal incorporates key aspects of the designer business, from show to press, sales, and consumer activations,...

Jul 30, 2020