A fashion week is a week-long fashion industry event where fashion designers, brands, or "houses" display their latest collections in runway fashion shows to buyers and the media which influences upcoming fashion trends for the current and approaching seasons.[1][2]
The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the fashion capitals of the world—in chronological order, New York City, London, Milan, and Paris, or the "Big Four".[3] The foundations of fashion week began in Paris in the late 1800s before spreading to New York, Milan, and London in the 20th century. What began as marketing garments in public spaces like racetracks grew into highly publicized events in themselves.[4][5] In the 2000s, themes of sustainability began emerging at fashion weeks and grew popular across the next decade.[6]
Fashion weeks in recent years have reflected a faster "retail cycle" with "see now, buy-now" and "in-season" fashion shows.[7][8] Event organizers have proposed combining the collections for one season or men and women's wear shows to reduce the carbon emissions associated with these events.[9]
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- ^ Idacavage, Sara (2016-09-19). "Fashion History Lesson: The Evolution of Runway Shows". Fashionista. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
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- ^ Boykoff, M; Chandler, P; Church, P; Osnes, B (2021). "Examining climate change and sustainable/fast fashion in the 21st century: 'trash the runway.'". Oxford Open Climate Change. 1 (1). doi:10.1093/oxfclm/kgab003. Retrieved 2024-02-04 – via Oxford Academic.
- ^ Clinton, Leah (2016-09-15). "8 Collections You Can Shop Straight From the Runway". ELLE. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
- ^ Bobila, Maria (2016-04-16). "The CFDA Released a Guidebook for Designers Transitioning to In-Season Shows". Fashionista. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
- ^ Paton, Elizabeth (2020-02-12). "Figuring Out Fashion Week's Carbon Problem". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-04.