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A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, which allows fashion designers or "houses" to display their latest collections in runway shows and buyers to take a look at the latest trends. Most importantly, it lets the industry know what's "in" and what's "out" for the season. The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the fashion capitals London, Milan, New York City, Paris,

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[edit] Characteristics

In the major fashion capitals, fashion weeks are semiannual events. January through March designers showcase their autumn and winter collections and September through November the spring/summer collections are shown. Fashion weeks must be held several months in advance of the season to allow the press and buyers a chance to preview fashion designs for the following season. This is also to allow time for retailers to arrange to purchase or incorporate the designers into their retail marketing.

[edit] Schedule

The schedule begins with New York, followed by London, with the penultimate fashion week in Milan, ending the events in Paris. These four cities are the traditional "big four" fashion weeks that are followed by new emerging fashion weeks globally. The Menswear shows occur in between autumn(fall)/winter and spring/summer in Milan.

Some fashion weeks can be genre-specific, such as a Miami Fashion Week (Swimwear), Prêt-a-Porter (ready-to-wear) Fashion Week, Couture (one-of-a-kind designer original) Fashion Week and Bridal Fashion Week, while Portland (Oregon, USA) Fashion Week shows some eco-friendly designers.

[edit] Controversy

The dominance of the big four benefits industry participants. For example, buyers, journalists, models and celebrities can limit their travel and simply move from one to the other over the four week period. However the arrangement is criticized for stifling design talent in emerging fashion hubs such as Los Angeles or São Paulo.[citation needed]

[edit] Cities with Fashion Weeks

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City Name Date established
Amsterdam Amsterdam International Fashion Weeks 2004[1]
Asunción Asunción Fashion Week 2003[2]
Austin Austin Fashion Week 2009[3]
Athens Hellenic Fashion Week 2000[4]
Atlanta Atlanta International Fashion Week 2006[5]
Auckland New Zealand Fashion Week 2001[6]
Baltimore Baltimore's Fashion Week 2008[7]
Bangkok Bangkok Fashion Week 2005[8]
Bogota Bogota Fashion Week 2007
Barcelona Barcelona Fashion Week 1981 (Known as Pasarela Gaudí until 2001)
Belgrade Belgrade Fashion Week 1996[9]
Bellevue, Washington Bellvue Fashion Week 2007[10] 2003-05 Brooklyn Designers 2008 its new form
Berlin Berlin Fashion Week
Boston Boston Fashion Week 1995
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Fashion Week 2008
Colombia Colombiamoda Celebrate On Medellin city 2005
Cape Town Cape Town Fashion Week 2003[11]
Charleston Charleston Fashion Week 2007
Chicago Chicago Fashion Week
Cleveland Fashion Week Cleveland 2002 [12]
Columbus, Ohio Columbus Fashion Week 2007[13]
Copenhagen Copenhagen Fashion Week 1964 (Unknown in its current form) [14]
Cyprus Cyprus Fashion Week 2008[15]
Dar es Salaam Swahili Fashion Week 2008
Dubai Dubai Fashion Week 2006[16]
Dublin Dublin Fashion Week
Fort Lauderdale FTL MODA 2007[17]
Hong Kong Hong Kong Fashion Week 1968[18]
Jakarta Jakarta Fashion Week 2008[19]
Johannesburg Joburg Fashion Week 2007[20]
Kansas City, MO Glance Fashion Week KC 2009[21]
Kenya Kenya Fashion Week 2005
Kiev Ukrainian Fashion Week 1997[22]
Kingston Caribbean Fashion Week Started November 2001 (Now held in June)
Kobe Kobe Fashion Week Started from 2006 A/W collection [23]
Kuala Lumpur[24] Malaysia Fashion Week 2007-2008
Lahore Pakistan Fashion Week 2007
Lagos Nigerian Fashion Week 2007
Las Vegas Las Vegas Fashion Week 2009
Lisbon Moda Lisboa/Lisbon Fashion Week 1994
Liverpool Liverpool Fashion Week 2008
London London Fashion Week 1961 (1993 in its current form)
Los Angeles Los Angeles Fashion Week 2003[25]
Łódź Fashion Week Poland 2009
Madrid Madrid Fashion Week 1963
Mallorca Mallorca Fashion Week 2009[26]
Manila Philippine Fashion Week 1997[27]
Melbourne L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival
Mexico City Fashion Week Mexico 1998[28]
Miami Funkshion: Fashion Week Miami Beach 1998[29]
Miami Fashion Week 1998[30]
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Miami 1998[31]
Milan
Montréal Montréal Fashion Week
Moscow Fashion Week in Moscow 1994 (2003 in its current form)[32]
Russian Fashion Week 2001[33]
Mumbai Mumbai Fashion Week 2001
Nashville Music City Fashion Week 2008[34]
New Delhi Delhi Fashion Week 2008[35][36]
India Fashion Week 2000[37][38]
New York City New York Fashion Week 1943 (1993 in its current form)[39]
Oslo Oslo Fashion Week 2004
Ottawa Ottawa Fashion Week 2008 in its current form
Paris Paris Fashion Week 1973 in its current form
Philadelphia Philadelphia Fashion Week 2003[40]
Phoenix Phoenix Fashion Week - separated from Scottsdale Fashion Week 2004[41]
Portland Portland Fashion Week 2003[42]
Prague Prague Fashion Week 2002[43]
Reykjavík Iceland Fashion Week 2000[6]
Riga Riga Fashion Week 2004
Rio de Janeiro Fashion Rio
Rome[44] Rome Fashion Week
Sacramento Sacramento Fashion Week 2008[45]
San Francisco San Francisco Fashion Week 2004[46]
Santiago Santiago Fashion Week 2006
São Paulo[47] São Paulo Fashion Week 1995[48]
Sarajevo Sarajevo Fashion Weeks - two rival events [49]
Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale Fashion Week 2005
Singapore Singapore Fashion Week. 1987
Seattle Seattle Fashion Week 2003
Seoul Seoul Fashion Week [50]
Shanghai Shanghai Fashion Week
Sydney Australian Fashion Week 1995[50]
St. Louis St. Louis Fashion Week
Stockholm Stockholm Fashion Week 1995[50]
Tashkent Tashkent Fashion Week 2006[51]
Tehran 2006[6]
Tirana Albania Fashion Week 2007[52]
Toronto LG Fashion Week 2009[53]
Tokyo Japan Fashion Week 1985 (2005 in its current form) [54]
Trinidad and Tobago Fashion Week Trinidad and Tobago 2008 [55]
Ulan Bator Goyol 1988 [56]
Vancouver Vancouver Fashion Week 2001[57]
British Columbia Fashion Week 2004[58]
Warsaw Warsaw Fashion Street 1996
Zagreb Zagreb Fashion Week 2003

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ COSMOWORLDS | AIFW Official Show & Press Schedule January 2008 - Amsterdam International Fashion Week 2008
  2. ^ Asunción Fashion Week - Asunción, Paraguay
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ [3]
  6. ^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cite_errors" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cite_errors" rel="nofollow">Cite error</a>: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named iht.
  7. ^ [4]
  8. ^ The Nation: BKK Fashion Week 2005
  9. ^ Belgrade Fashion Week | Beogradska nedelja mode
  10. ^ Bellevue Fashion Week | Beogradska nedelja mode
  11. ^ "Fashion Week Cleveland Unveils Schedule" (PDF). Global Press Release Distribution. http://www.prlog.org/10063480-fashion-week-cleveland-unveils-schedule.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-09-11. 
  12. ^ Columbus Fashion Week
  13. ^ Copenhagen Fashion Week - Cfw History
  14. ^ Cyprus Fashion Week by Harpers Bazaar
  15. ^ Dubai Fashion Week
  16. ^ FTL MODA - Fort Lauderdale Resort Fashion Week
  17. ^ Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall / Winter
  18. ^ Jakarta Fashion Week
  19. ^ Audi Joburg Fashion Week
  20. ^ Glance Present's Fashion Week KC
  21. ^ Ukrainian Fashion Week
  22. ^ [5]
  23. ^ http://www.kualalumpurfashionweek.com/
  24. ^ Making a splash in Los Angeles:Fashion Week goes coastal - International Herald Tribune
  25. ^ Mallorca Fashion Weekend
  26. ^ FWM
  27. ^ FWM
  28. ^ Funkshion
  29. ^ Miami Fashion Week
  30. ^ http://www.mbfashionweek.com/ Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Miami
  31. ^ Our mission
  32. ^ Russian Fashion Week
  33. ^ Music City Fashion Week
  34. ^ Delhi Fashion Week
  35. ^ http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/03/stories/2008090356770200.htm Setting the Stage for Fashion's Renaissance: Delhi Fashion Week.
  36. ^ Fashion world readies for first India Fashion Week-Entertainment-The Times of India
  37. ^ Test Page for the Apache Web Server on Red Hat Linux
  38. ^ Fortini, Amanda. How the Runway Took Off: A Brief History of the Fashion Show. Slate Magazine (Feb. 8, 2006).
  39. ^ "Philadelphia Fashion Week"
  40. ^ "Phoenix Fashion Week"
  41. ^ Portland Fashion Week (October 19-24, 2007)
  42. ^ Fashion takes over the city of Prague - 20-03-2007 - Radio Prague
  43. ^ Rome Fashion Week article, China Daily, July 13, 2004
  44. ^ "SAC Fashion Week"
  45. ^ San Francisco Fashion Week 2007
  46. ^ "São Paulo Fashion Week." Style.com
  47. ^ http://www.visitingarts.org.uk/features/v45bf.html
  48. ^ "Sarajevo Fashion Week."
  49. ^ a b c Cape Town Fashion Week
  50. ^ "Tashkent Fashion Week."
  51. ^ "Albania Fashion Week."
  52. ^ "LG Fashion Week."
  53. ^ toward FORUM
  54. ^ Reporters. [6] Triniview.com (<May 16, 2008).
  55. ^ [http://news.gogo.mn/r/47107/ ]
  56. ^ "Vancouver Fashion Week."
  57. ^ "BC Fashion Week."
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