“The show must go on”, is the title of one of the famous songs of Queen. And that’s what all the fashion designers did during 2020 and these first months of 2021.
With the arrival of the coronavirus, the first parades in Milan they were suspended due to the outbreak of cases in the city. Later, they were made without an audience and were transmitted via streaming so as not to lose the locations and collections already designed. In April of that same year, the Federation of Haute Couture and Fashion had announced that Haute Couture fashion week was going to be canceled. But weeks later he announced that the most delicate, exclusive and handmade collections could not be missing from the fashion calendar and they were done digitally.
Then came the month of September, when the collections of primavera-verano ready-to-wear of the best brands in the world, starting in New York, continuing through London, continuing through Milan and concluding in Paris. In these cities each designer chose to show their new collection in the way they saw fit: with public but with reduced capacity, hygiene and health measures to the maximum, temperature control when entering, outdoor locations, or also without public and transmissions via streaming.
Specialized photographers and journalists have their place in the parades by taking distance measures.
All the presentations were a success. The designers stood out with different scenarios to show the world what’s new in fashion and betting on digital and technological innovation also having a greater reach just a click away.
In mid-February the new fashion month begins. Nevertheless, in a letter published on the portal of Council of American Fashion Designers (CFDA for its acronym in English) its president, Tom Ford, announced the new measures that they have taken to fulfill the original mission of the organization: promote North American fashion.
The statement read: “While the CFDA will continue to encourage American designers to showcase in New York during New York Fashion Week, we recognize the need for some expand your global visibility“. And he adds: “In recent years, many of our members have chosen to perform in Europe, Asia and other key markets and, in many cases, off schedule. The events of the past year have only highlighted the need for flexibility within the fashion system”.
Jason Wu in September did his outdoor parade.
That is why the CFDA made the decision to change the name from “New York Fashion Week” to “American Collections Calendar” and now not only will there be dates in the Big Apple, but only American designers will be present and will be presented on the platform of the RUNWAY360 organization or the location chosen by the creative.
It is an initiative that seeks to provide all possible support, from the CFDA, towards American designers, as Tom Ford points out in the statement. It will also collect samples of fashion designers characteristic of the country.
This year, the parades of They begin on February 14 in New York and run until April 15 in Paris.
The full day-by-day calendar from “American Collections Calendar”
Sunday 14
05.00 pm – JASON WU
06.00 pm – IMITATION OF CHRIST
Monday 15
09.00 am – VICTOR LI
09.30 am – PRIVATE POLICY
10.00 am – SNOW XUE GAO
10.30 am – CHOCHENG
11.00 am – VICTOR GLEMAUD
11.30 am – ADEAM
A model walking for Jason Wu Fall 2020 in his last runway show.
03.00 pm – MAISIE WILEN
03.30 pm – PH5
04.00 pm – KUON
04.30 pm – AKNVAS
05.00 pm – DUNCAN
05.30 pm – GEOFFREY MAC
07.00 pm – LIBERTINE
Tuesday 16th
09.30 am – ANNA SUI
10.00 am – BADGLEY MISCHKA
10.30 am – KEENKEE
11.00 am – TANYA TAYLOR
12.00 pm – KIMBERLY GOLDSON
12.30 pm – REBECCA MINKOFF
01.00 pm – HARD SOFT
01.30 pm – SANDY LIANG
02.00 pm – ALICE + OLIVIA BY STACEY BENDET
02.30 pm – DENNIS BASSO
03.00 pm – NO SEX
The creative stagings of Alice + Olivia By Stacey Bendet.
03.30 pm – DIRTY PINEAPPLE
04.00 pm – ANNE KLEIN
4.30 pm – KEISER CLARK
05.00 pm – NAEEM KHAN
05.30 pm – KEVAN HALL DESIGNS
06.00 pm – FREDERICK ANDERSON
06.30 pm – VENICEW
07.00 pm – NEGRIS LEBRUM
07.30 pm – CLAUDIA LI
Wednesday 17
09.00 am – TOMBOGO
09.30 am – C+PLUS SERIES
10.00 am – BEVZA
11.00 am – LBV
11.30 am – HILL ROAD
12.00 pm – BIBHU MOHAPATRA
12.30 pm – NIHL
Tom Ford’s show at the former New York Fashion Week.
01.00 pm – JONATHAN SIMKHAI
01.30 pm – MR. SATURDAY
02.00 pm – FIVE TO SEVEN
02.30 pm – SUKEINA
03.00 pm – SOCIAL WORK STUDIO
03.30 pm – STUDIO ONE EIGHTY NINE
04.00 pm – THEOPHILIO
04.30 pm – RETURN
05.00 pm – NICOLE MILLER
05.30 pm – KIM SHUI
06.00 pm – LRS
06.30 pm – WILLY CHAVARRIA
07.00 pm – TOM FORD
Thursday 18th
Carolina Herrera’s last fashion show in New York was with limited capacity audiences.
– CHRISTIAN COWAN
– GABRIELA HEARST
– PROENZA SCHOULER
Monday 22
– CAROLINA HERRERA
Tuesday 23
– COACH
Wednesday 24
CHRISTIAN SIRIANO