All eyes are already on the New York Fashion Week, the first major international event in the world of fashion. The one that, like every year, will serve as the starting signal for a series of international events that will take us to cities such as Milan, London or Paris.
Preceded by three days of men's collections, women's fashion will take over the runway today with a show Ralph Lauren inaugural. More than a hundred firms will parade on the catwalk until February 13, including a large number of promising international firms and designers whom we promise to follow closely.
One hundred parades from February 7 to 13
New York Fashion week is held this year from February 4 to 13, Continuing with the new structure introduced by the CFDA in February 2018 in which three days of menswear programming are reserved, with womenswear presentations not starting until the 7th.
El American designer Tom Ford unofficially inaugurated the New York Fashion Week for Women, one day before the formal start of a contest in which Oscar de la Renta, Lela Rose, Carolina Herrera or Ralph Lauren, among others, present their new proposals.
The shows will be distributed all over Manhattan including performances at Spring Studios and Industria in West Village and Pier59 in Chelsea in order to absorb all the appointments of a more than tight schedule.
Large absences
The absences marked on the catwalks this season include Calvin Klein, who canceled his show following the departure of Raf Simons in December last year. Tommy Hilfiger will also not be visiting New York this season to show off his Spring 2019 Tommy x Zendaya collection in Paris.
Rodarte, who was performing in New York after a two-year hiatus, is going again, this time to Los Angeles. Victoria Beckham, which left New York to celebrate its XNUMXth anniversary in London last season, will also not be in the Big Apple.
Escada, who celebrated its 40th anniversary with a 2019 spring show in September 2018 under the new creative direction of Niall Sloan, will also not appear on this February's calendar. Neither will they alexander wang, who will continue to perform outside of the show, nor will Kerby Jean-Raymond's Pyer Moss, the CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund award winner.