Fashion Week Changes Again, for the Easier

arlenis walks at phillip lim spring 09.jpg The CFDA’s been figuring out the Fashion Week schedule for seasons to come, and they’ve finally come to a conclusion:

Since nobody wants to attend shows so close to their Labor Day vacation plans, they’ve made it so that New York Fashion Week will always start the second Thursday of every September, and it’ll be the same for the Fall shows in February, too.

The change begins with the Spring 2010 shows (Thursday, September 10 - September 17), with Fall 09’s New York Fashion Week still starting on February 13th and ending on the 20th.

But the best part about this change? Since the shows will always start on a Thursday (and, more importantly, end on a Thursday,) as opposed to a Friday as before, Fashion Week will only swallow up one of your weekends, as opposed to one and one half. Amazing.

On a side note, the CFDA is also encouraging designers with “similar markets” to not just change their shows to presentations, but to do dual (or even triple?) presentations to cut down on travel time and costs. So basically, Fashion Week just got a whole lot easier (though less fun, depending on who you ask.)

posted by ShinyGemma

Dec 04, 2008 11:49AM

And therein lies the real reason London Fashion Week is now shorter. Still, I'm tired after day one, so I shouldn't really complain.

posted by guest

Dec 04, 2008 1:00PM

What the CFDA doesn't understand is that it is near impossible to get good models for presentations. Not only will most casting directors not touch presentations, but the agencies will charge a hefty rate even for less experienced models.

Dec 04, 2008 1:39PM

Just to throw this in - the rachel roy presentation had great models, including Sessilee Lopez of Vogue Italia fame

Dec 04, 2008 2:01PM

How long will fashion week remain relevant? It seems like with the falling luxury prices at the big retail stores, small stores closing, and a shift towards pre-season items, how much will these shows even matter in like 10 years or less?

I love them but I wonder if the industry will be changing a lot in the near future. Just like there was a huge shift from couture to ready to wear, from ready to wear to accessories... to what now. It's both kind of interesting and scary to think what is next.