Will the fall 2013 show schedules be resolved?: Can’t the world’s fashion capitals get along? After New York pushed back their week to September 13, 2012 to avoid conflicts with Labor Day, Milan refused to reschedule, seemingly unconcerned about their shows running through a large chunk of London Fashion Week. After New York agreed to move their dates on the condition that Milan accept that future MBFW dates should start on the second Thursday in September, Milan came back with its own proposal. They would agree to the aforementioned terms as long as New York cut its shows a day short to give London an extra day to show its men’s collections. What?

On the brink of New York, Milan, and London finally negotiating a decision allowing every city their full week of shows, Paris, who had been relatively quiet since the hullabloo started, decided they weren’t moving their dates. Why you gotta start drama out of nowhere like that, Paris? Mario Boselli, president of the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana thinks “Perhaps the only way out would be for the Americans to reduce their fashion week to seven days, as nine days is too long, and start a couple of days after Labor Day.”