Fashion Week

Questions and answers on how fashion weeks work: the Big Four cities, couture week, the calendar, how a show is made, who sits in the front row, the models, street style and the shows that made history.

What is fashion week?

The basics, in plain English.

Paris, Milan, London, New York

How the four cities compare.

Paris Fashion Week

The most powerful week of the four.

Milan Fashion Week

Italian craft and big houses.

London Fashion Week

Young talent and rebellion.

New York Fashion Week

American sportswear and the first fashion week.

Haute couture week

Paris in January and July.

The fashion calendar

Spring, Fall, pre-fall, resort and menswear.

Why fashion shows still exist

Cost, purpose and the internet.

How a fashion show is made

From casting to the finale.

Who sits in the front row

Invitations, seating and status.

Models and the supermodel era

Casting, careers and the big six.

Street style

The show outside the show.

The most famous shows ever

From the New Look to VOSS.

Beyond the Big Four

Copenhagen, Tokyo, Seoul, Lagos, India.

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