It’s a new fashion season – specifically, Autumn/Winter 2024/2025 for the northern hemisphere. While we await the dates for fashion show’s on the continent (from Joburg to Lagos), we thought it would be important to share some showcase’s around the world. For your ease of diarising, of course. 

Milan Men’s Fashion Week 
12 – 15 January 
Milano menswear originated in 1971 and is organised by the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana – the authoritative body tasked with promoting Italian fashion.
Head here to learn more.  

Paris Men’s Fashion Week
16 – 21 January 
Paris Menswear is a huge moment in fashion’s calendar, as the first showcase to happen in the city each year – across iconic venues like Palais Royal and Grand Palais. 
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Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week
22 – 25 January 
The most prestigious fashion week in terms of craftsmanship and exclusivity – Haute Couture is a nearly impossible showcase to qualify for and is highly regulated by Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Some of the criteria includes; the fashion house must have an atelier in Paris with a minimum of 15 full-time employed technical crafters, strictly made-to-order collections and a limited number of clientele.
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Budapest Fashion Week 
22 – 28 January 
With a strong focus on cultural heritage through a contemporary lens, Budapest Fashion Week seeks to showcase the potentials of Hungarian fashion and design.
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Copenhagen Fashion Week
29 Jan – 2 February
CPHFW is *the* showcase of the Nordic region and has built a reputation as the most sustainability focused fashion week around the world – both ecologically, inclusively and socially.
Head here to learn more (their website is under construction.)

Seoul Fashion Week
1-5 February
As a global and refined platform for ‘K-fashion’ and ‘K-beauty’, Seoul expresses the cutting edge of South Korean sartorial sensibilities – particularly informed by the city’s iconic reputation for street-style, motivated by South Korean youth. 
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Dubai Fashion Week
4 – 8 February
With Dubai as a luxury fashion hub and a key destination for Middle Eastern fashion, Dubai Fashion Week is a powerful space merging east and west.
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Berlin Fashion Week
5 – 8 February
Berlin’s fashion week is noted for its focus on technology and innovation – established in 2007 and as a younger fashion week, it is known to strongly support emerging talent.
Hear here to learn more. 

New York Fashion Week
9 – 14 February
With New York as a major, major fashion capital – NYFW has remained one of the ‘Big Four’ along with Milan, Paris and London. 
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Gigi Hadid photographed by Filippo Fior.

 London Fashion Week
16 – 20 February
LFW has always been recognised as a nurturer of talent; with many of the great designers, with many of them having attended London’s array of fashion schools, moving onto work for some of the most prestigious fashion houses to ever exist. This year, the platform is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
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Milan Fashion Week
20 – 26 February
Milano womenswear originated in 1958 and is one of the oldest fashion showcases to exist.  Organised by the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, Milano’s form part of the ‘holy trinity’ along with London and Paris. 
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Paris Fashion Week
26 Feb – 5 March
The grandmother of all fashion week’s as we know it (though surprisingly, not the oldest) – Paris Fashion Week is organised by The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode.
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Tokyo Fashion Week
11 – 16 March
The true home of avant-garde fashion, Tokyo Fashion Week is referred to as the Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO and is regarded as one of the most important platforms for viewers, buyers and fashion folks with a deep interest in fashion history and technical ability. 
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