La Fashion Week de New York has opened its doors in recent years to Chinese designers and has attracted buyers, media and influencers came from China but the first fashion show for Women’s Fashion Week Fall-Winter 2020-21, organized by the Chinese house Mukzin, was held on February 6 in front of a partly empty room, while the coronavirus complicates the movements of fashionistas.
Rarely, at the start of the show, entire rows were empty in this room at Spring Studio, one of the regular venues for Fashion Week, located in the Tribeca neighborhood. After having already paraded in London and Paris, designer Kate Han (Han Wen of her Chinese name) came to New York to present her fashion which integrates the influence of traditional China into a modern vision.
“Mukzin might be the only Chinese brand you’ll see at this Fashion Week, for the reason you all know, the coronavirus in China”a spokesperson on the podium told the audience before the models showed up. “It really is a disaster and a very sad story.” “We are not only here to present beautiful pieces but also to show the Chinese and people around the world that our determination, strength and love are strong in hardship and adversity,” pursued this woman who was wearing a house outfit.
In the audience, only one guest wore a mask, gas mask type, but it was more of a fashion accessory than a means of protection. She also took it off before the start of the parade.
After the parade, Kate Hen did not comment on the consequences for her parade of the epidemic currently hitting China. “I felt confident and secure doing this parade”, she explained.
A parade of Chinese designers, gathered under the banner of China Fashion Collective, is set to parade on February 11 in New York. Asked by AFP, one of the houses of this collective, Sheguang Hu, indicated that the parade would be held as planned.
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