After a long hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, New York opens its Spring / Summer 2022 Fashion Week with the return of shows on a catwalk with an audience on site and featuring big names like Tom Ford and Altuzarra.
- However, the COVID restrictions will deprive this installment of its usual international flavor.
The pandemic overshadowed the last two Fashion Weeks, in September 2020 and February 2021, when virtual gateways prevailed in both.
Steven Kolb, CEO of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), stated that he sees room for digital and face-to-face shows.
In any case “There is a real optimism, energy and enthusiasm for the return of live shows” … “There is nothing, of course, that can be compared to a live show” added.
In New York, whose “fashion shows” precede those in London, Milan and Paris, there is no shortage of iconic catwalks, such as the Tommy Hilfiger show at the Apollo Theater in 2019 or the Michael Kors Studio 54-inspired event the same year. .
On Thursday night, LaQuan Smith will present his collection at the Empire State Building and the day will culminate with shows by Moschino, Sergio Hudson and Carolina Herrera..
On Tuesday, Collina Strada founder Hillary Taymour will confirm her environmental awareness proposal with the show from a garden on a Brooklyn terrace.
“This is an important time for New York, and we are proud to support the city and the industry.”
Michael Kors
“We are resilient and optimistic,” added Steven Kolb.
Fashion Week with strict protocol
Fashion Week this year coincides with the fashion extravaganza of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET), a high point in the city’s social calendar, scheduled this Monday.
- This year’s Met Gala has a distinctive youthful footprint. Your hosts will be singer Billie Eilish, actor Timothee Chalamet, poet Amanda Gorman and tennis star Naomi Osaka. None are over 25 years old.
But in a city that has been hit by COVID-19 (and in recent days by a historic flood) the return to normality happens slowly.
Organizers of Fashion Week announced a strict protocol:
- All guests and participants must be vaccinated, the use of masks is recommended (although not for catwalk models) and there are limited capacity.
According to the CFDA, “A large percentage” of the 91 official events will take place outdoors and some continue to depend on digital presentations.
And with travel still prohibited to the US from many countries, “there will be a lot of our regular international guests … who won’t make it to New York,” Kolb warned.
Although he insisted that “he has no concern that the impact does not reach the international audience. It will just catch up ”virtually.
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