Paris Fashion Week, what to expect from the Fall / Winter 2022-23 fashion shows

After the fashion week of New York, London and Milanthe ready-to-wear fashion shows for the next cold season finally land on the catwalks of Paris. The French fashion capital returns to welcome celebrities and professionals from all over the world one month away from the men’s fashion and haute couture collections: on the calendar from February 28 to March 8, no less than 95 fashion houses, of which 37 will present by invitation, 13 will show the new collections in digital mode, and 45 will host the public on the occasion of a fashion show in attendance.

A program that obviously remains flexible in formats, following “the evolution of the health situation and the measures adopted by the public authorities” as stated in a note from the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. But what are they the most important news of this edition?

The fashion shows of the Fall / Winter 2022-23 collections, also available in live streaming, will see notable returns and debuts. First of all, we will see on the catwalk the Off-White’s first show without its founderVirgil Abloh, who passed away last November.

A new chapter for the maison, but also for Vtmntsthe second brand born from Vetements and launched in 2021, which will present its first-time collection with Guram Gvasalia (brother of the better known Demna) to the creative direction. Debut in Paris – but not in France, where in 2016 they presented a collection within the walls of a castle – also for The Row, the fashion house of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen: the twins and designers have chosen the Ville Lumière to present the new collection, leaving (for now?) from the New York Fashion Week calendar.

Among the most anticipated fashion shows with their “physical” return are Balenciaga, despite the very high dose of hype generated by last season, between red carpet / fashion show and the short film in collaboration with the Simpsons, but also Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Dior, Saint Laurent and Givenchy. Celine, owned by LVMH, is a notable exception, with the collection of Hedi Slimane still out of the Paris program.

And the international guests? Chinese buyers and press will still be absent due to travel restrictions, but the Americans will be present again: “We hope for a return to a certain normality” declared the famous PR Lucien Pagès “as during the last fashion week. September before the arrival of Omicron ». here is the complete calendar of Paris Fashion Week.

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