fashion week
Designer showcase period
Fashion week refers to a series of events held in major cities where designers showcase upcoming clothing collections.
The major fashion weeks—New York, London, Milan, Paris—set trends for the industry and attract designers, buyers, journalists, and celebrities.
The term also applies to smaller regional events: Lagos fashion week, São Paulo fashion week.
Coverage of fashion week dominates style media during these periods. (Capitalized Fashion Week appears in formal event names.)
Elevated narrow walkway
- modelsScaled representations or fashion workers
- strutProud, showy gait
- walkTravel on foot
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
presentation · lighting · music · front row · audience · backstage · photographers · makeup
Articles of clothing
- ensemblesCoordinated groups or attire
- outfitsMatched sets of clothes
- apparelClothing collectively
- accessoriesSupplementary items or adornments
footwear · jewelry · textiles · spring · fall · resort · ready-to-wear · couture
Creative professional's workspace
- sketchesRough, quick drawings
- tailoringCustom clothing adjustment
- drapingArranging cloth loosely
- patternsRecurring arrangements or designs
silhouettes · craftsmanship · bespoke · couturier · creative director · emerging · established · collaboration
Concerning relations among countries
Estimating future conditions
- colorsVisual spectrum variations
- silhouettesOutlined shapes without detail
- fabricsWoven material types
- moodPrevailing emotional condition
direction · zeitgeist · streetwear · sustainability · innovation · avant-garde · minimalist · maximalist
catwalk
Elevated narrow walkway
choreography · presentation · lighting · music · front row · audience · backstage · photographers · makeup · hairstyling
garments
Articles of clothing
accessories · footwear · jewelry · textiles · spring · fall · resort · ready-to-wear · couture · menswear
atelier
Creative professional's workspace
patterns · silhouettes · craftsmanship · bespoke · couturier · creative director · emerging · established · collaboration · vision
international
Concerning relations among countries
forecasting
Estimating future conditions
- colorsVisual spectrum variations
- silhouettesOutlined shapes without detail
- fabricsWoven material types
mood · direction · zeitgeist · streetwear · sustainability · innovation · avant-garde · minimalist · maximalist · revival
- Fashion Competitionsrunway show, runway shows, catwalk, beauty pageants, pageants
- fashion mediaVogue, Elle, GQ, lookbook, editorial
- Industry Eventsaward show, awards show, film festival, premiere, red carpet
- eventsevent, events, party, parties, wedding
- fashionclothing, apparel, attire, garment, garments
- fashion industryrunway, catwalk, boutique, boutiques, couture
fashion weekgarage sale
Residential secondhand merchandise event
discount bin · factory floor · thrift store · flea market · clearance rack
fashion weeknormcore
Intentionally ordinary dressing
frumpiness · workwear · uniform · plainclothes · schlubby
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