Events & Shows

... our selection of upcoming industry highlights

The Institute of Cultural FUNDACION...

Wednesday, 5 October, 2011 - Sunday, 5 August, 2012

Fundación MAPFRE / Instituto de Cultura
Paseo de Recoletos,...

Yves Saint Laurent said "I have always placed above all respect for this profession that is not quite an art, but which needs an artist to exist". Fundación MAPFRE , in...

California Design 1930-1965

Sunday, 1 January, 2012 23:30 - Sunday, 3 June, 2012 00:00

LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd...

This exhibition is the first major study of California midcentury modern design. With more than 300 objects—furniture, ceramics, metalwork, fashion and textiles, and industrial...

LIVING FASHION Women's Daily Wear...

Wednesday, 21 March, 2012 - Sunday, 12 August, 2012

MoMu Fashion Museum Antwerp
Nationalestraat 28
BE-2000...

In the spring of 2012, the Fashion Museum Antwerp presents Living Fashion. Women’s Daily Wear 1750–1950. From the Jacoba de Jonge collection, an exhibition about the influence...

SHOWstudio Selling Sex

Thursday, 22 March, 2012 - Friday, 1 June, 2012

SHOWstudio SHOP,
1-9 Bruton place,
London, W1J 6LT.

It is a well known fact that the majority of images we consume are created by men, and too often feminism is an easy target for commodification in the wider context of...

Helmut Newton Retrospective

Saturday, 24 March, 2012 - Sunday, 17 June, 2012

Grand Palais
Galerie sud-est
Avenue Winston...

Since Helmut Newton’s death in 2004, there has been no retrospective of his work in France although he did much of his work there, particularly for Vogue Paris. Provocative,...

Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective

Sunday, 25 March, 2012 - Sunday, 8 July, 2012

The Denver Art Museum,
00 W 14th Avenue Parkway,
...

This must-see, exclusive U.S. exhibition explores Yves Saint Laurent’s 40 years of creativity, from his first days at Dior to his final runway collection. Through 200 haute...

LOUBOUTIN: A RETROSPECTIVE

Wednesday, 28 March, 2012 - Sunday, 1 July, 2012

Design Museum
28 Shad Thames
London SE1 2YD

Christian Louboutin’s exquisite shoes, with their trademark glossy red soles, are a unique fusion of craftsmanship, engineering and sculpture. Since the launch of his label in...

BRITISH DESIGN 1948-2012: INNOVATION IN...

Saturday, 31 March, 2012 - Sunday, 12 August, 2012

V&A Museum,
London SW7 2RL

To coincide with the 2012 Olympics, this exhibition will showcase 60 years of British creative talent. It will document the transformation of design in Britain since the post-...

F? A Year of Fashion at Beit Ha'ir

Thursday, 5 April, 2012 - Saturday, 1 December, 2012

Beit Ha'ir
Tel Aviv

Beit Ha'ir – the urban museum of Tel Aviv-Jaffa is launching a multifaceted, international project that deals with wide-ranging worlds of content related to the art of fashion...

Go Figure: New Fashion Illustration

Friday, 11 May, 2012 - Saturday, 14 July, 2012

Fashion Space Gallery,
London College of Fashion,
20...

Fashion Space Gallery at London College of Fashion is proud to announce its next exhibition Go Figure: New Fashion Illustration; the second in a series which showcases the...

Parsons the new school of design...

Tuesday, 15 May, 2012 - Wednesday, 23 May, 2012

The 19th Floor, 1359 Broadway
(Between 36th and 37th Street...

Fashion is a system that brings together material resources, human capital, and artistic vision in a single garment. And that garment's cultural reception, dissemination...

Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950

Saturday, 19 May, 2012 - Sunday, 6 January, 2013

The V&A Museum
Cromwell Road
London, SW7 2RL

From spring 2012 the V&A celebrates the opening of the newly renovated Fashion Galleries with an exhibition of beautiful ballgowns, red carpet evening dresses and catwalk...

Overturn: Embracing Obstacles and...

Tuesday, 22 May, 2012 - Thursday, 24 May, 2012

11 Northburgh Street
London
EC1V 0AN

Central Saint Martins’ MA Innovation Management course and Allermuir showrooms invite you to an interactive experience that will ask guests to evaluate their role and see...

D&A Man

Tuesday, 22 May, 2012 - Thursday, 24 May, 2012

Cedar Lake
547 West 26th Street
10001 New York

Designers & Agents® is an independent, international trade fair for over 1000 collections and thousands of retailers who define the cutting edge in fashion and life style....

MAN New York

Tuesday, 22 May, 2012 - Thursday, 24 May, 2012

775 Washington Street
NY 10014 New York

MAN is a men’s show taking place in Paris and New York City, starting January 2012. The goal of MAN is to showcase brands and collections who all have their own strong...

The Great Designers, Part Two

Wednesday, 23 May, 2012 - Saturday, 10 November, 2012

Fashion Institute of Technology,
7th Avenue at 27th Street,...

The Museum at FIT has long been recognized for its innovative and award-winning exhibitions, but less well-known is the fact that our permanent collection encompasses more than...

University of Westminster - BA catwalk...

Thursday, 24 May, 2012 18:00 - 23:55

Ambika P3,
4 Luxborough Street,
London, W1U 5UW,...

The fashion school's graduates showcase their work. Invitation only. The BA (Hons) Fashion Design course at the University of Westminster, London is famous for producing both...

Pakistan Fashion Week London - a/w 2012

Friday, 25 May, 2012 - Sunday, 27 May, 2012

Kensington & Chelsea Town Hall,
Hornton Street,
...

Over 30 established and emerging designers from Pakistan and the UK showcase autumn/winter 2012 collections at catwalk and boutique lounge. Ticketed event. The next event from...

FREE RANGE 2012

Monday, 28 May, 2012 - Monday, 16 July, 2012

The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London, E1 6QL

The UK’s largest graduate art and design exhibition Free Range is returning this summer for another seven week showcase of emerging British-based art and design talent. Taking...

Brighton Fashion Week 2012

Monday, 28 May, 2012 11:15 - Sunday, 3 June, 2012 11:15

various venues, Brighton

Brighton Fashion Week exists because there is a natural and healthy gap for it within the marketplace. Its aim is to encourage and nurture industry in this creative capital. It...

12 festival for fashion &...

Tuesday, 29 May, 2012 - Tuesday, 5 June, 2012

LISKA
Hoher Markt 8,
1010 Vienna

The festival for fashion and photography differs from other fashion events if nothing else because of its sense for new talent and the platform which is subsequently offered in...

Central Saint Martins - BA catwalk show

Tuesday, 29 May, 2012 19:00 - 23:55

Central Saint Martins,
King's Cross Campus,
Granary...

World-renowned London fashion college presents showcase of BA students' graduate collections. An art college and cultural centre in one, Central Saint Martins is...

Mango Fashion Awards

Wednesday, 30 May, 2012

Art National Museum of Catalonia

The MANGO Fashion Awards offer young designers throughout the world the opportunity to participate in an international fashion design competition. The contest, which takes...

RCA 2012 MA Fashion Show

Wednesday, 30 May, 2012 16:00

Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU

Thirty-five MA Fashion students specialising in menswear, womenswear, knitwear and millinery will present their final collections in two catwalk shows on Wednesday 30 May at...

Benext

Thursday, 31 May, 2012 00:00 - Sunday, 3 June, 2012 23:00

Tbilisi, Georgia

Fashion and Art Agency " Societe Anonyme" presents seventh edition of Fashion Design Contest " Be Next" .
The mission is to give support , visibility, work placements,...

ELLE Russia Fashion Days 2012 - s/s 2013

Friday, 1 June, 2012 - Saturday, 30 June, 2012

TBA - Russia

Fashion publication hosts biannual event featuring spring/summer 2013 collections from iconic brands as well as after parties and conferences. ELLE - the most popular and...

MADEINMEDI 2012 - THE RETURN OF THE...

Monday, 4 June, 2012 - Sunday, 10 June, 2012

Noto, Sicily

The Mediterranean is not often associated with fashion and creativity however the sixth edition of MadeinMedi is determined to change this.

With an exceptional location...

CFDA Fashion Awards 2012

Monday, 4 June, 2012 19:30

Alice Tully Hall
Lincoln Center
Damrosch Park
...

Seth Meyers hosts Council of Fashion Designers of America's annual awards, billed as the 'Fashion Oscars'. Awards are given for design excellence in womenswear, menswear and...

SHOW2012

Thursday, 7 June, 2012 - Saturday, 9 June, 2012

Hangar 29,
Rijnkaai 150,
2000 Antwerp

On June 7th, 8th and 9th 2012, the Fashion Department of the Artesis Hogeschool presents its annual fashion show at Hangar 29 in Antwerp. The graduation show of the Antwerp...

NU_Fashion#1

Thursday, 7 June, 2012 - Sunday, 10 June, 2012

Red Fish Factory,
Helmstraat 139,
2140 Antwerp

Alongside the graduation shows of the fashion department of the Artesis University College Antwerp, NU_Fashion #1 opens in the Red Fish Factory in Antwerp. An exhibition, a get...

Caribbean Fashion Week 2012

Thursday, 7 June, 2012 - Monday, 11 June, 2012

National Indoor Sports Centre,
St Andrew
Jamaica

Annual fashion week showcasing talent in the Caribbean. Highlights include Cedella Marley, Bob Marley's daughter debuting her swimwear line and a performance by Estelle....

Measured

Thursday, 7 June, 2012 18:30 - 23:00

Whim Wham Cafe,
Arch 64, Whitworth Street West,
...

A 'Slow Fashion' Show, featuring the work of Constanze Friedrichs and Silvia Hoya-Mena. The collections will be complemented with accessories by Bristol-based designer Katcha...

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012

Friday, 8 June, 2012 - Sunday, 10 June, 2012

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht

4th edition of FASHIONCLASH Maastricht. Save the date for the weekend of 8th until 10th of June that will be all about he fourth edition of the fashion event FASHIONCLASH...

Graduate Fashion Week 2012

Sunday, 10 June, 2012 - Wednesday, 13 June, 2012

Earls Court 2 Exhibition Centre
Warwick Road
Earls...

"We have the most exceptional design talent coming out of our Colleges here in the UK and I salute their energy, their talent and their well earned and deserved global...

São Paulo Fashion Week - s/s 2013

Monday, 11 June, 2012 - Saturday, 16 June, 2012

TBA

Biannual designer fashion week showcasing men and women's collections for the spring/summer 2013 season. The São Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW) is a fashion event, held at...

Designers & Agents LA

Monday, 11 June, 2012 - Wednesday, 13 June, 2012

New Mart Building
127 East 9th Street - 3rd Floor
CA...

Designers & Agents® is an independent, international trade fair for over 1000 collections and thousands of retailers who define the cutting edge in fashion and life style....

SCOPE Basel 2012

Tuesday, 12 June, 2012 - Sunday, 17 June, 2012

SCOPE BASEL Pavilion
KASERNE, Klybeckstrasse 1b
CH-...

With over 45 art fairs spanning more than a decade, SCOPE has solidified its position as the premier showcase for international emerging contemporary art and multi-disciplinary...

Pitti W_Woman Precollection - s/s 2013

Tuesday, 12 June, 2012 - Tuesday, 19 June, 2012

Fortezza da Basso,
Florence, Italy

Womenswear trade event; around 70 international brands preview their spring/summer 2013 collections. Coincides with Pitti Immagine Uomo. Pitti Immagine is an Italian company...

Central Saint Martins Jewellery Award

Tuesday, 12 June, 2012 18:00 - 23:55

Central Saint Martins,
King's Cross Campus,
Granary...

Finalists compete in the 11th annual awards, organised in collaboration with Cool Diamonds, Europe's largest internet-based jewellers. 2011 judges included Dinny Hall, Ana Da...

LONDON COLLECTIONS: MEN

Friday, 15 June, 2012 11:15 - Sunday, 17 June, 2012 11:15

The Hospital Club
24 Endell Street
London, WC2H 9HQ

Running from 15th – 17th June, London will kick start the Menswear calendar with a showcase of British brands and businesses embedded in a cultural programme. London...

Hong Kong Fashion Week - a/w 2012

Saturday, 16 June, 2012 - Tuesday, 19 June, 2012

Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre,
1 Expo Drive,...

International fashion event with over 700 exhibitors featuring men's, women's and childrenswear. World's second largest and Asia's largest fashion event organised by the HKTDC...

London Collections Women (Resort)

Monday, 18 June, 2012 - Wednesday, 20 June, 2012

Somerset House
The Strand
WC2R 1LA London

London Fashion Week (LFW) is one of the highest profile fashion events in the world and one of the ‘big four’ international catwalk capitals. The event is organised by the...

Pitti Immagine Uomo - s/s 2013

Tuesday, 19 June, 2012 11:15 - Friday, 22 June, 2012 11:15

Fortezza da Basso
Florence

The world’s most important platform for men’s clothing and accessory collections and for launching new projects in men’s fashion. Biannual trade exhibition featuring classic,...

Britain Creates 2012: Fashion & Art...

Thursday, 21 June, 2012 - Sunday, 9 September, 2012

Various locations around London

Some of Britain's most prestigious fashion designers come together to collaborate with artists to create a series of one-off works of art. Participating designer/artist duos...

Dubrovnik Fashion Week S/S ’12

Saturday, 23 June, 2012 - Monday, 25 June, 2012

Locations in Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik Fashion Week-end International is a creative fashion, art and design project which brings together carefully curated content showcasing debuts by international...

Milan Fashion Week Men's (Milano...

Saturday, 23 June, 2012 11:15 - Wednesday, 27 June, 2012 11:15

Various Venues
Milan

Along with Milano Moda Donna, Milano Moda Uomo is the International event with all the innovations of prêt-à-porter for men presented by the most important maisons of Italian...

Paris Fashion Week (Men) - s/s 2013

Wednesday, 27 June, 2012 12:15 - Sunday, 1 July, 2012 12:15

Various Venues,
Paris

France's biannual international designer menswear week, organised by the Fédération Française de la Couture. This edition showcases spring/summer 2013 collections on the...

London College of Fashion - BA catwalk...

Thursday, 28 June, 2012

Hackney House,
Shoreditch High Street,
London, E1,...

The fashion school's graduates showcase their work. Private view showcasing the School of Design and Technology follows at Factory 7, 13 Hearn Street, London EC2A 3LS, from 7-...

(Capsule) Paris Mens

Friday, 29 June, 2012 - Sunday, 1 July, 2012

Cité de la Mode
34 quai d’Austerlitz
75013 Paris

(capsule) is the fashion and lifestyle trade event that fuses the best high-end contemporary brands, directional independent designers and super premium street wear labels....

MAN

Friday, 29 June, 2012 - Sunday, 1 July, 2012

Espace 5bis
5bis, rue Froissart
75003 Paris

MAN is a men’s show taking place in Paris and New York City, starting January 2012. The goal of MAN is to showcase brands and collections who all have their own strong...

Who’s Next/Prêt-à-Porter

Saturday, 30 June, 2012 - Tuesday, 3 July, 2012

VIPARIS,
1 place de la porte de Versailles,
Paris,...

For more than 20 years, WHO’S NEXT & PREMIERE CLASSE have aimed at defending creation. From young designers to well-established brands, from urban labels to craftsmen, our...

Tranoï Homme

Saturday, 30 June, 2012 - Monday, 2 July, 2012

Palais de la Bourse
Place de la Bourse
75002 Paris

Four times a year, during Paris Fashion Week, Tranoï takes place in its prestigious locations and puts creativity and business together. More than a commercial gathering,...

Paris Couture & Haute Couture

Monday, 2 July, 2012 - Thursday, 5 July, 2012

Various locations around Paris

Paris Fashion Week is one of the most glamorous and exciting event of Fashion industry that is celebrated for a week in the fashion capital. Both established and upcoming...

PANORAMA Berlin

Wednesday, 4 July, 2012 - Friday, 6 July, 2012

ExpoCenter Airport, Berlin

PANORAMA Berlin – the new-generation fashion fair. The novel international fair for quality leaders in the high-volume fashion segment will be launched in the summer of 2012 at...

Berlin Fashion Week

Wednesday, 4 July, 2012 - Saturday, 7 July, 2012

Various Locations in Berlin

Twice a year Berlin becomes an international location for fashion and lifestyle topics. During the Berlin Fashion Week, fashion enthusiasts, buyers, trade experts and the media...

Bread & Butter

Wednesday, 4 July, 2012 - Friday, 6 July, 2012

Airport Tempelhof
Platz der Luftbrücke 5
12101 Berlin...

With its ‘tradeshow for selected brands’, BREAD & butter GmbH & Co. KG realizes the concept of an innovative trade fair event for contemporary clothing culture.
...

Ethical Fashion Show Berlin

Wednesday, 4 July, 2012 - Friday, 6 July, 2012

Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1...

Urban zeitgeist, eco-fair lifestyle and innovative fashions – the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin will be held for the first time as an independent, sustainable fair within the...

Premium

Wednesday, 4 July, 2012 - Friday, 6 July, 2012

STATION-Berlin
Luckenwalder Strasse 4/6
10963 Berlin...

Internationally, PREMIUM is a unique trade platform for exclusive men’s and women’s wear, progressive street fashion, luxury sportswear, designer denims, international designer...

(Capsule) Berlin

Thursday, 5 July, 2012 - Friday, 6 July, 2012

Postbahnof
Straße der Pariser Kommune 8
10243 Berlin...

(capsule) is the fashion and lifestyle trade event that fuses the best high-end contemporary brands, directional independent designers and super premium street wear labels....

AltaRomaAltaModa

Sunday, 8 July, 2012 - Thursday, 12 July, 2012

Italy

AltaRomAltaModa is Rome’s celebrated fashion week, whose two annual appointments in January and July, create innumerable opportunities for the meeting between historic Italian...

080 BARCELONA FASHION

Monday, 9 July, 2012 - Friday, 13 July, 2012

Pla de Miquel Tarradell
Josep Anselm Clavé
27 pral....

080 Barcelona Fashion. We present the tenth edition of 080 BARCELONA FASHION. 080 Barcelona Fashion aims to turn Barcelona and Catalonia into a benchmark for creativity,...

Amsterdam International Fashion Week

Wednesday, 11 July, 2012 - Sunday, 15 July, 2012

Westergasfabriek
Pazzanistraat 37
1014 DB Amsterdam

Amsterdam Fashion Week (AFW) started in 2004 as an initiative to put Amsterdam on the map as a sparkling and internationally oriented destination for Fashion. Twice a year,...

JFW International Fashion Fair

Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 - Friday, 20 July, 2012

Tokyo Big Sight
3-11-1 Ariake, Koto-Ku
135-0063 Tokyo...

Senken Shimbun Co., Ltd., is a fashion business newspaper company which has the greatest influence on the Japanese fashion business industry. We held an integrated fashion...

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim Miami

Thursday, 19 July, 2012 - Monday, 23 July, 2012

Raleigh Hotel
Miami

Miami Swim Week hits Miami Beach this summer with a wild schedule of shows from top designers in the world of swimwear, and includes Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim and Swim...

New York Sales Campaigns Week

Sunday, 22 July, 2012 - Wednesday, 25 July, 2012

Various locations around New York

From the 22nd to the 25th July New York will be the host to the 'Sales Campaign Week'. Held in various locations around this busy city you will find trade shows and events such...

MRket NY

Sunday, 22 July, 2012 - Tuesday, 24 July, 2012

The Javits Center
11th Avenue at 35th Street
New York...

Moda Manhattan and Moda Las Vegas is an upscale trade event that provides a concise mix of carefully juried ready-to-wear fashion resources and is designed to meet the needs of...

(Capsule) New York Mens

Monday, 23 July, 2012 - Tuesday, 24 July, 2012

Basketball City at Pier 36
299 South Street
10002 New...

(capsule) is the fashion and lifestyle trade event that fuses the best high-end contemporary brands, directional independent designers and super premium street wear labels....

Bangalore Fashion Week 7th Edition

Thursday, 26 July, 2012 - Sunday, 29 July, 2012

The Crowne Plaza
Bangalore
India

Bangalore Fashion Week (BFW) has been conceived and created with a vision to Showcase Indian Fashion Industry to The Global Fashion World. The objective of BFW will be to...

Premium Order Dusseldorf

Saturday, 28 July, 2012 - Tuesday, 31 July, 2012

Alte Papierfabrik
Fringsstrasse 13
40221 Düsseldorf

Internationally, PREMIUM is a unique trade platform for exclusive men’s and women’s wear, progressive street fashion, luxury sportswear, designer denims, international designer...

Copenhagen Fashion Week

Wednesday, 8 August, 2012 - Sunday, 12 August, 2012

City Hall is the official show space.

Every February and August, Copenhagen is host to Northern Europe's largest fashion event, Copenhagen Fashion Week. On the catwalks are a growing number of new and known Danish...

Oslo Fashion Week

Monday, 13 August, 2012 - Sunday, 19 August, 2012

Oslo Fashion Week AS
P.b. 1064 Sentrum
0104 Oslo,...

OFW was first held in February 2004, and is arranged twice a year, in February and August. It was launched to promote Norwegian fashion design, and to set Norwegian design in...

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Stockholm

Monday, 27 August, 2012 - Wednesday, 29 August, 2012

Berzelii Park 9
111 47 Stockholm, Sweden

Its main focus is to attract the international fashion community such as the press and fashion buyers to get a closer look at the Swedish fashion scene. The Mercedes-Benz...