June 2023

DOUBLE TIME: Fashion editors and other professionals in Paris on July 2 might find themselves wishing they might be in two places at the identical time: Alaïa and Celine have scheduled off-calendar runway shows only half-hour apart. It seems logistically unattainable to attend each: Normally shows are scheduled at the least one hour apart during official fashion weeks to permit sufficient time for participants to attend all events. As reported, the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode published its provisional couture-week calendar on June 5, with 32 houses scheduling fall 2023 runway shows between July 3 and 6. In concert with that, the federation noted that two houses would show spring 2024 ready-to-wear collections on July 2, with Patou taking...