DOUBLE TIME: Fashion editors and other professionals in Paris on July 2 might find themselves wishing they may very well be in two places at the identical time: Alaïa and Celine have scheduled off-calendar runway shows only half-hour apart.

It seems logistically unimaginable to attend each: Normally shows are scheduled a minimum of 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 a 6 p.m. spot and Alaïa following with an 8 p.m. show time.

The federation doesn’t manage off-calendar shows, however it had noted the Alaïa event as that home is, like Celine, a member.

The federation declined to comment on Wednesday.

On Monday, Celine sent out a save-the-date for its summer 2024 Celine Homme show, scheduled for July 2 at 8:30 p.m. The brand has yet to speak the venue and declined further comment.

Contacted on Wednesday, a spokesman for Alaïa said that it shouldn’t be in a position to move the time or location of its July 2 show.

It is known the style house, controlled by luxury group Compagnie Financière Richemont, required special permissions for its show venue, which can’t be altered.

Celine, a part of larger luxury rival LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, often presents its collections outside regular fashion weeks.

Paris Fashion Week for the spring 2024 menswear collections is scheduled for June 20 to 25 within the French capital.

Last season Celine presented its menswear collection at Paris nightclub Le Palace almost three weeks after the European men’s shows wound up. Against this, Celine creative and image director Hedi Slimane had unveiled his fall 2023 women’s collection for Celine on Dec. 8 in Los Angeles, months before official fashion weeks in Recent York, London, Milan and Paris.

Alaïa also has a penchant for operating by itself schedule — and with unusual seasonal nomenclature. The home, helmed by Belgian designer Pieter Mulier, paraded its “summer-fall 2023” collection on Jan. 27 in Antwerp, right after the spring 2023 high fashion collections in Paris.

The gathering to be presented on July 2 is dubbed “winter-spring 2024.”