MWhile Milan is preparing to welcome the fashion week, scheduled from 21 to 26 February, Paris is warming up its engines. There Paris Fashion Week Autumn-Winter 2024/2025 will be on stage immediately afterwards, from February 26th to March 5th.
What is there to know about the next edition of fashion shows in the Ville Lumiere? Dates, numbers, events, fashion showsBetween debuts highly anticipated and new recruits: here is a guide to official calendar scheduled for French Fashion Week.
The big names present at PFW FW24/25
Over 70 the fashion shows in the official schedule, which as always include the big names who choose Paris fashion week. The show by the young people of the Master of Arts of theInstitut Français de la Modefollowed starting from the 27th by the most important players in French and non-French fashion.
The first, Dior, followed in the evening by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello; on the 28th, they return Dries Van Noten And Balmain; on the 29th, Givenchy And Schiaparelli; on March 1st, Loewe And Victoria Beckham; the 2nd is the day of Hermès; Sunday 3 March, Balenciaga And Valentinefollowed on the 4th by Stella McCartney. They close on a high note on the 5th Chanel, Miu Miu And Louis Vuittonthe last fashion show scheduled according to the new calendar for this season.
The finale of Dior FW23/24 in Paris (Photo: Spotlight Launchmetrics).
Also on the schedule are niche names, but still very popular: from overseas, the duo of The Row (February 28) but also the French of Rabanne (February 29) e Muglerwhich will show on the evening of March 3rd – and considering the previous shows it is preparing to catalyze the attention of the fashion system.
Debuts, returns and absentees on the catwalk
In between, a large group of highly anticipated debuts and returns. First of all, the new course of Chloeafter the passing of Gabriela Hearst: Chemena Kamali, new creative director (German), will show on Thursday 29 February. The same goes for Alexander McQueen with Irish Sean McGirr (March 2), following Sarah Burton’s departure in September 2023.
Among the big coming backs, that of the French brand Lacoste after the last year in New York, in addition to streetwear players Vetements (led by Guram Gvasalia) e Off White. They also come back Marine Serre with the womenswear collection e Esther Manas.
Marni for this time he returns to show in Milan, while Maison Margiela he preferred January Haute Couture. L’child prodigy Peter Do this year he decides not to show but will still be present with an event.
New names to keep an eye on
Making their debut on the catwalk, some new names on which the attention of fashion insiders are focused: CFCL, acronym for “Clothing For Contemporary Life”, a Japanese fashion brand that has been showing for several seasons outside the official calendar; And Zomer Paris, a collective project that debuted in 2023, led by Dutch designer Danial Aitouganov and stylist Imruh Asha. The Chinese designer Vivienne Tamwhich celebrates its birthday this year 30th anniversarywill present his collection in Paris for the first time with an unscheduled fashion show on March 2nd.
In terms of presentations (they will be 38) the news to note on the calendar concerns the new creative direction of Rochasall Italian, with Alessandro Vigilante; in Paris also “our” Gabriele Colangelowho has been showing his collection beyond the Alps for some time, followed by the other Italians, Quira And Niccolò Pasqualetti.
How to watch the Paris Fashion Week 2024 shows
Also on the occasion of the Autumn Winter 2024/2025 edition, the platform of the FHCM-Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, the equivalent of our Chamber of Fashion, reserves an online space for brands that will broadcast their fashion shows in real time. Although not everyone will opt for the live streaming on the site but rather on the respective social channels, here it will be possible to review the fashion shows once they have been staged.
The official calendar of Paris Fashion Week 2024
Monday 26 February
3.00pm – IFM Master of Arts
4.00pm – MARIE ADAM-LEENAERDT
5.30pm – VAQUERA
8.30pm – CFCL
Tuesday 27 February
10.00 – VICTORIA/TOMAS
11:00 – DAWEI
12:00 – WEINSANTO
1pm – MAME KUROGUCHi
2.30pm – CHRISTIAN DIOR
16:00 – GERMANIER
5.00pm – ANREALAGE
6.00pm – ESTER MANAS
8.00pm – SAINT LAURENT
Wednesday 28 February
10.30am – COURRÈGES
12:00 – THE ROW
1.30pm – UNDERCOVER
3pm – DRIES VAN NOTEN
4.00pm – CECILIE BAHNSEN
5pm – CASABLANCA
6.30pm – ACNE STUDIOS
8.00pm – BALMAIN
Thursday 29 February
09:30 – RICK OWENS
11.30am – OFF-WHITE
1pm – GAUCHERE
2.00pm – CHLOÉ
3pm – GIVENCHY
4.30pm – RABANNE
5.30pm – UMA WANG
7.00pm – SCHIAPARELLI
8.00pm – ISABEL MARANT
Friday 1 March
10:00 – LEONARD PARIS
11.30am – LOEWE
1pm – ISSEY MIYAKE
2.30pm – GIAMBATTISTA VALLI
4.00pm – NINA RICCI
5.30pm – VETEMENTS
7.00pm – YOHJI YAMAMOTO
8.30pm – VICTORIA BECKHAM
Saturday 2 March
9.30 – JUNIA WATANABE
10.30am – CARVEN
12:00 – NOIR BY NINOMIYA
1pm – VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
2.30pm – HERMÈS
4.00pm – ELIE SAAB
5.00pm – COMME DES GARÇONS
6.00pm – ANN DEMEULEMEESTER
8.00pm – ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
Sunday 3 March
11.30am – BALENCIAGA
1pm – DURAN LANTINK
2.00pm – AKRIS
3.00pm – VALENTINE
4.00pm – OTTOLINGER
5.30pm – ATLEIN
7pm – Y/PROYECT
8.30pm – MUGLER
Monday 4 March
10:00 – STELLA MCCARTNEY
11:00 – AZ FACTORY
12:00 – ZIMMERMANN
1.00pm – MARINE SERRE
2.30pm – SHIATZY CHEN
4.00pm – SACAI
5.30pm – ROKH
6.30pm – PIERRE CARDIN
8.00pm – COPERNI
Tuesday 5 March
10.30am – CHANEL
11.30am – ZOMER
12.30 – KIKO KOSTADINOV
2.00pm – MIU MIU
3.00pm – AVELLANO
4.00pm – LACOSTE
5pm – UJOH
6.30pm – LOUIS VUITTON
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