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From celebrity favorite Michael Kors to New
York first-timer Heron Preston, more than 70 brands will be
showcasing their autumn/winter 2023 designs around the city,
according to the event's organizer, the Council of Fashion
Designers of America (CFDA).
At a time when social media is opening up once-exclusive catwalk
shows to fashion followers around the world, brands will be
seeking to stand out and create plenty of buzz.
In October, Parisian brand Coperni spray-painted a dress onto
model Bella Hadid for its show finale.
"A lot of designers are really realizing that Gen Z and TikTok
is very prone to weird items and that the weirder, the better,"
Frances Solá-Santiago, a fashion writer at online publication
Refinery29, told Reuters.
"Designers are recognizing that there is importance and not just
putting ... models down a runway but really trying to do
something bigger.”
Among the highlights this season will be the return of designer
and new CFDA Chairman Thom Browne from Paris. Brands Rodarte and
Luar will open and close the lineup respectively.
Solá-Santiago said she expected to see a Y2K revival and the
continued resurgence of nightlife attire as well as designers
looking to social media trends for inspiration.
“There's a lot of niche TikTok aesthetics that are really
emerging like #Cottagecore #Regencycore, #Balletcore," she said.
However, at a time when people globally are experiencing high
inflation for everyday essentials, will designs reflect the
reality of current times?
“Fashion is always really inspired by what's happening in the
economic landscape, so there's also a lot of talk about how are
designers going to react to inflation, to the impending
recession," Solá-Santiago said.
"That's something that I'm very curious to look out because it's
very interesting to see how fashion is impacting culture and how
people are dressing for the times that we live in."
(Reporting by Alicia Powell; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian;
Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
(Photo: Models present creations by Carolina Herrera at the
Plaza Hotel during fashion week in Manhattan, New York City,
U.S., September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs)
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