Fashion week catwalk calendar flux

The fashion week calendar for the AW12 shows is still in flux, with the Italian fashion council, Camera Nationale dell Moda, initially wanting to move the dates of Milan Fashion Week, to overlap with London and New York, but now has changed

its mind.

For obvious reasons there was strong opposition from the UK and USA, and today the Italian fashion council a released a new statement:

The Board of Directors of Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana met today and, with regard to the issue concerning the future dates of our fashion weeks’ schedules, it unanimously deliberated to confirm the previous schedule for September 2012 with New York fashion week starting on Thursday 6 of September, followed by London, Milan and Paris Agree for the next two years ( September 2013 and September 2014) with the proposal of Diane Von Furstenberg, President of Council of Fashion Designers of America, to start New York Fashion Week on the second Thursday of September, that is to say on September 12th in 2013 and on September 11th in 2014.

This, at the following conditions:

2.a New York’s last day should be on September 18th in 2013 and on September 17th in 2014 in order to allow London an additional day for the presentation of the menswear collections.

2.b. Paris will accept this structure and follow Milan as always, starting on Wednesday 2nd of October in 2013 and on Wednesday 1st in 2014

In case those conditions didn’t happen, the above mentioned solution could not be applied.

Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana is looking forward to receiving a feedback (sic) from New York, London and Paris

So it looks as if we are back to the original scheduling, which seemed to work out ok for most buyers and press.

Image: Donatella Versace