The Fashion Show Will Go On. But How?
It’s been six months since COVID-19 broke out, and with 6.3 million cases of the illness recorded in the U.S. alone, it’s clear we’re not yet in a position to answer that question. (Though in all likelihood, the reply will be a resounding and unencumbered no.) But on Sunday, New York Fashion Week begins its Spring 2021 season regardless, with 60 “presentations” listed on the CFDA’s official calendar. (In February, as Vogue noted, that number amounted to 177.) Yet some of New York’s biggest names — like Michael Kors, Tory Burch, Proenza Schouler, Brandon Maxwell and Prabal Gurung — do not appear on the schedule at all; Marc Jacobs opted out of the Spring 2021 season altogether, with his customary time slot now filled by Eckhaus Latta. Of this 60, a small group — including Jason Wu and Rebecca Minkoff — will be holding in-person events in “strict compliance” with New York State health and safety guidelines. The rest will take place digitally, either by livestream, video or something else entirely. It will look exactly nothing like the New York Fashion Week that once packed Spring Studios elevators with equal parts showgoers and Santal 33. But the fashion show will go on, in whatever capacity New York State allows it to. Read more at Fashionista.
