London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week: 15th-19th February 2013

London, Milan, New York and Paris being the famous four! Each year all the rich and famous flock to these weekly fashion shows, showcasing the best and newest fashion.

There are many more Fashion Weeks all over the world; Africa, Australia, Canada, Russia

February saw London Fashion Week between the 15th and 19th February 2013. There were 56 catwalk shows, 20 presentation and over 120 designers showcasing there new ideas and trends.

With this Boris Johnson said, "London Fashion Week is a dazzling showcase of great British talent. Its significance has been growing over the last few years, with strong attendance by press and buyers from around the world." (www.londonfashionweek.co.uk)

London Fashion Week describe their even as, " the most creative and innovative event on the global fashion calendar." (www.londonfashionweeks.co.uk)

With the fashion event such a highly popular event there is much pressure on all the parties involved from the fashion designers creating their best pieces to the models showcasing the designs perfectly.

With over 5,000 visitors to the 2013 LFW and an estimated £100 million worth of orders places during the show is it any wonder there is such an issue about how the models look seeing as they are the ones showing off the fashion designers hard work?

 

London Fashion Week (online) Facts and Figures AW13 (2013) [Available from]http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/news/507/Facts--Figures-AW13 [Accessed on 9th April 2013]

International Fashion Shows

International Fashion Shows

There are hundreds fashion shows held around the world in almost every country. The main Fashion weeks alongside London are Paris, Milan and New York.

These are almost the Famous Four, yet there are many more in Australia, Japan, Canada, Israel, Russia and Africa to name a few.

Again there is high economic impact from these shows. Like London the highly popular shows generate interest from all other countries. According to Economic Development Corporation, the Mercedes-Benz Fashion week in New York generated close to $865 million for the New York economy, with 232,000 people attending Fashion Weeks in New York over the 500 annual events each year in the city. The fashion industry in New York is worth $98 million.

Again, this huge industry relies on perfect models to advertise the latest trends and fashions in these hugely popular fashion shows adding vast amount of pressure onto the models as each year thousands of eyes are on them. New York and London are only two of the annual fashion shows held each year across the globe the numbers of worldwide spectators to these events grow rapidly meaning the models must compete to be the best of the best. But how far does this competition and determination be the best at the shows, go?

This video showcases some of the outrageous and revealing fashions at China's 2012 Fashion Week. Look at what the models have to wear!