Fashion Month is fast approaching and, as the world weathers a surge in COVID-19 cases, the viability of travel and in-person gatherings remains up in the air.
The Fall/Winter 2022 season will kick off with men’s shows, starting in Milan on January 14. Already, big-ticket names including JW Anderson and Giorgio Armani have canceled their shows, instead opting for a digital format (Anderson is abandoning Italy entirely, holding his showroom in London instead).
In Paris, Acne Studios, Dries Van Noten, and Yohji Yamamoto (among others) will also present digitally.
Interestingly, Paris Couture Week — which directly follows the men’s shows — remains largely unchanged, currently set to host a whopping 16 in-person events.
The state of the FW22 womenswear calendar, scheduled to begin in New York on February 11, largely rests on the severity of the pandemic in four weeks’ time — so consider things TBD for now.
Below, we’ve laid out this month’s shows, which designers are (tentatively) sticking with a physical format, and which are going digital.
IRL
DSquared2 – January 14
1017 ALYX 9SM – January 14
Fendi – January 15
Dolce & Gabbana – January 15
MSGM – January 15
Philipp Plein – January 15
Tod’s – January 16
Prada – January 16
DIGITAL
Emporio Armani – January 15
JW Anderson – January 16
Giorgio Armani – January 17
IRL
Bianca Saunders – January 19
Lemaire – January 19
Y/Project – January 19
Rick Owens – January 20
Courreges – January 21
Paul Smith – January 21
Dior Homme – January 21
VTMNTS – January 21
Loewe – January 22
Hermes – January 22
Casablanca – January 22
Kidsuper – January 22
Kenzo – January 23
Walter Van Beirendonck – January 23
DIGITAL
Acne Studios – January 19
Dries Van Noten – January 20
Yohji Yamamoto – January 20
GmbH – January 21
Doublet – January 23
Wales Bonner – January 23
TBD
Louis Vuitton – January 20
IRL
Schiaparelli – January 24
Ulyana Sergeenko – January 24
Iris Van Herpen – January 24
Dior – January 24
Chanel – January 25
Alexis Mabille – January 25
Zuhair Murad – January 26
Valentino – January 26
Jean Paul Gaultier – January 26
Viktor & Rolf – January 26
Elie Saab – January 26
Charles de Vilmorin – January 26
Fendi – January 26
DIGITAL
Giambattista Valli – January 24
Giorgio Armani Privé – January 25
