Fashion shows

FILE -- In this June 23, 2012 file photo Italian fashion designers Stefano Gabbana, left, and Domenico Dolce take the catwalk after presenting their Dolce & Gabbana men's fashion collection in Milan, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)

Dolce&Gabbana's "light therapy'' collection celebrates life

By Colleen Barry Jun. 19, 2021 01:50 PM EDT

Armani, Dolce & Gabbana to go live for Milan Fashion Week

May. 25, 2021 08:55 AM EDT
MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week will remain mostly digital for menswear previews in June, with just three fashion houses opting to host guests in their...

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021 file photo, a model wears a creation for Fendi's Spring-Summer 2021 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Fashion industry evolves, as virus forces a rethink

By Thomas Adamson And Francois Mori Apr. 18, 2021 02:33 AM EDT

Milan-based Austrian fashion designer Arthur Arbesser, poses in his studio holding a painter’s pallet that he picked up at a flea market, and which inspired the signature print for his Fall 2021 collection of 25 looks, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. Arbesser decided against a runway show in this digital era, instead focusing his creative energies to make a collection from revitalized textiles from his archives that he had printed over, and experimenting with other artisanal techniques with his small team. (AP Photo/Colleen Barry)

Milan designers hit reset button during digital fashion week

By Colleen Barry Mar. 01, 2021 03:49 PM EST

A model walks the runway at the Christian Siriano Fall/Winter 2021 at Gotham Hall during New York Fashion Week on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Christian Siriano offers mountain glam for 2nd pandemic show

By Leanne Italie Feb. 25, 2021 07:22 PM EST

A giant screen streams a Moschino fashion live show presenting the women's Fall Winter 2021-22 collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Prada sees virtues to preserve in digital runways

By Colleen Barry Feb. 25, 2021 03:15 PM EST

A model wears a creation as part of the Daniel Del Core women's and men's Fall Winter 2021-22 collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Del Core intros new brand with live show during digital MFW

By Colleen Barry Feb. 24, 2021 02:17 PM EST

Model Michaela Tomanova displays a creation by Julien Fournie for his Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2021 fashion collection for a digital presentation of the fashion week, in Paris, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. With shows taking place behind closed doors due to the virus pandemic, some designers such as Julien Fournie are becoming versatile: Getting their designs out to the public by making a film of their collection and streaming it online. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

AP PHOTOS: Designer Julien Fournie's showcase is a movie

Jan. 27, 2021 04:45 AM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018 file photo, Carlo Capasa, head of the National Chamber of Italian Fashion, attends the Fendi women's 2019 Spring-Summer fashion show, during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy. Italy’s fashion chamber opens the first Milan Fashion Week on Friday with no VIPS populating runway front rows, as the reality of the persistent virus resurgence in Italy has forced an all-digital, no physical week of menswear previews. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Milan opens 1st fashion week with no VIP guests due to virus

By Colleen Barry Jan. 15, 2021 09:43 AM EST

5 live menswear shows planned for hybrid Milan Fashion Week

Dec. 18, 2020 01:47 PM EST
MILAN (AP) — Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi and Etro are planning to stage live runway shows previewing menswear collections next month during a mostly digital...

FILE - Designers Lazaro Hernandez, left, and Jack McCollough attend the WSJ. Magazine 2019 Innovator Awards in New York on Nov. 6, 2019. The designer duo have been thinking about longterm changes to the way they and their colleagues work. In an interview they mused that maybe less is more and they don’t need to do runway shows with every collection. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Proenza designers reflect on getting off the 'hamster wheel'

By Jocelyn Noveck Nov. 17, 2020 04:50 PM EST

Designer Angela Brito poses for a photo during an interview in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. A Rio de Janeiro-based designer participating in this year’s Sao Paulo Fashion Week, Brito, moved to Brazil from Cape Verde more than two decades ago. Her collection this year is called “Identity,” and blends traditional woven cloth from her home country with more cosmopolitan styles. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Fashion-forward: Affirmative action hits Brazil's runways

By David Biller And Mauricio Savarese Nov. 08, 2020 10:04 AM EST

This image released by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York shows a black dress by Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen, left, and a ball gown by American designer Charles James, part of The Costume Institute’s exhibition "About Time: Fashion and Duration," tracing 150 years of fashion. (Anna-Marie Kellen/Metropolitan Museum of Art via AP)

Sans gala or red carpet, a stylish fashion show at the Met

By Jocelyn Noveck Oct. 30, 2020 10:48 AM EDT

A model poses during a photo shoot for the Lotus Make-up India Fashion Week, at the farmhouse of a designer in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. Unlike a fashion show, models aren't swaying live on a ramp. They are depending on digital technology to rescue their annual extravaganza from the coronavirus pandemic with ''Phygital edition." India’s first digital fashion week is being held from Oct. 14-18, live streaming the spring-summer collections by more than 40 fashion designers. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

AP PHOTOS: India holds digital fashion week amid pandemic

By Manish Swarup Oct. 17, 2020 05:58 AM EDT

Giambattista Valli presentation in Paris channels 1960s

By Thomas Adamson Oct. 05, 2020 01:19 PM EDT
PARIS (AP) — Giambattista Valli’s 1960s-infused collection was the highlight on the second-last day of Paris Fashion Week, which concludes Tuesday with Chanel...