Milan Fashion Week

The Milan Fashion Week ( in italian Settimana della moda di Milano or Milano Moda, in English Milan Fashion Week ) is a four times a year held fashion show in Milan at each within about a week world renowned fashion brands in the context of fashion shows and presentations each their women's and men's fashion to an international audience.

Milan is one with Paris, New York and London at the Big Four, the four major venues of fashion shows of established top fashion brands. The Milan fashion weeks play in men's fashion in front of Paris, New York and London, the world's most important role. After Paris, the fashion world also looks in women's fashion in front of New York and London to Milan.

Dates

In January and June of each year, the Milano Moda Uomo for men's fashion, the end of February and in September the Milano Moda Donna takes place for women's fashion. The designs will be presented in each case about one year before the season: in January and February, the models for the autumn / winter season the following year are presented, in June and September for the spring / summer season of the following year. Be organized fashion weeks by the Italian fashion association Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana ( CNMI ), which exists since 1958. Directly after the Milan fashion weeks begin each year the Paris fashion shows. Time in front of the Milan Fashion week for women is the beginning of February and beginning of September every year, the New York Fashion Week, followed by the London Fashion Week. In New York and London, the women's and men's collections are presented twice a year within a week. Directly in front of the Milan Fashion Week for Men Pitti Immagine Uomo which will take place in Florence.

History

The Italian fashion industry was found in the post-war period for the first time in 1951 in Florence to a fashion show for an international audience. This results in the up -existent today Florentine fashion trade show Pitti Immagine developed. Although the CNMI was founded in Milan in 1958, a major fashion show in Milan was established with the Milanovendemoda until 1969. And during the mid- 1970s, when the now great Italian fashion brands such as Giorgio Armani, Versace, Gianfranco Ferre, Laura Biagiotti, Roberto Cavalli or Iceberg and Byblos were gradually launched and the made fashion was more on the rise, originated in Milan the idea to establish a centrally organized fashion week for designer brands. Top brands like Gucci and Fendi launched in that time, their clothing lines. Therefore, in 1978 the ladies fashion fair Modit was launched in the same year, the Centro Sfilate, which later became the framework for the top designer brands, the Milano Collezioni were. In the 1980s, Italian fashion brands such as Alberta Ferretti ( 1980), Luciano Soprani (1982 ), Enrico Coveri (1982 ), Moschino (1983 ) and Dolce & Gabbana (1984 ) came on the market. Trussardi (1983) and Prada (1988 ) began with the production of clothing. The Italian Modeindstrie won world increasingly important.

Milanovendemoda and Modit did together in 1994 and formed La moda a Milano or Modamilano, which was eventually renamed Milano Collezioni. 2003 Modit and Milanovendemoda parted (since 2009 MI Milano ) again. From the Milano Collezioni Donna ( women's fashion ) and Milano Collezioni Uomo ( men's fashion ) Finally the instruments to this day called and organized by the CNMI Milano Moda Donna Fashion Week Milano Moda Uomo and.

Fashion Brands

In addition to the complex and expensive catwalk demonstrations show some Italian and international top designer brands their designs during Milan fashion weeks in the context of so-called presentations in showrooms.

Women's Fashion ( using the example in February 2011, partial list, a total of about 70 fashion shows )

Aigner, Alberta Ferretti, Antonio Marras, Angelo Marani, Aquilano Rimondi, Armani, Bally, Bottega Veneta, Brioni, Byblos C'N'C Costume National ( women's and men's fashion ), D & G, Dolce & Gabbana, Dsquared ², Emilio Pucci, Ermanno Scervino, Fendi, Gaetano Navarra, Gianfranco Ferre, Gucci, Jil Sander, John Richmond, Les Copains, Loro Piana, Krizia, Laura Biagiotti, Marni, Max Mara, Mila Schon, Missoni, Moschino, Prada, Roberto Cavalli, Roccobarocco, Salvatore Ferragamo, Trussardi, Versace, Woolrich

Men's fashion (using the example in June 2011, partial list, a total of about 40 fashion shows )

Alexander McQueen, Armani, Bally, Bottega Veneta, Brioni, Burberry Prorsum, Calvin Klein Collection, Canali, Costume National Homme, D & G, Dirk Bikkembergs, Dolce & Gabbana, Dsquared ², Etro, Gucci, Iceberg, Jil Sander, John Richmond, John Varvatos, Marc Jacobs, Missoni, Moncler, Nicole Farhi, Prada, Neil Barrett, Pringle of Scotland, Roberto Cavalli, Salvatore Ferragamo, Trussardi, Versace, Vivienne Westwood, Woolrich, Zegna