Another season of runway shows is negotiating the social restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic. But which cities are cementing their show-must-go-on spirit? Which labels are presenting IRL? And which brands are staying put in the digital sphere? Here we present our expert guide to how each fashion city is approaching the S/S 2022 womenswear shows, in London, New York, Milan and Paris
Fashion week S/S 2022: all you need to know
New York Fashion Week 8-12 September
New York Fashion week very much came back back with a bang. A host of behemoth and burgeoning brands presented physical catwalk shows, brimmging with optimism, glamour and a sense of community and creativity, including Tom Ford, Proenza Schouler, Khaite and new runway additions Peter Do and Maryam Nassir Zadeh. As if all that IRL excitement wasn't enough, the Met Gala followed on September 13, for the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
London Fashion Week 17-21 September
London Fashion Week touhced down in the city with a host of catwalk shows, presentations, parties and appointments, some of which take place in the newly minted TikTok show space. A host of British stalwarts showed for spring, including Roksanda, Simone Rocha and Erdem, alongside burgeoning brands which took to the catwalk for the first time, including 2021 LVMH Prize winner Nensi Dojaka, Supriya Lele and SS Daley.
Nensi Dojaka, featured as part of the Wallpaper* Graduate Directory 2020
Milan Fashion Week 21-27 September
Organisational body Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI) announced a show schedule packed with IRL big hitters, including the first physical runway show from Raf Simons and Miuccia Prada, who announced their co-creative directorship of Prada in February 2020, just before the world went into lockdown, plus shows from Italian behemoths including Fendi, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Giorgio Armani and Salvatore Ferragamo.
Paris Fashion Week 27 September-5 October
Paris Fashion Week S/S 2022 has been chock-a-block with physical and live streamed events. A host of emerging and established brands have stepped up, from Kenneth Ize to Christian Dior, Coperni to Louis Vuitton. The season ends with a show dedicated to the late great Alber Elbaz, who launched his label A-Z factory earlier this year.
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Ashlyn, the quietly romantic New York label from a Yohji Yamamoto alumnaThe focus of our latest Uprising column, Seoul-born Ashlyn Park worked for fashion greats before starting her own label in 2020. Showing her S/S 2026 collection at NYFW yesterday, she talks to Wallpaper* about marrying Japanese influences with the romance of Parisian savoir-faire
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How Bureau Betak transformed the runway show: ‘Our currency is emotion and memory’Pioneering production company Bureau Betak has masterminded some of the most inspiring runway sets of the last 30 years, dazzling both real-life guests and an ever-growing virtual global audience. Hugo Macdonald meets the people behind the magic
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‘They gave me carte blanche to do what I want’: Paul Kooiker photographs the students of Gerrit Rietveld Academie for Acne StudiosHeralding the launch of a new permanent gallery from fashion label Acne Studios, the celebrated Dutch photographer’s new body of work praises the bravery of ‘people who choose to go to an art school at a time like this’
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Paris Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2026: live updates from the Wallpaper* teamFrom 24-29 June, Paris Fashion Week Men’s arrives in the French capital. Follow along for a first look at the shows, presentations and other fashion happenings, as seen by the Wallpaper* editors
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What the Wallpaper* editors are looking forward to at Men’s Fashion Week S/S 2026As Men’s Fashion Week S/S 2026 begins in Florence, the Wallpaper* style team select the moments they will be looking out for – from Jonathan Anderson’s anticipated Dior debut to outings from Wales Bonner, Kiko Kostadinov and Prada
