And similar to that – as menswear trend month and high fashion week come to an finish for one more season – Girls’s Style Week A/W 2024 shimmers on the horizon, promising a crowded month-long schedule of runway reveals, displays and happenings in New York, London, Milan and Paris.
It’s a season which comes with loads of intrigue, with extremely anticipated inventive director debuts from a number of totally different manufacturers. At Alexander McQueen, Irish designer Seán McGirr will current his first runway assortment (the British label will proceed to name Paris its residence, after Sarah Burton’s last present within the metropolis final September). Additionally, at Chloé, Chemena Kamali will return to the home the place she started her profession. (Extra lately, she was at Saint Laurent because the design director of womenswear). In Milan, Matteo Tamburini will start his tenure at Tod’s, whereas his predecessor, Walter Chiapponi will make his debut at Blumarine.
Right here, in response to Wallpaper*, is all the things to sit up for from Girls’s Style Week A/W 2024.
Girls’s Style Week A/W 2024: what to sit up for
New York Style Week A/W 2024 (9 – 14 February 2024)
It falls to Peter Do to start trend month along with his anticipated sophomore assortment for Helmut Lang. The designer started his tenure final 12 months, and his September runway present noticed him riff on American archetypes and recall the stripped-back design codes of the home founder. It additionally featured a collaboration with American writer and poet Ocean Vuong, whose phrases have been emblazoned throughout clothes and the runway. Count on an evolution of those codes as Do settles into the position for his second season.
Elsewhere on day one is Willy Chavarria – considered one of New York’s brightest abilities, and a part of final 12 months’s Wallpaper* USA 300 – in addition to 3.1 Phillip Lim, Collina Strada, and Tommy Hilfiger (anticipate a high-octane occurring on the final). The remainder of the week sees collections from New York Style Week stalwarts Proenza Schouler, Eckhaus Latta, Space, Tory Burch, Coach, Michael Kors and Gabriela Hearst, whereas Ludovic de Saint Sernin will make the shift from Paris this season. Closing the week is Thom Browne, who makes his return to New York Style Week on February 14 – an apt transfer, contemplating the American designer is now chairman of the CFDA, the physique which organises the week.
Backstage at Thom Browne’s high fashion present in Paris final 12 months. This season, the American designer will return to New York Style Week, displaying on 14 February
(Picture credit score: Images by Corey Tenold)
London Style Week (16 – 20 February 2024)
JW Anderson, which takes place on 18 February, and Burberry, on the night of 19 February, stay London Style Week’s most high-profile attracts, the latter marking Daniel Lee’s third runway present for the home. Earlier within the month, a high-profile takeover of London’s Harrods division retailer will likely be revealed, asserting the heritage model’s presence within the metropolis. Alongside, Dunhill will be a part of the schedule for the primary time since 2020, internet hosting an intimate salon-style present to herald the arrival of latest inventive director Simon Holloway (the event additionally coincides with the latest a hundred and thirtieth anniversary of the home, which was based in London in 1893).
London Style Week – which is now in its fortieth 12 months – is all the time energised by the town’s rising designers, which as ever return in pressure this season. Count on a sophomore runway present from Aaron Esh – following a pointy debut from the designer final season, held on one of many higher flooring of Tate Trendy’s Blavatnik Constructing – alongside new collections from Conner Ives (who historically reveals one season on, one season off), KNWLS, Tolu Coker and Robyn Lynch, in addition to the Central Saint Martins MA trend present, which is able to reveal a contemporary crop of younger expertise. Rounding out the week are the town’s extra established – however no much less intriguing – names, together with Molly Goddard, Simone Rocha, Roksanda, Erdem and Ahluwalia.
A glance from Aaron Esh’s debut runway present. The London-based designer will present his sophomore assortment at London Style Week, amongst a slew of different rising abilities
(Picture credit score: Courtesy of Aaron Esh)
Milan Style Week (20 – 26 February 2024)
Although there won’t be the big-name debuts that outlined final season – particularly, Sabato De Sarno at Gucci, who will present his second womenswear assortment from the home this time round – anticipate new visions for each Tod’s and Blumarine. On the former, ex-Bottega Veneta designer Matteo Tamburini will take the reigns, whereas on the latter, his predecessor Walter Chiapponi will current a brand new assortment for the label, having changed Nicola Brognano final 12 months. As such, anticipate a shift away from the Y2K aesthetic that outlined Brognano’s tenure. London-based designer Feben – considered one of Wallpaper’s designers set to outline 2024 – will make her Milan Style Week debut, displaying with the help of Dolce & Gabbana.
Elsewhere, highlights will little question embrace Prada (eyes will likely be on the evolution of OMA’s putting menswear set, which clashed the good outdoor with a company workplace), Ferragamo (following a smooth assortment from Maximilian Davis final season, which continued his evolution of the model), Tom Ford (Peter Hawkings’ sophomore outing), Emporio Armani, Giorgio Armani, Max Mara, Dolce & Gabbana and Bottega Veneta. Finishing the week is Marni, returning to Milan after reveals in New York, Tokyo and Paris.
Feben, as featured within the January concern of Wallpaper*. The London-based designer will present in Milan this season supported by Dolce & Gabbana
(Picture credit score: Images by Sasha Marro, trend by Jason Hughes)
Paris Style Week (26 February – 5 March 2024)
Ending the month is Paris Style Week, a nine-day schedule which incorporates among the season’s most anticipated reveals – amongst them, Dior, Saint Laurent, Loewe, Balenciaga, Hermès, Miu Miu and Chanel, every promising spectacle-heavy runway reveals which is able to little question take over the social media timeline. Alongside, Irish designer Seán McGirr will current his new imaginative and prescient for Alexander McQueen, having taken over from Sarah Burton final September. He’ll present his debut assortment for the British home on the night of two March, little question offering one of many week’s most talked-about moments.
Louis Vuitton, in the meantime, will return to the week’s last spot, displaying on March 5 at 6.30pm. Count on a high-profile affair: it has been ten years since Nicolas Ghesquière started on the storied French home, and the designer has been posting highlights from that tenure on his Instagram up to now couple of weeks. Will his A/W 2024 be a greatest-hits affair? Keep tuned to Wallpaper’s trend week protection to search out out.
Supply: Wallpaper
