TLE 103: CLOTHING

MANAGEMENT AND
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
Prof. Wilfredo Takasan
 Definition and
Examples of
Fashion Show and
Runways
Jasmin I. Sombilon
 What is a Fashion Show?

An event at which fashionable clothes are modeled for
an audience. -Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University
Press
 Fashion shows debut every season,
particularly the Spring/Summer and
Fall/Winter seasons.
This is where the latest fashion trends are
made.

The two most influential fashion weeks

are Paris Fashion Week and New York
Fashion Week, which are both semiannual
events.
The Milan, London and Berlin fashion weeks
are also of global importance. - The Fundamentals
of Fashion Management

By Susan Dillon
 In a typical fashion show, Occasionally, fashion shows
Models walk the catwalk dressed in the Take the form of installations, where the

clothing created by the designer. models are static, standing or sitting in a

Clothing is illuminated on the runway using constructed environment.

various forms of lighting and special effects. A wide range of contemporary designers tend

to produce their shows as theatrical

The order in which each model walks out, productions with elaborate sets and added

wearing a specific outfit, is usually planned in elements such as live music or a variety of

accordance to the statement that the designer technological components like holograms, for

wants to make about their collection. example.

 Example of
an elaborate
stage set used
for the
Chanel Haute
Couture Fall-
Winter 2011
show
A fashion show
in Lagos,
Nigeria, last
year. In the
past decade,
integrating
traditional
clothing into
high fashion
has become a
source of pride
in Nigeria.
 Models on
the runway
at São
Paulo
Fashion
Week, 2017
 Every
Mind-
Blowing
Look From
the Paris
Haute
Couture
Fashion
Week
Runways
 Models moving in
opposite directions stop
to pose on
the runway at
a fashion show in
Canada, 2014
 Gigi Hadid wears a
dreadlock “outré hair”
wig in Marc Jacobs’
spring 2017 runway
show.
 The model Bruna
Tenório during São
Paulo Fashion Week.
 The model Bryanna
Elkins during Toronto
Fashion Week.
China’s Shanghai
Fashion Week pivoted
to a livestream on
Alibaba’s Tmall e-
commerce platform at
the end of March,
followed by G-Star
Raw’s April “Stay-at-
Home Catwalk” and
Betabrand’s, San
Francisco’s apparel
brand, “Work from
Home Fashion Show”,
among others.
Virtual Runway
Shows
Presented
During SS21
Fashion Week
Modern Fashion Background Music / Catwalk, Modeling and Runway Music
Why are Fashion
shows filled
with
unwearable
garments?
Why are runway
clothes so
weird?
 WHY?
Designers are
They are looking to
artists and
push the boundaries
they wish to
of what is considered
express
It would help if you “acceptable” or
something
thought of a fashion “beautiful” in order to
through their
runway as an art show off their artistic
designs.
museum or gallery, genius.

because the majority

of what goes down the
catwalks is intended to
be art and not Some brands/
Fashion is commercially worn designers use
not only garments for everyday the runway as
about people. an opportunity
looking to showcase
pretty, it is their unique
ART.  creativity.
 “Everyday is a
fashion show and the
world is the runway.”
-Coco Chanel
Thanks!
Any questions?