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Model walking the Michael Kors catwalk during Fall Fashion Week, New York City
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University of Texas Evolution fashion show, 2007
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A fashion show is an event put on by a fashion designer to showcase his or her upcoming line of clothing. In a typical fashion show, models walk the runway dressed in the clothing created by the designer. Occasionally, fashion shows take the form of installations, where the models are static, standing or sitting in a constructed environment.

History

Because "the topic of fashion shows remains to find its historian,"[1] the earliest history of fashion shows remains obscure.

In the 1800s, "fashion parades" periodically took place in Paris couture salons.[2]

American retailers imported the concept of the fashion show in the early 1900s.[2] The first American fashion show likely took place in 1903 in the New York City store Ehrlich Brothers.[2] By 1910, large department stores such as Wanamaker's in New York City and Philadelphia were also staging fashion shows.[2] These events showed couture gowns from Paris or the store's copies of them; they aimed to demonstrate the owners' good taste and capture the attention of female shoppers.[2]

By the 1920s, retailers across the United States held fashion shows.[2] Often, these shows were theatrical, presented with narratives, and organized around a theme (e.g. Parisian, Chinese, or Russian).[2] These shows enjoyed huge popularity through mid-century, sometimes attracting thousands of customers and gawkers.[2]

In the 1970s and 1980s, American designers began to hold their own fashion shows in private spaces apart from such retailers.[2] In the early 1990s, however, many in the fashion world began to rethink this strategy.[2] After several mishaps during shows in small, unsafe locations, "[t]he general sentiment was, 'We love fashion but we don't want to die for it,'" recalls Fern Mallis, then executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.[2] In response to these shows, the New York shows were centralized in Bryant Park during fashion week in late 1993.[2]

In the 2000s, the American television program Full Frontal Fashion specialized in airing fashion shows.

References

1. ^ Valerie Steele, chief curator and director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, quoted in Fortini, Amanda. How the Runway Took Off: A Brief History of the Fashion Show. Slate Magazine (Feb. 8, 2006).
2. ^ Fortini, Amanda. How the Runway Took Off: A Brief History of the Fashion Show. Slate Magazine (Feb. 8, 2006).
Fashion design is the applied art dedicated to the design of clothing and lifestyle accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time.
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A model is a person who poses or displays for purposes of art, fashion, or other products and advertising.

Modeling is distinguished from other types of public performance, such as an acting, dancing or mime artistry, although the boundary is not well defined.
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Catwalk, a term probably derived from catwalks that connect adjacent buildings, describes a narrow, usually elevated platform used by models to demonstrate clothing and accessories during a fashion show.
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Couture is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:
  • Couture, in the Charente département
  • Couture-d'Argenson, in the Deux-Sèvres département
  • Couture-sur-Loir, in the Loir-et-Cher département

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    Retailing consists of the sale of goods or merchandise, from a fixed location such as a department store or kiosk, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser.[1] Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery.
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    Wanamaker's department store was the first department store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and one of the first department stores in the United States. It was renowned for its honest reputation and for innovating many retailing firsts in America.
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    The Council of Fashion Designers of America is a non-profit trade group for American fashion designers founded in 1962.[1]

    The organization sponsors the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, scholarships, and professional development programs, as well as awards for fashion
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    Bryant Park is a 9.603 acre (39,000 m²) public park located in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is bounded by Fifth Avenue, Sixth Avenue, 40th Street and 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan.[1] The central building of the New York Public Library is in the park.
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    New York Fashion Week is a semiannual fashion week held in New York City.

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    The first New York Fashion Week, then called Press Week, was the world's first organized fashion week.
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    Full Frontal Fashion is an American television program of the 2000s that gives complete coverage of designer fashion shows and other aspects of the fashion industry.
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