Scheduled on January 15-19, the Milan Fashion Week will feature 37 brands, reports Fashion Network.

Of these, five labels will stage genuine physical catwalk shows, and seven new names - presenting their menswear (and womenswear too for some) collections for the Fall/Winter 2021-22 will showcase their collections digitally

Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi and Etro will stage physical shows. K-Way and Korean label Solid Homme by designer Woo Young Mi, both showing for the first time in Milan, are the other two names on the physical show list.

The other debut labels on the Milanese calendar are Italy-based Moldovan designer Dina Leu, who won the menswear prize at this year’s Who’s On Next competition; emerging label Vaderetro, created in 2019 by designer duo Hanna Boyer and Antonio D'Andrea; Dalpaos, by talented emerging designer Nicola D’Alpaos; New Delhi-based Indian designer and entrepreneur Dhruv Kapoor; and Tokyo James, the label by Nigerian-born British designer Ineyie Tokyo James.

All the top Italian fashion names are of course on the calendar, like Ermenegildo Zegna, which will stage the fashion week's opening event on Friday January 15, followed by Les Hommes. Prada, Tod’s and MSGM will follow suit on Sunday January 17. Some labels are mulling whether to take part in the January fashion week or in the February one, presenting their men’s and women’s collections together.

As in July, the Italian Fashion Chamber (CNMI) will deploy a website dedicated to the event with plenty of content. Besides featuring the official calendar and the labels’ video presentations, the site will also give access to pages with various conferences and interviews. Each participating label will also have its own digital showroom on the site.