To be held from September 27-October 5, 2021, the Paris Fashion will host around 40 live shows. The event will feature 92 fashion houses including Paul Smith and Raf Simons return. A number of brands will organize physical shows and events during the fashion week, indicates the provisional calendar of the Federation de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. The nine-day season commences with LVMH Prize finalist Kenneth Ize, the exciting new Austro-Nigerian designer, and end with a unique celebration to the late Albert Elbaz, in a show by his fledgling fashion house AZ Factory.

Major global brands such as Christian Dior, Balmain, Hermes, Balenciaga, Givenchy, Chanel, Miu Miu and Louis Vuitton will stage live shows, albeit before reduced audiences. Around 32 brands will hold physical presentations with mixes of videos, still life and live models in by-invitation-only spaces. All digital events will be broadcast on the Federation’s official platform, which was radically updated and modernized in the past several years.

Young designer Roches of Charles de Vilmorin will present his couture collection while Founding Designer Ann Demeulemeester will launch her first collection since the 2020 acquisition of her house by Italian fashion entrepreneur Claudio Antonioli.