From Monday, July 4 to Thursday, July 7, Paris will host Haute Couture Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2022-2023. For this unmissable event, the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture announces that 29 fashion houses are registered on the official calendar for this season.
During these four days, 27 physical parades and two physical presentations will be organized. Influenced by the two years of health crisis, all the houses have planned an online broadcast, in addition to the physical parade. This will be done either by live streaming, videos, or other digital formats.
The most anticipated shows of Haute Couture Fashion Week
On Thursday, July 4, the Schiaparelli house will open the ball with a fashion show at 10 am From 2 pm, selected guests will be able to discover the new haute couture pieces by Maria Grazia Chiuri during the Dior fashion show. On July 5, Chanel will have not one, but two shows on the show at 10 and 12 o’clock. Under the artistic direction of Virginie Viard, a film of the parade will also be shared online starting at 2 p.m.
After impressing by showing her support for the Ukrainian people and openly denouncing the Russian invasion, Demna Gvasalia could repeat the experience during the Balenciaga show scheduled for July 6 at 12:00. Born in Georgia, the celebrated creator, close associate of kanye-west he was forced to flee the war as a child. After Georgia, his family lived in the Ukraine, in Russia before settling in Germany. Painful memories that explain the stylist’s commitment to the Ukrainian cause.
Another highly anticipated collection: that of Olivier Rousteing’s Jean Paul Gaultier fashion house. After Glenn Martens and Chitose Abe, the artistic director of Balmain is the third guest of the Parisian brand.
Elected a guest member by the Federation of Haute Couture and Fashion (FHCM) in January 2020, the Cameroonian designer, imane ayissi, will present his collection exclusively on Thursday, July 7 at 10 a.m. The one who made history by being the first designer from sub-Saharan Africa to appear on the official haute couture calendar, should once again surprise his public. He is known for his use of West African fabrics, for the enhancement of this heritage that he modernizes and mixes with other materials.
For this season a new brand has been announced on the calendar, it is the Spanish Juana Martín, whose parade is scheduled for July 7 at 4:00 p.m. Juana Martín is the first Spanish designer invited to the calendar of the Parisian Haute Couture Week.
In addition, Paco Rabanne, Patou and Alaïa will unveil their prêt-à-porter women’s fashion collection on Sunday, July 3 at 4:30 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. respectively.
The Fall/Winter 2022-2023 Haute Couture Fashion Week shows will also be broadcast on the hautecouture.fhcm.paris/fr platform.