ReviewWomenswear Spring/Summer 2021 showsOur guide to the best of the new season’s collections© Getty ImagesLouis Vuitton’s Nicolas Ghesquière: ‘It’s important to show we’re not afraid’On the final days of Paris Fashion Week, brands from Givenchy to Hermès grappled with differing demands from global clientsLights, camera, fashion: Chanel show goes ahead as Paris tightens lockdownDigital catwalks are just ‘not the same for our customers’, says Chanel fashion president Bruno PavlovskyWhat it’s like at Paris Fashion Week — Covid-19 editionLVMH is out in force with an elaborately staged Dior show, as under half the fashion houses opt for live eventsIn Paris, Dior and Chloé show clothes for a new, home-bound realityMeanwhile, ‘eco-futurist’ Marine Serre wows with a short film at hybrid Fashion Week‘Fashion should be progressive’ — Stella Jean on multiculturalism in MilanThe Italian-Haitian designer mixes activism and an arresting aestheticIn Milan, brands reap the rewards of real shows Fewer live events meant more attention for the designers who showed their clothes on the catwalk More from this SeriesCool, calm and commercial in MilanPragmatism prevailed, with designers under pressure to guess global consumers’ new needsFashion week: Will the show go on?With Covid-19 infections rising, design houses brace for an unpredictable show seasonRaf Simons makes his mark at Prada debutThe house has long been celebrated for its singularity. Its new co-creative director could change that Silvia Venturini Fendi takes a bow in MilanThe designer presents her last solo women’s collection for the house her grandparents foundedShows, masks and waivers: how London did fashion weekA mostly digital week was enlivened by some live shows — and new ways of designing Telfar is rewriting the rules of ‘It’ bagsAmerican label Telfar can’t keep its logo-embossed totes in stock. Designers Telfar Clemens and Babak Radboy discuss building a brand outside the fashion establishmentColville, the boutique brand finding opportunity in disruption Niche labels have been hit by the pandemic, but the Milanese group’s individual look has attracted investmentDitch the catwalk, talk straight with customers: how Tibi is weathering Covid-19 Resilience and reinvention are the hallmarks of Amy Smilovic’s 23 years at the helm of the New York fashion labelOff schedule: rethink of the runwayWith fashion weeks in flux, four designers reveal why they are sidestepping shows, and what they are doing instead No guests, but plenty of trees: Burberry tackles show season The British luxury brand live-streamed an outdoor show that responded to the pandemic with performance artThe great American fashion resetThough lacking in live shows, New York designers offered clues as to where fashion is headed next
