Monday, June 16, 2025

It's That Time Again...June 2025

Regular readers know that twice a year, I blog about all the fascinating, beautiful, mesmerizing, strange, puzzling, outrageous, outstanding, unusual, artistic, inspiring sartorial creations coming out of the exquisite imaginations of designers, and down the runway. Regular readers may have also gleaned that I follow fashion the way some people delve into the art world. I think of "fashion" as "costume" or "performance"--as a way to convey an idea or a concept. I appreciate what some designers do the same way one appreciates what an avant garde sculptor or painter or performance artist does. And in a way, these designers are performance artists. For me, it is not about what is hanging on racks in stores, but what these artists are creating and the ideas and concepts they are working with as an influence on their marvelous creativity. It is moving sculpture. It is theater. Fashion and clothing at this level serve as a kind of visual shorthand. A piece of clothing in the hands of a designer can evoke a place, a region, a country, a specific time or an entire era, a work of art such as a novel or film or painting, a class of people, even a social, financial, or spiritual element... and the combination of such pieces of clothing, as well as their harmony or contrast, can tell a fascinating story. And there are a lot of stories to tell at this particular point in history, a lot to reflect, a lot to call out. Some might say that at such points in history, things like mere "clothing" or "fashion" seem trivial, but I say it is precisely at such points that the arts and expression--and protest--are needed the most.

Here is the season schedule...

JUNE 2025 FASHION SCHEDULE -- FOR SPRING/SUMMER 2026

Pitti Uomo
June 17 - 20, 2025
https://uomo.pittimmagine.com/en

Milano Moda Uomo
June 20 - 24, 2025
https://milanofashionweek.cameramoda.it/it

Paris Fashion Week Homme
June 24 - 29, 2025
https://www.fhcm.paris/en

And London isn't until September!

London Fashion Week 
September 18 - 20, 2025

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