Paris is always a good idea!

Next week we will be in Paris Fashion Week and trade shows. We can’t wait to share with you our PFW experience! One of the shows that we are looking forward is Balmain.

• Balmain will present the new collection with a music festival in Paris Fashion Week.
• Olivier Rousteing plans to show his spring 2022 collections for women and men with two-day music festival at The Seine Musicale in Paris. Returning to physical shows, Balmain music festival event celebrate Olivier Rousteing’s 10 year anniversary at the helm of the house in Paris Fashion Week.
• The event is being held in partnership with (RED) and Global Fund to help fight against AIDS and HIV. The first day will be open to the public on September 28 but day 2 is reserved for the first 1,200 people who pledge a minimum donation of 15 euros to (RED) and the Global Fund, and is followed by a runway show.
• On the website of balmain.com, all invitations to the BALMAIN FESTIVAL have been allocated, but donations are still open! In addition, the proceeds from the food, drinks and limited edition fashion merchandise will also be donated.
• Olivier Rousteing said : “It is impossible for me to imagine a creative moment or inspiration without thinking of its accompanying music. To reunite and experience once again the melding together of the beauty of friendship, the power of music and the excitement of a Paris runway.”
• “I’m often asked to explain why music plays such an importance in my collections. I usually reply that it just reflects how I grew up since the two were so intertwined during my youth, I can’t really envision one art without a good helping of the other.”
• The creative director launched the first edition of the Balmain Festival with the Fête de la Musique in 2019. In the fashion world, Olivier Rousteing is one of the youngest designers to ever lead the brand. We are so excited to see the second music and fashion festival from Balmain. Let the countdown begin for the 28th and 29th September 2021!

The pandemic changed the fashion industry in general.

• We experienced a biggest change with the uptick in online sales and demand for lounge wear. Everyone was ordering online, comfortable clothing and lounge wear sales have seen a huge acceleration.

• Many luxury brands have been severely financially affected by the pandemic, takings hits in their largest markets such as China. However, we saw a strong rebound of luxury consumption in post-coronavirus. In the reopening day of flagship store in Guangzhou, French luxury brand Hermès pulled in $2.7 million in a day.

Strike a Pose on Zoom!

With the spread of the Covid-19, fashion weeks are without fashion shows. The brands forced to have an online focus. The various fashion weeks organized by a virtual show under strict health conditions. However, the designers think that this pandemic was like a window of reflection to find a different way to present their collection.

Even models and photographers make the Zoom shoots and FaceTime portraits. Remember the first biggest FaceTime campaign of Jacquemus! For the Spring/Summer 2020 collection, all the images of Bella Hadid were shot entirely via FaceTime.

The wait is over!

Fashion weeks came back with the live catwalk shows, street styles and star-studded front rows! Great news, brands are returning to physical formats.

As Brandcared, we’re very excited to attend Paris Fashion Week in this “new normal” and trade shows such as Tranoï & Who’s Next for B2B meetings! We can’t wait to share with you our #PFW experience, preparations, videos, backstages and interviews with leading brands and emerging designers!

If you want to develop your fashion business in Paris, to be in #PFW for next season and to enter European market, contact us! Our experts are here to help.