Alexander Wang abandons the New York Fashion Week

The fashion system starts to creak overseas. But the American fractures are such as to branch out, and bring with them deep doubts, in the whole world of fashion.

The news of the day concerns Alexander Wang, one of the (few) notable names still present in the American fashion show calendar. The Taiwanese American designer has announced that, from the spring/summer 2018 season, he will leave the New York Fashion Week unveiling his collections in June and December. Wang will anticipate the times, therefore, and integrate the events with those so far dedicated to pre-collections.

Wang's move brings to light the crisis of the American fashion Show system. The designer is just the last of a growing group of brands, the last of whom were John Varvatos and Victoria Beckham, who decided to leave the Big Apple. Rodarte and Proenza Schouler prefer to parade during the Parisian couture, Altuzarra has opted for the French prêt-à-Porter, Delpozo flew to London and also Thom Browne, Monique Lhuillier and Lacoste prefer to set up their parades in the old continent.

A situation of which, for the first time, noted in the official way Steven Kolb, chairman and chief executive officer of the Council of fashion designers of America (CFDA), has said to Wwd that not only Wang, but also other brands may choose to leave the dates Canonical NYFW for events set up before the summer so as to coincide pre-collections and parade collections in a single moment.

But Wang's decision has deeper repercussions than those directly related to the calendar. The New York Times talks about a growing anxiety about everything that binds to the traditional system of fashion, deemed unfit for the timing of the digital world. Starting from the phenomenon of ' see now-buy now ' up to the increasingly frequent Footbridges co-ed (primarily in Milan) and the proliferation of Fashion Week around the world; The whole fashion system seems to be on the verge of radical change. The shattering of the New York Fashion Week could be just the beginning of a mutation of times, places and protagonists ready to travel unexplored roads in search of more consensus, and a few more like.