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Vancouver Fashion Week embraces its diversity as its greatest strength for Fall/Winter 2024

As Vancouver Fashion Week (VFW) prepares to return for its Fall/Winter 2024, the event continues to highlight both international and local designers, underlining the power of diversity. Set to run from April 23 to 28 at the David Lam Hall, Chinese Cultural Centre on East Pender Street, Vancouver, the six-day event will feature over 50 designers...

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Vancouver Fashion Week provides a hub for international and emerging designer

Vancouver has been a very resilient retail market despite COVID-19 lockdowns and the ongoing global pandemic. Retail vacancies are decreasing, market rents are higher, and unemployment in British Columbia is below pre-pandemic levels. This bodes well for the fashion industry and Vancouver’s fashion community. Vancouver Fashion Week recently took...

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Vancouver Fashion Week F/W20: Event canceled

Vancouver, BC (March 13, 2020) - As the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases continue to escalate globally, Vancouver Fashion Week in conjunction with Vancouver Kids Fashion Week, are taking the necessary precautionary steps surrounding the situation and have cancelled this season's event dates and collections. Following the World Health...

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Day 4 at Vancouver Fashion Week S/S20

Thursday, October 10th, 2019 – Vancouver, BC – From dark as night blacks to romantic florals, Thursday night was a night to remember with a stand-out array of eclectic collections. LaSelle College Vancouver showcased multiple S/S20 collections as a group, with their works complemented by striking videography. Audience members were treated to the...

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Day 3 at Vancouver Fashion Week S/S20

Wednesday, October 8th, 2019 – Vancouver, BC – Wednesday night focus on Canadian designers, from throughout BC, Alberta and Ontario. Enterprising Women Making Art (EWMA) — a branch of Atira Women’s Society — shined in Wednesday’s introduction. EWMA showcased their collection of Mermaid-like looks of cropped shirts, long sparkly skirts, and whale...

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Day 2 at Vancouver Fashion Week S/S20

Tuesday, October 8th, 2019 – Vancouver, BC – Tuesday was a night to showcase unique and showstopping collections with experimental fabrics and delicate arcs of colour. Elegance and timeless beauty set the stage for the second day of Vancouver Fashion Week as the first of three Italian designers showcased their SS20 collections in collaboration...

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Vancouver Fashion Week F/W 19 - Highlights

March 18th-24th, 2019 – Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Fashion Week at the David Lam Hall in downtown Vancouver. The FW19 season of Vancouver Fashion Week brought serious talent to centre stage, with an incredible range of creative designers from Canada and across the world. Spearheading diversity VFW featured local lines as well as an influx of...

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Vancouver Fashion Week S/S 19 Highlights

The SS19 season of Vancouver Fashion Week featured an epic line-up of design talent from across the globe showcasing the best in local Canadian talent as well as international designers representing Italy, the UK, France, Japan, Vietnam, Australia and more. Special guests on the front row included A Shaded View On Fashion’s Diane Pernet, America...

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Opening night at Vancouver Fashion Week S/S19

Opening Gala night at Vancouver Art Gallery’s šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square (formerly Vancouver Art Gallery’s North Plaza/ Georgia Plaza) marked a sensational evening of runway shows for Vancouver Fashion Week. First up, the Originator Awards were announced to celebrate key people who have helped grow the Vancouver fashion industry. From Stylists...

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Highlights of Vancouver Fashion Week F/W18

After 7 days of shows at the David Lam Hall in Vancouver, the Vancouver Fashion Week F/W 18 has closed it doors and dimmed its lights. These are the highlights you can not miss. This season featured an epic line-up of design talent from across the globe. Showcasing the best in local Canadian talent as well as designers representing Italy,...

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Korean designers represent in an international Vancouver Fashion Week SS18

[Vancouver, BC - August 2017] This season of Vancouver Fashion Week is set to be the most international yet. Vancouver will play host to over 90 designers from 25 countries from the 18th - 26th of September. Among those to represent their countries are a group of talented designers from Korea. Their work has been seen in shows in Germany,...

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Meet Marika Mousseau, Head of Global Public Relations at Vancouver Fashion Week

Organizing a Fashion Week involves many different fashion professionals who are experts in their fields ranging from director to designer. With the series “Meet Fashion Week professionals”, FashionUnited looks behind the catwalk to introduce those who bring great fashion events to life all around the globe. We recently chatted with Marika to...