Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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n. An event at which fashionable clothes are modelled for an audience.
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A fashion show ( French défilé de mode) is an event put on by a fashion designer to showcase his or her upcoming line of clothing during Fashion Week. Fashion shows debut every season, particularly the Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter seasons. This is where the latest fashion trends are made. The two most influential fashion weeks are Paris Fashion Week and New York Fashion Week, which are both semiannual events. Also, the Milan, London and Berlin are of global importance.
In a typical fashion show, models walk the catwalk dressed in the clothing created by the designer. The clothing is illuminated on the runway by the lighting. The order in which each model walks out wearing a specific outfit is usually planned in accordance to the statement that the designer wants to make about his or her collection. It is then up to the audience to not only try to understand what the designer is trying to say by the way the collection is being presented, but to also visually deconstruct each outfit and try to appreciate the detail and craftsmanship of every single piece.
Occasionally, fashion shows take the form of installations, where the models are static, standing or sitting in a constructed environment. A wide range of contemporary designers tend to produce their shows as theatrical productions with elaborate sets and added elements such as live music or a variety of technological components like holograms, for example.
A fashion show is an event put on by a fashion designer to showcase his or her upcoming line of clothing.
Fashion Show may also refer to:
- The Fashion Show (UK TV series), a 2008 British television show
- The Fashion Show (U.S. TV series), a 2009 American television show on Bravo
- "The Fashion Show" (The Inbetweeners), the series 3 premiere episode of The Inbetweeners
- Fashion Show Mall
Usage examples of "fashion show".
Despite the early-morning hour she was dressed as if she were about to go to a fashion show, and her hair looked as if she'd just emerged from a beauty salon.
As a movie, it lacks the original's narrative leanness and raw energy, manifesting as more fashion show than adventure.
It wasn't as though she'd be walking down the ramp at some New York fashion show, where the models looked like boys anyway.
There's not a hell of a lot I could do, in any case, and with Margo being pregnant, and the auction, and Laura tossing me all these details about this holiday fashion show she wants, I haven't had time.
She stopped first at the one store in Ruth that dealt exclusively in women's clothing, though by necessity the clothes weren't hot from a fashion show in Paris.
She was magically lovely, as stunning as any model at a fashion show.
Whereas in the common fashion show of Earth the woman considers the clothing and the man considers the women, and the women serve the ulterior purposes of the designer, in the parade of slaves there are generally no free women present, and the men, openly, lustily, consider the beauty of the women, as it was meant by nature to be considered, as that of slaves, and the women serve the ulterior purposes not of a designer, but of a master, who will, in the event of their selection, collect their rent fees, or such.
If she knew how important this fashion show is, I'm sure she'd let me make up my work another time.
A fashion show was in progress, and both the models and the customers gasped at the sight of two hooded miners in their midst.
Possibly she was with Marilyn, they had become friendly and gone to a fashion show organised by Mona.