Spring Studios, the normal home of New York Fashion Week, is also adapting.
“We are offering the rooftop at Spring (Studios) to designers for more traditional runway shows that may have a very small and Ltd, socially distant audience,” said Guidone.
Designers will use the indoor venues that previously hosted large runway shows to debut their collections in new ways, such as by creating films or content for social media. “And then we'll release that content on schedule as if it's live,” Guidone said.
The content, along with panels and special events, will be broadcasted on NYFW. The Council of Fashion Designers of America has also created a new digital platform, Runway360, to air various runway shows.
Brooklyn-based model Anok Yai has been working in London since March and described the few shows she has done during the pandemic as “very strange.”
“Everything obviously is very spaced out,” said Yai, noting that in the past 100 people would be in one room doing hair and make-up, but now it is less than a dozen.
Reuters