MODELING EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD

A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, which allows fashion designers, brands or "houses" to display their latest collections in runway shows and buyers and the media to take a look at the latest trends. Most importantly, these events let the industry know what's "in" and what's "out" for the season.

The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the four fashion capitals of the world: New York City, London, Milan, and Paris. Some other important fashion weeks in the world are held in Australia, Bangalore, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Dubai, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Madrid, Tokyo and Toronto.

Fashion week happens twice a year in the major fashion capitals of the world: Paris, Milan, New York and London. Fashion weeks are held several months in advance of the season to allow the press and buyers a chance to preview fashion designs for the following season. From January through April designers showcase their autumn and winter collections. Fashion week for spring and summer is held from September through November. This is also to allow time for retailers to arrange to purchase or incorporate the designers into their retail marketing. The latest innovations in dress designs are showcased by renowned fashion designers during these fashion weeks, and all these latest collections are covered in magazines such as Vogue.

New York City, London, Milan, and Paris each host a fashion week twice a year with New York beginning each season and the other cities following in the aforementioned order.

There are two major seasons per year - Autumn/Winter and Spring/Summer. For womenswear, the Autumn/Winter shows always start in New York in February and end in Paris in March. Spring/Summer shows start in New York in September and end in Paris in October. Menswear Autumn/Winter shows start in January in Milan for typically less than a week followed by another short week in Paris. Menswear Spring/Summer shows are done in June. Womenswear haute couture shows typically happen in Paris a week after the Menswear Paris shows. For the first time, womenswear haute couture was also shown in Singapore, during its haute couture Women's Fashion Week in October 2011. This was the first time womenswear haute couture shows were held outside of Paris.

Modeling in Mexico

Modeling industry in Mexico has grown a lot specially in Mexico City since the agencies in here count with a lot of international connections and agreements with other agencies aruond the world which give us models the opportunity to be a recognized model.

Mexico City's best agencies in my experience would be PARAGON, CONTEMPO, and off course ELITE MODEL MANAGEMENT MEXICO. This kind of agencies are giving Mexico the opportunity to be recognized as a fashion spot in the world, since we have won MISS UNIVERSE in 2010 the model industry grew for Mexico and now we're opened for new opportunities in other countries. Here in Mexico City the Mercedes Benz Fashion Show is one of the most important.

I'm form Guadalajara, MX, and in here we have a lot of good agencies too the best one would be AVENUE MODELS then we have the average ones with nothing to offer RGM, STHERA, POSE... etc. In my opinion this is the best agencies since it supports you all the time in any decision you want to make. The most important events in here would be IM and Minerva Fashion, which is where the Latin American designers are presenting collections, they can be recognized designers or not, but in here they show off their designs.

This is IM.

This is Minerva Fashion