Ralph Toledano Talks Runway Shows, Paris Fashion Week #10

2020/08/06

In an exclusive interview, Toledano articulated the value of the physical format, of fashion weeks, and the central place of Paris. And the efforts that are being made to make Paris fashion week more sustainable.

Ralph Toledano has attended many, many runway shows — as head of brands including Guy Laroche, Karl Lagerfeld, Chloé, and Nina Ricci, and in his current role as president of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. Forced to cancel men’s fashion week and couture week in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, French fashion’s organizing body is preparing for digital showcases in July hinged on films and videos. But it hopes to resume runway shows as early as this autumn, conditions permitting. In an exclusive interview, Toledano articulated the value of the physical format, of fashion weeks, and the central place of Paris: here