The Milan Fashion Week Online begins July 14th until, July 17th.
For the first time since its inception, CNMI will unveil a digital fashion week portal in lieu of its traditional calendar of physical events.
Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI), supported by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and by ICE Agenzia, announces the first edition of Milano Digital Fashion Week (July 14-July 17)that will display Spring Summer 2021 mens wear and mens and womens wear pre-collections to a digital audience and whose calendar will be continuously adjourned on the website cameramoda.it. 37 brands will partecipate including two live-events by Dolce&Gabbana and Etro. A landmark antidote to uncertain, rapidly-evolving economic and cultural times, CNMI has transformed the “fashion show” universe into a virtual meeting space, where industry watchers and decision makers will be privy to the latest trends, as well as the most significant themes and pressing issues gripping the industry as we know it. CNMI commissioned two Tier 1 companies to create its Digital Fashion Hub: leading global professional services company Accenture designed and developed the digital experience, building and implementing also the innovative technology platform; and Microsoft deployed its solutions and expertise to envisage and support the development of the digital hub. Working together, Accenture and Microsoft created the multimedia platform that will help provide relevant services for all Milano Fashion Week stakeholders – and take the sector into the future. CNMI has been supported by PwC to define the architecture requirements and select the best solution. Milano Digital Fashion Week will unfold in four days of live events and will be available 24/7, covering different time zones, including the USA, thanks to international news organization The New York Times, an official streaming partner of Milano Fashion Week. The lineup encompasses an effective calendar of structured live events in which each brand is assigned a one-hour time slot, and can choose, with complete creative freedom, how to tell the story of their latest collection. Weaving together each event, will be a graphic space or thematic rooms which will be spearheaded by Art Director Luca Stoppini and will be curated by remarkable individuals. Key proponents of the current fashion arena, game-changers and visionaries have been invited to independently select content of all kinds, as long as they are linked to the most significant cultural phenomena of the moment. From sustainability, to the connection between craftsmanship and technological innovation, to inclusiveness and diversity — all key themes that have inspired CNMI’s strategies and that can therefore become the starting point of individual research and reflections. American journalist Alan Friedman will be entrusted with an “institutional room” where he will dialogue with the leading political, business and entrepreneurial minds shaping the industry today. In addition, there will be two areas designated for emerging talents, which has always been a strategic priority for CNMI: the International Hub Market section, that scouts designers from all over the world to further enhance the global spirit of Milano Digital Fashion Week; and Together for Tomorrow, project launched in collaboration with Camera Moda Fashion Trust, that will be hosted by the portal to keep supporting a new generation of designers into the international fashion system, which has been rendered ever more arduous by this complex historic era. A section dedicated to mono and multi-brand showrooms will also come to life, with a hybrid formula that affords each participant the choice of whether or not to showcase to the general public, or to reserve the details of the collections to a few select professionals. Through its social media channels, CNMI will also offer a series of targeted live stories to further penetrate specific demographics and audiences. Other platforms from other countries will join Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana and The New York Times and will be announced in the coming days. As always, CNMI will be very active in social media channels, where a series of specific live storytelling activations will be proposed, to let the large and varied family of fashion experience the unique and engaging emotions of our fashion week.
Special thanks must go to Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana’s partners: DHL, illycaffè, L’Oréal Paris, Mastercard, Salesforce, Wella Professionals, and YKK Italia, media partner Class Editori, wine partner Franciacorta and institutional partner the Municipality of Milan.