Fashion shows due to take place in Paris and Milan have been cancelled or postponed – along with every other major event for the next few months – due to the coronavirus pandemic.
These cancellations and postponements are a further blow for the beleaguered fashion sector, which has been hit hard by Covid-19 with retail locations and non-essential manufacturing all put on hold across the globe. British high-street fashion retailers have been particularly badly affected, with Debenhams, Oasis and Warehouse all forced into administration.
The fashion world has been waiting for a decision on London Fashion Week, which traditionally takes place twice a year: the menswear event in June and the womenswear event in September.
Today, the British Fashion Council announced that the two events would be merged into a single digital event. The event will take place June 12-13 - the period during which the real-world London Fashion Week Men’s event had originally been...