All The Fashion Shows Cancelled Due to Coronavirus
Concerns over the ongoing coronavirus continues to grow, and the fashion world is no less afflicted. This year, many luxury fashion labels have announced that their Cruise Collection events will not be taking place.
Lecce, an Italian city, will not be hosting the Dior Cruise Collection 2020/2021 on 9 May. The decision to have the Cathedral of Lecce as the background of the parade was originally strongly desired by creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, who comes from Salentine origins. The show, which L’Officiel Singapore had meant to attend, has been postponed with no replacement date set as of yet.
Given the health emergency, Hermés has decided to protect their team and only to welcome guests in conditions of absolute safety. As such, the Resort 2021 Collection, which would have been held in London on April 28, has been postponed.
Armani will also postpone it’s event on the calendar originally set on 19 and 20 April in Dubai, on the occasion of the ten years of the Armani Hotel and the reopening of the Dubai Mall. The event has been postponed to November 2020 under Expo 2020.
Versace will not fly to the United States on May 16 for their presentation of the 2020/2021 Cruise Collection, to protect all those involved in the event.
And the first to cancel their Cruise 2021 show was Gucci. The show will not be held on May 18 in San Francisco, with a promise of a new date and location to be announced as soon as the health emergency is over.
In addition, the Aeffe group has announced that Alberta Ferretti's 2021 show resort , scheduled for May 22 in Rimini, will be canceled due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus.
Max Mara will not parade in St. Petersburg for the 2020/20121 cruise collection, scheduled for May 25. Due to the spread of the epidemic, Miuccia Prada has decided to postpone the Resort 2021 show, which should have been held in Japan. Finally, the Met Gala, fashion’s biggest event of the year, scheduled for May 4th will be postponed to a date to be set.
No word has been gathered as of yet as if Louis Vuitton will continue its cruise show this year.
