Taipei Fashion Week news and archive

Emerging meets established: Inmories and LP blur the lines of functionality and fashion

On the second day of Taipei Fashion Week (TPEFW), March 28, crowds shuffled into the event’s home at SCCP Warehouse 4 under dimmed lighting and over a grassy terrain to take their seats for the Inmories show. Even in its short lifespan, the local brand has assembled a sizable community that is young and diverse in comparison to many of its TPEFW...

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Taipei Fashion Week: Driving sustainability through textile innovation and cross-sector collaboration

Taiwan’s textile manufacturing industry has long been prevalent. The sector is the second largest in the country, only surpassed by technology, yet the combination of the two makes Taiwan an attractive destination for global brands seeking specialised materials and technical textiles. It was therefore apt that for this season of Taipei Fashion...

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Endless Fashion: Sustainability to take centre stage at Taipei Fashion Week AW25

From March 27 to March 30, Taiwan’s capital will once again be immersed in fashion. Taipei Fashion Week (TPEFW), to be primarily held in its usual location of Songshan Cultural and Creative Park (SCCP), will be returning for its seventh year, for which it will continue building on the foundations and growth moving it towards the goal of...

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A sense of freedom and exploration: Taipei Fashion Week continues to define its presence

Taiwan has long been known as an important foundation of the global textile industry. Yet, when it comes to placing its own designers on an international pedestal, a saturated playing field of more established fashion week markets has presented challenges in the pursuit of bolstering local designer reach. With Taipei Fashion Week (TPEFW),...

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Office goths and tiny scarves take over Taipei Fashion Week SS25 street style

Taiwan is currently in the midst of finalising its final day of Taipei Fashion Week, the country’s bid at contributing to the global fashion landscape while showcasing its own selection of homegrown talent. With much of the core calendar out of the way, we can now look back at some of the looks attendees of the shows sported, bringing together...

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Pierre Cardin takes to Taipei Fashion Week with Young Designer Competition and SS25 show

Storied brands are continuously positioning themselves as educational beacons to younger generations. Such partnerships can go both ways, however; as heritage can help in the provision of long-existing skills to up-and-coming designers that can, in turn, also present to brands new perspectives in a bid to retain relevance. It was this that was...

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Taipei Fashion Week to champion collaboration, emerging names and Pierre Cardin

This edition of Taipei Fashion Week is set to continue its mission of “integrating global vision with local culture”, as evidenced by the season’s inclusion of international names and its emphasis on local emerging names. Spanning October 17 to October 21, the main event this year follows the concept ‘Taiwan Type Fashion Illustration’, which has...

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Behind the collaboration: Gioia Pan and Clarks link up for Taipei Fashion Week

A designer collaborating with a footwear brand is not an unlikely scenario at fashion week. This was also the case for established designer Li-Yang Pan, who for the presentation of her brand Gioia Pan’s AW24 collection at Taipei Fashion Week onboarded British shoe brand Clarks as a primary collaborator. As such, Pan’s show was rife in the...

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Taipei Fashion Week in flux: How Taiwan is navigating its ambition of global recognition

While international fashion month may have long wrapped up, in Taiwan last week things were just kicking off as the country prepared to host its biannual Taipei Fashion Week (TPFW). Located entirely on the grounds of the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, the event drew in politicians, celebrities and fashion leaders alike for four days of...

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Street style trends at Taipei Fashion Week: Bubble soles and a pandemonium of prints

From April 25 to 28, the Taiwanese fashion world and select visitors descended on the country’s capital for Taipei Fashion Week, where nine brands exhibited their latest collections to bustling crowds. While much anticipation was reserved largely for the individual shows, the event’s location Songshan Cultural and Creative Park also became the...

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Taipei Fashion Week and beyond: 5 Emerging Taiwanese talents to know

In recent years, few Taiwanese designers have managed to capture the market on a global scale, yet the local industry is budding with emerging talent that is beginning to draw in much deserved attention. Alongside this, the country is also beginning to increasingly experiment and invest in its biannual Taipei Fashion Week, which came to a close...

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Taipei Fashion Week’s associate director on the emerging market and evolving heritage

The face of Taipei Fashion Week has been under constant construction since its launch in 2018, as those behind the Taiwanese event continuously explore, experiment and shift their approach in order to grow awareness. This differs from the already well-established creative market that has a prominent place in the country in the form of cultural...