Tbilisi Fashion Week
Tbilisi Fashion Week (TFW) (Georgian: თბილისის მოდის კვირეული tbilisis modis k'vireuli) is a Georgian fashion week in its capital city of Tbilisi. TFW hosts industry professionals twice a year, in Spring and Fall.[1][2] TFW was established in 2009 during Tbilisoba festival.[3]
Tbilisi Fashion Week | |
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Model walks the runway at Tbilisi Fashion Week 2015. | |
Genre | fashion catwalk shows, clothing and fashion exhibitions, and surrounding events |
Frequency | biannually |
Location(s) | Tbilisi, Georgia |
Inaugurated | 2009 |
Founder | Tako Chkheidze |
Website | tbilisifashionweek |
TFW is a fashion hub in the Caucasus which maintains the fashion industry development and introduces new faces and exports Georgian fashion production.[4][5][6][7]
Georgia's fashion industry, TFW and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tbilisi have garnered international attention following the success of home-grown talent designers like David Koma, and more importantly Demna Gvasalia of luxury brand Balenciaga and his own brand Vetements.[8] Tbilisi is now dubbed as one of the "fashion capitals of Eastern Europe".[9][10]
Locations
TFW keeps experimenting hosting the fashion venues on different locations all over the city, from museums or art galleries, nightclubs like Bassiani to Old Tbilisi streets.[11]
Designers
Tako Mekvabidze, F/W 2015-16
See also
- Georgian culture
- Vetements
References
- Tbilisi Fashion Week Reuters November 21/22, 2010
- Marc Bouwer to join fashion designers in Tbilisi Fashion Week China Daily
- (in Georgian) ხვალ კომპანია „ჯეოფეშენის“ პრეზენტაცია გაიმართება ინტერნეტ.გე
- (in Italian) Moda Made in Georgia: belle scoperte alla fashion week di Tbilisi Glamour.it
- Critics Brand Tbilisi Fashion Week a Success Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine The FINANCIAL
- (in Russian) Tbilisi Fashion Week ELLE.ua
- Tbilisi's term as fashion capital CNTV
- The Week From Hyères to Mercedes-Benz: Fashion Week Tbilisi Dec 11, 2018
- Silver, Dena The New York Observer Georgia Just Might Be the Fashion Capital of Eastern Europe 12/05/16
- Paton, Elizabeth The New York Times A New Fashion Hub? Eastern Europe Nov, 12, 2017
- Bobila, Maria With the Industry's Attention on Tbilisi, Can Georgia's Fashion Scene Finally Go Global? Nov 13, 2018