How the fashion calendar works?
Typically in the fashion world, these are combined into two seasons as Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter. Spring/Summer begins in January and ends in June. Fall/Winter picks up in July and runs through December. Seasonal clothing doesn't fall exactly into a fashion's calendar pattern.
Officially, fashion is divided into four seasons. These are Spring/Summer (SS), Autumn/Winter (AW), Resort, and Pre-Fall. SS and AW fashion weeks are held in Paris, Milan, New York, and London.
Pre-fall fashion refers to the small capsule collections released by designers just ahead of the fall fashion shows in February, and arriving in stores in early summer. Pre-fall fashion is usually unveiled in a less formal, smaller-scale runway show to the primary Fall and Spring Fashion Week shows.
Nowadays, fast fashion brands produce about 52 “micro-seasons” a year—or one new “collection” a week.
The process by which a particular design, activity, color, etc., comes into some popularity and then phases out.
The two main seasons are spring summer (SS) and autumn winter (AW) and these are the collections shown at Fashion Weeks in Paris, Milan, New York and London around February and September every year.
This is the list of fashion weeks/events/shows held annually or two times a year all around the world. There are five main events in the world: the Paris Fashion Week, Milan Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, London Fashion Week and Arab Fashion Week.
Typically in the fashion world, these are combined into two seasons as Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter. Spring/Summer begins in January and ends in June. Fall/Winter picks up in July and runs through December.
Resort, Cruise, Pre-Spring, “Holiday,” whatever you wanna call it: they're monikers for the same thing. It's just interchangeable fashion jargon to describe the same pre-collection that comes after Fall/Winter clothes have gone on sale but before Spring/Summer clothes have been delivered to stores.
From a timing perspective, Pre-Fall begins to deliver from April - May. The reason you may hear less about it is because—unlike Spring / Summer and Fall / Winter—this seasonette isn't organized around an official Fashion Week calendar, nor is it (typically) presented on the runway.
Why is Zara fast fashion?
In fact, Zara is known as the original fast fashion brand. The term “fast fashion” was coined by the New York Times in the 1990s to describe the way Zara could take a garment from design to stores in under 15 days.
How to spot a fast fashion brand. Some key factors are common to fast fashion brands: Thousands of styles, which touch on all the latest trends. Extremely short turnaround time between when a trend or garment is seen on the catwalk or in celebrity media and when it hits the shelves.

Fast fashion describes low-priced but stylish clothing that moves quickly from design to retail stores to meet trends, with new collections being introduced continuously. Innovations in supply chain management among retailers make fast fashion possible. Zara and H&M are two giants fast fashion field.
A fashion trend's life cycle can be divided into five stages, generally speaking: introduction, rise, peak, decline, and obsolescence.
- Introduction stage.
- Rise stage.
- Peak stage.
- Decline stage.
- Obsolescence stage.
- Stages of Fashion Cycle: The various stages of fashion cycle are as follows: ...
- Rise/Increase in Popularity: Where copies or knock-offs enter market as duplicates. ...
- Culmination/Peak of Popularity: ...
- Rejection of a Style or Obsolescence: ...
- Conclusion: