Cédric Charlier reorganises his collections and quits Paris Fashion Week

By

Dominique Muret

Published
Feb 16, 2016

It is a time of far-reaching changes in the scheduling of fashion shows, and Cédric Charlier has provided his own input, taking a new initiative aimed at a greater rationalization.

The Belgian designer, whose women's ready-to-wear brand is manufactured and distributed under licence by Italian group Aeffe, has announced his intention of merging pre-collections and main collections, changing the calendar of his fashion shows. The latter will be held only twice a year, in January and June, he stated in a press release, while previously it was a case of four collections a year.

The former Creative Director for Cacharel, who launched his own line in Paris in 2012, will therefore be showing for the last time on the Paris catwalks next March. Cédric Charlier in fact decided to show in New York from the Spring-Summer 2017 season, outside of the traditional Fashion Weeks. The USA are the brand's main market, with France and Italy. The collection will then be presented in Milan and Paris.

The press release stated that "This choice arises from the designer's wish to devote more time to his work and to concentrate more on his collections' worth and creativity, so as to allow him to offer a more meticulous product, in line with the seasons."

"This consideration seems to me to be closer to current market realities and to the pace of the business, which both need to change. The reckless, overhasty consumption of fashion products is a threat to creativity," the designer said in the press release.

"This change represents for me the first step towards independence from a system which, in my opinion, has been overloaded and unsatisfactory for a long time," he concluded.