Steven Kolb, CEO of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, joins Cheddar News to discuss the biggest trends and collections to watch this NYFW.  

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The Biggest Trends of New York Fashion Week 2022

between the bad guys and get our news. New york. Fashion week is finally here. The council of Fashion designers of America and I? M g. Released the official schedule for the offer the autumn, winter 2022 season, which shows now happening until february the 16th despite the recent surge of covid cases over the holidays. Fashion week will now feature a full list of designers in both in person and virtual runway shows this year. And new york always has been more experimental than other fashion weeks like Milan and paris this season, attendees can expect to see more younger designers with even bigger designs. So joining us now to discuss steven called Chief Executive of the Council of Fashion designers of America Stephen, thanks so much for joining us. I am so excited to talk about Fashion Week. A lot of us knew last year it was shortened because of the pandemic. A lot of shows were live streamed as a result. So what are some of the changes to the schedule that we can expect this year? Well, september actually was the return to live. We had a really tremendous season. We had put very carefully safety and health protocols in in place. And there was a lot of excitement in the return to the fastest goes and optimism. I think that was the the feeling and the mood that people were expressing going to shows last season. And this season that optimism continues. We really know what is important for health and safety, mass vaccination distancing and we think those that aren't 600 people, about 100 and 50 people, 100 people types of kind of reminiscent of what used to be in the early days of the week morse alanis. So the calendar itself, which starts today, just has a tremendous mix of established names, but also a really good group of roster of new talent going with us in new york. Yeah, a lot of the big names like Tom Ford's not doing his show because of Covid. I read somewhere that Tom Brown's pushing his show now to april to coincide with the Met gala, but there's gonna be a lot of younger, up and coming designers really to watch. Are there any particular steven that you really have your eye on here? Yeah, I think with Tom Ford and Tom Brown it was they wanted to show, but because of on the Condor studios and factories were shut down so they don't even have closed right now. So you'll see Tom ford doing something digitally uh in the next couple of weeks. And Tom Brown, whose husband is the curator of the uh showing closer to the exhibit in in Med But big names coach Michael Kors story, birth. Uh Kalinda Schooler Brandon Maxwell still on the calendar lies. Does a tremendous group of, of young talent Elena velez. Uh probably one of the only Latinos who is a founder and creative director of her own brand maybe will will in uh judy turner puppets and puppets, really young, innovative thinking outside the box France. Uh in addition to Colin mcknight uh african american designer who actually launched his cholestin in the middle of the pandemic and just started sewing and making clothes and it's a very retro spot, retro inspired kind of take on on fastest. And so there's a lot to see in, a lot of practice, but also those games that we all know and recognize Stephen, a lot of us also going to be fascinated with sort of the trends that come out of this. I mean last year we saw tailored trousers, super chic, elegant coats, sort of the hot trends. You know, I've read some places that maybe streetwear might be out this year. What are sort of the things that you're looking at for this year's designs and trends? Yeah, I don't, I don't necessarily agree. Streetwear will be out. I think that is uh here for a while and something american fashion is very proud of. Its something that originated here in the streets of new york los Angeles and now you see big fashion houses in europe, like balenciaga, kind of being streetwear brands. But I think we are looking at close that we want to wear when we're going out being with people. Michael Kors centauri birth for example, are usually a daytime morning stuff and both wanted to have evening shows. So I think we're going to see clothes from them that are about dressing up um uh and fun party uh socialization being around people. I think you'll still see a bit of kind of casual legal stuff because uh face it, we're still on a work from home scheduled and we're remote in and out of offices. So it'll be a little bit more dressed up mixed into to the casual that we became accustomed over the last couple of years. Stephen with about a minute or so I have left with you. The Black in Fashion Council showroom is also appearing at Fashion Week as well. Give us some more insight into that. And are there any black designers to really keep our eyes on also? Yeah, Black in Fashion Council show is just one of many initiatives that the industry has developed to support black talent. Uh you also have in the black doing a show with color of Change the FBI itself through a program. We have designers of hub working with live rockets. So there's a lot happening there, but so many great designers, Sergio Hudson, who uh many people might know was stressing the first um the Vice President during the inauguration last year, Bruce Glen tell far who's got the, you know, Brooklyn Birkin big bag, There's no one bigger than Telafar wanted the FDA award recently for accessories um and many others like Kimberly Goldson. So you'll see a lot of really talented black designers on the schedule this year and something that's very important to see FBI is really opening the pipeline. So we have great representation of diversity in our industry. Yeah, the live streams. I'm so excited for so many of them. I'm so excited for Fashion Week steven Kolb, chief executive at the Council of Fashion designers of America. Such a pleasure steven to have you on and best of luck with Fashion Week.