Paris Fashion Week SS2024: Ones to Watch (Set 1 of 4) – Vaquera, CFCL, Florentina Leitner, Anrealage, Caroline Hu

Paris Fashion Week runs from September 25th to October 3rd and there’s so many amazing designers to see. I wanted to highlight some that may be less well known – I am of course looking forward to see Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, Loewe, and so many others that I’m sure you’ve heard of. This is the first set of five brands on the Paris Fashion Week schedule whose SS2024 collections I’m excited for; there will be another three sets for a total of twenty brands for SS2024.

25.09.2023 19:00 Vaquera

Vaquera was founded by Patric DiCaprio, a former stylist from Alabama, and Bryn Taubensee, a vintage enthusiast who grew up in Indiana. Adrian Joffe of Dover Street Market America and James Gilchrist of Comme des Garçons America have helped the brand develop, offering a show space in New York and giving support with production. Although based in New York, Vaquera is now showing at Paris Fashion Week as a strategic move to expand into Europe.^[1]

26.09.2023 11:00 CFCL

CFCL, short for “Clothing for Contemporary Life” was founded in 2020 by Yusuke Takahashi, who previously spent 7 years designing for Issey Miyake.^[2] The brand’s pieces are minimum waste, easy to care for, and gender neutral.^[3]

26.09.2023 16:30 Florentina Leitner

Florentina Leitner is an Austrian fashion designer who graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp after beginning her fashion studies in Vienna. Although she worked for a short time on the womenswear design team at Dries Van Noten, she has mainly focused on her own label since graduation.^[4]

26.09.2023 17:00 Anrealage

Anrealage was founded in 2003 by designer Kunihiko Morinaga, the name combining the words “real, unreal, and age.” Morinaga, born in Tokyo in 1980, graduated from Waseda University and Vantan Design Academy. First showing in Paris with his SS2015 collection, he was an ANDAM Fashion Awards finalist in 2015^[5], and a finalist in the 2019 LVMH Prize.^[6]

27.09.2023 11:00 Reverie by Caroline Hu

Caroline Hu founded her label in 2018, producing clothes with a romantic yet contemporary style.^[7] After studying art and oil painting, she decided to pursue fashion design, interning at brands including DKNY. Since launching her label she has received a Business of Fashion China Prize and been nominated for the LVMH Prize.^[8]