Tbilisi Fashion Week | |
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Genre | fashion catwalk shows, clothing and fashion exhibitions, and surrounding events |
Frequency | biannually |
Location(s) | Tbilisi, Georgia |
Inaugurated | 2009 |
Founder | Tako Chkheidze |
Website |
tbilisifashionweek |
Tbilisi Fashion Week, or TFW ( Georgian: თბილისის მოდის კვირეული, romanized: 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]
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]
TFW keeps experimenting with hosting fashion venues on different locations all over the city, from museums or art galleries, nightclubs like Bassiani to Old Tbilisi streets. [11]