fashion-calendar

Fashion industry calendar -- seasons, fashion weeks, trade shows, and product development timelines.

Why This Exists

The fashion industry runs 12-18 months ahead of retail. If you're building software for fashion brands, sourcing teams, or retail buyers, you need to understand the calendar. This dataset gives you structured, machine-readable data for seasons, fashion weeks, trade shows, delivery windows, and the full product development timeline.

Season Overview

        Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
        ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
SS      =====================                                        RETAIL (Northern)
AW                                    ============================== RETAIL (Northern)
Resort                                               ===========    RETAIL
Pre-Fall                         ===============                     RETAIL

SS                                              [DESIGN........]
SS                                                        [SAMPLING....
SS      ..]  [SALES...........................] 
SS      [PRODUCTION................]
SS      [DELIVERY..........]

AW      [DESIGN........]
AW                [SAMPLING.......]
AW                      [SALES...................]
AW                                    [PRODUCTION................]
AW                                         [DELIVERY............]

Data Files

| File | Description | |------|-------------| | data/seasons.json | 4 seasons (SS, AW, Resort, Pre-Fall) with phases, months, and notes | | data/fashion-weeks.json | 8 major fashion weeks with editions, dates, and venues | | data/trade-shows.json | 16 key trade shows with exhibitor counts, focus areas, and schedules | | data/delivery-windows.json | Delivery timing by brand tier (Luxury, Contemporary, High Street, DTC) | | data/development-timeline.json | 16 milestones from concept to delivery with week offsets |

Quick Start

npm install @kobolabs/fashion-calendar

const seasons = require('@kobolabs/fashion-calendar');

// Get the current season's design phase
const ss = seasons.find(s => s.abbreviation === 'SS');
console.log(ss.designPhase);
// → { months: ["June", "July", "August"], description: "Concept development, fabric sourcing, initial sketches" }

Load individual files:

const fashionWeeks = require('@kobolabs/fashion-calendar/data/fashion-weeks.json');
const tradeShows = require('@kobolabs/fashion-calendar/data/trade-shows.json');
const timeline = require('@kobolabs/fashion-calendar/data/development-timeline.json');

// Find all trade shows relevant for sourcing managers
const sourcingShows = tradeShows.filter(show =>
  show.relevantFor.includes('sourcing-managers')
);
console.log(sourcingShows.map(s => s.name));
// → ["Premiere Vision Paris", "Premiere Vision New York", "Texworld Paris", ...]

Fashion Weeks

| Event | City | SS Edition | AW Edition | Duration | |-------|------|------------|------------|----------| | NYFW | New York | September (2nd week) | February (2nd week) | 7 days | | LFW | London | September (3rd week) | February (3rd week) | 5 days | | MFW | Milan | September (3rd-4th week) | February (4th week) | 6 days | | PFW | Paris | Sep-Oct (last week Sep) | Feb-Mar (last week Feb) | 9 days | | TFW | Tokyo | September (1st week) | March (2nd week) | 6 days | | SHFW | Shanghai | October (2nd week) | March (4th week) | 7 days | | LAFW | Lagos | October (4th week) | April (2nd week) | 4 days | | AFW | Sydney | May (2nd week) | November (2nd week) | 5 days |

Fashion weeks run in order: New York, London, Milan, Paris. This sequence repeats twice a year for SS (September) and AW (February). Tokyo, Shanghai, Lagos, and Sydney run on independent schedules.

Trade Shows (Top 10)

| Show | City | Focus | Exhibitors | |------|------|-------|------------| | Premiere Vision Paris | Paris | Fabric, textiles, color trends | 1,800+ | | MAGIC Las Vegas | Las Vegas | Full-spectrum: RTW, sourcing, footwear | 5,000+ | | Intertextile Shanghai | Shanghai | Volume fabric sourcing, Asian mills | 5,000+ | | Pitti Uomo | Florence | Premium menswear, tailoring | 1,200+ | | Texworld Paris | Paris | Volume fabric sourcing | 1,200+ | | Who's Next | Paris | Ready-to-wear, contemporary | 800+ | | Pure London | London | UK market: womenswear, menswear | 800+ | | Outdoor Retailer | Salt Lake City | Performance, outdoor, activewear | 1,400+ | | Bread & Butter | Berlin | Streetwear, denim, urban | 600+ | | Kingpins | Amsterdam/NY | Denim-specific: mills, laundries | 80+ |

Delivery Windows

| Tier | Example Brands | SS Delivery | AW Delivery | Lead Time | |------|----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------| | Luxury | Chanel, Gucci, Prada | Dec-Apr | Jun-Oct | 12 months | | Contemporary | Ganni, Sandro, Reformation | Jan-Mar | Jul-Sep | 9 months | | High Street | Zara, H&M, Uniqlo | Continuous (12-52 drops/yr) | Continuous | 3 months | | DTC | Everlane, Girlfriend Collective | Feb-Apr | Aug-Oct | 6 months |

Development Timeline

A contemporary brand working on SS27 with a March 2027 delivery would follow this timeline:

Concept & Research          -60w    ~Dec 2025     4 weeks
Design & Sketching          -56w    ~Jan 2026     6 weeks
Fabric & Trim Sourcing      -50w    ~Mar 2026     4 weeks
Proto Sampling              -46w    ~Apr 2026     4 weeks
Fit Sampling                -42w    ~May 2026     4 weeks
Sales & Buying              -38w    ~Jun 2026     8 weeks
Pre-Production Sampling     -30w    ~Aug 2026     3 weeks
Production Order            -27w    ~Sep 2026     1 week
Fabric Production           -26w    ~Sep 2026     6 weeks
Cut & Sew                   -20w    ~Nov 2026     6 weeks
TOP Sample & QC             -14w    ~Dec 2026     2 weeks
Packing & Labelling         -12w    ~Dec 2026     2 weeks
Shipping                    -10w    ~Jan 2027     6 weeks
Warehouse Receiving          -4w    ~Feb 2027     2 weeks
Distribution                 -2w    ~Feb 2027     2 weeks
Delivery / In-Store           0w    Mar 2027

Example Script

Calculate a timeline from a target delivery date:

node examples/timeline-calculator.js 2027-03-01
node examples/timeline-calculator.js 2027-09-01

Output:

  Product Development Timeline for SS27
  Delivery date: Mar 1, 2027

  Phase                       Start           End             Weeks   Wks to Delivery
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Concept & Research          2025-12-17      2026-01-14      4       -60w
  Design & Sketching          2026-01-14      2026-02-25      6       -56w
  Fabric & Trim Sourcing      2026-02-25      2026-03-25      4       -50w
  ...
  Delivery / In-Store         2027-03-01      ---             ---     DELIVERY

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on adding trade shows, updating dates, or expanding regional coverage.

Built by the team at Kobo -- modern PLM for fashion brands.