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Art & Culture

Fashion Week and style capitals

Le Royal Monceau - Raffles Paris - France

Art & Culture

When Chanel returns to the Grand Palais, Paris feels it. Just before a show begins, there is always a small suspension in the air. Fashion Week in Paris, Milan, London and New York is defined as much by those in-between moments as by what happens on the runway.

In the midst of it all, Raffles becomes the quieter counterpart to the season’s most elegant weeks. A refined backstage of sorts. Where do you go between the shows? Somewhere for a beauty ritual, a quiet conversation in the salon, or the calm of an iconic suite before stepping back into the city.

Paris: couture and quiet elegance

There is a particular intensity to Fashion Week in Paris. Buyers, journalists and designers move between Avenue Montaigne, the ateliers of Le Marais and the monumental spaces that host the shows.

Raffles Le Royal Monceau fits naturally into this world. The hotel has long been connected to art and creativity, with its in-house art curator, private gallery La Librairie des Arts and bookshop. Here, a suite can double as a discreet base for fittings, then Raffles Spa & Wellness offers a clean reset before the next show. Later, Le Bar Long draws the week’s quieter conversations, and dinner lands exactly where it should at Matsuhisa Paris or Il Carpaccio.

Raffles London at The OWO - United Kingdom

London and Milan: craft and character

In London, Fashion Week feels more restless. Experimentation is part of the week’s character, as are young designers. From established venues to smaller studios across Soho, Mayfair and Shoreditch, the movement feels constant. Emerging labels and established houses share the same creativity here.

Just moments away on Whitehall, Raffles London at The OWO carries remarkable history, while inside, the Guerlain Spa spans four floors with a 20-metre pool, thermal suites and private treatment rooms for a restorative pause. Suites become calm headquarters during the week, while restaurants by Mauro Colagreco and the hotel’s elegant lounges naturally gather stylists and designers once the day’s final show is done.

Milan follows with a different confidence. Italian fashion has always been about craft, and the city reflects it. Shows unfold in palazzi and industrial spaces before evenings stretch into long dinners and conversations well beyond the runway.

New York: momentum and modern glamour

New York Fashion Week runs twice a year, in February and September, with a calendar that mixes runway shows and by-appointment viewings, often spread across multiple Manhattan venues. It’s also a week where timing becomes its own language. In February 2026, Marc Jacobs sent an invitation insisting on “6:30 PM sharp”. A small detail, but very New York.

In this setting, Raffles Boston, just a short journey away, has quickly become a gathering point for a similar creative crowd during major cultural events across the East Coast. Experience suites as a discreet base, then an evening that lands softly at Blind Duck, where Thursday jazz nights give the week its own after-hours rhythm.

Jakarta: a new style capital

Fashion’s calendar now travels beyond the traditional four. Jakarta Fashion Week is one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic gatherings, spotlighting Indonesian designers, textile traditions and a new generation of creative voices. Collections draw on heritage reworked into contemporary silhouettes with a confident global outlook.

Close by, Raffles Jakarta is naturally in step with that energy. During Fashion Week, the suites dedicated to the Indonesian artist Hendra Gunawan make a discreet base between shows. Later, the mood shifts. Evenings begin at Arts Café by Raffles, then drift into the lounges, where editors and stylists trade notes over dinner and something poured late.

The runway is only one part of the story. The rest happens in hotel lifts and quiet corners, in last minute fittings. Fashion Week teaches you that style is as much about timing as taste, and Raffles understands that instinctively.