Twice each year, concurrent with the two annual fashion seasons, the entire industry comes together to present ready to wear lines to a focused target audience. Globally recognized as "Fashion Week", you have these events scheduled in many major fashion centres around the world. It is an opportunity for the entire industry to collectively showcase the upcoming seasons’ collections to trade buyers (retailers, buying houses, distributors, wholesalers, agents, potential franchises), the media and individual buyers.

The fashion industry is comprised of individuals and organizations who are all playing vital roles in enhancing their respective fashion markets, including the designers, textile manufacturers, accessories manufacturers, stylists, beauty and health product companies (including cosmetics), models, makeup artists, hair stylists, choreographers, and the fashion media. They work together as a whole industry, each individual piece as important as the next in collectively completing the fashion industry jigsaw puzzle.