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Dries Van Noten’s ‘Forum’ and ‘Rewiring Fashion’ Join Forces to Rebuild the Fashion System

Two early-pandemic initiatives set out to solve some of the industry’s biggest problems, from rampant discounting to a warped fashion calendar. Now, they’re coming together.
Dries Van Noten during the Dries Van Noten show at Paris Fashion Week in February 2020.
Dries Van Noten during the Dries Van Noten show at Paris Fashion Week in February 2020. Getty Imagery. (Estrop)

Dries Van Noten’s “Forum” and “Rewiring Fashion,” two early-pandemic efforts to bring sweeping change to the fashion industry’s traditional approach to showing, delivering and discounting collections, are joining forces.

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