About · Chicago Fashion Coalition

A timetable for Chicago fashion.

where to go, when to arrive, and what has changed

Who makes it

Chicago Fashion Coalition is the city's 501(c)(3) for fashion, established in 2021 to centralize resources, talent and events and to connect the Chicago fashion ecosystem. This calendar is a CFC project. It is not the official website of any fashion week.

In March 1941, Ruth Finley and Alice and Frances Hughes began publishing the Fashion Calendar in New York “to clear dates for subscribers to avoid conflicts and to maximize attendance.” Chicago needs the same coordination today. That is the whole idea.

The Coalition's main site

The calendar does one job: what is on, where and when. Membership, programs, partners and the Coalition's own story live on the main site.

Visit chicagofashioncoalition.org

What the labels mean

Every listing says whose event it is, so you can tell CFC's own events from everyone else's.

Official CFC event: The Chicago Fashion Coalition hosts or presents it.
Supported by CFC: Another organization hosts it and CFC supports it. The host is named and linked.
On CFC's calendar: It comes from CFC's own calendar. The host is named when it is not CFC.
External event: A community listing from an organizer, a submission or a public event feed. A community listing does not mean CFC endorses it.
CFC Pick: An external event that CFC's editors recommend. It is an editorial choice and is never paid for.
Sponsored or partner placement: There are none today. If one is ever added it will say “Sponsored” and stay separate from CFC Picks.

Want every label, every place it appears and how it is drawn? See the full label legend.

Something wrong or out of date? Use Report an issue at the bottom of any event page, or write to info@chicagofashioncoalition.org.

Sources and limits

Listings come from organizers who submit them, from CFC, and from public, machine-readable event feeds. We copy facts only — title, dates, venue, price and the link — never another organizer's photos or copy. Every listing shows where it came from and when we last checked it.

Access details, end times and prices are not always published. Cancellations stay visible for two days; changes are marked. Confirm with the organizer before you go. Saving an event to your plan is not a registration.

Add an event

Anyone can submit an event. Submissions from organizers we have not verified yet are checked before they appear; events from verified organizer and venue sources publish and update on their own, and people step in for conflicts and reports. Subscribe to the whole calendar as an .ics feed, or just CFC's own events here.

Contact

info@chicagofashioncoalition.org
@chicagofashioncoalition
chicagofashioncoalition.org

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