The 2026 Monte-Carlo Fashion Week was officially launched on Tuesday 14th April in the Cour d’Honneur of Monaco’s Mairie, marking the start of a five-day programme that runs through to 18th April.
Mayor Georges Marsan welcomed Federica Nardoni Spinetta, President of the Chambre Monégasque de la Mode, alongside Fashion Week representatives and his deputies Marjorie Crovetto, Jacques Pastor, Jean-Marc Deoriti-Castellini and Karyn Ardisson Salopek for the opening ceremony.
Now in its 14th edition, the Monte-Carlo Fashion Week has established itself as a fixture in the Principality’s cultural calendar, bringing together designers, fashion houses, industry professionals, students and enthusiasts around a contemporary vision of fashion rooted in ethics, inclusivity and sustainability — values that Marsan said are central to the Mairie’s continued partnership with the event.
“We are proud to support cultural initiatives that contribute to the dynamism of the Principality,” he said. “The Mairie is itself very involved in supporting fashion professions through the Fashion Scenography option offered for the third year at Pavillon Bosio. This programme has been a remarkable success and continues to grow.”
Student creativity takes centre stage
Among the highlights of this edition is the De midi à minuit show on 17th April at 5pm at the Espace Léo Ferré, bringing together collections designed by fashion design students from Florentine school Polimoda in a staging conceived by students from the École Supérieure d’Arts Plastiques — Pavillon Bosio. The Fashion Awards ceremony follows that evening at the Grimaldi Forum’s Grande Verrière, honouring designers who combine innovation and responsibility.
Also present at Tuesday’s launch were young participants in the 7th edition of the Projet Communal Junior, who are developing their own charitable youth fashion show concept — an invitation that gave them a direct encounter with figures from Monaco’s fashion world.
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Photo source: Mairie de Monaco