IN A WORLD SHAPED BY MOVEMENT, MIGRATION, AND MULTICULTURAL IDENTITY, THIS THEME CELEBRATES FASHION AS A FORCE FOR CONNECTION. 

DESIGNERS BRING: 

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CULTURAL HERITAGE 

CONTEMPORARY IDENTITY 

CRAFT TRADITIONS

MODERN INNOVATION 

 

ALL CONVERGING IN ONE CITY, ONE RUNWAY, ONE SHARED EXPERIENCE. 

THIS THEME MIRRORS CHICAGO’S IDENTITY AS A CROSSROADS OF CULTURES, INDUSTRIES, AND IDEAS— POSITIONING THE CITY AS A GLOBAL CREATIVE CAPITAL.