The fashion industry is evolving, as Covid-19 forces a huge rethink

In this file photo, model Cara Delevingne wears a creation for Fendi's Spring/Summer 2021 haute couture fashion collection presented in Paris. Photo: AP

The pandemic has torn a multibillion-dollar bite out of the fabric of Europe's fashion industry, stopped runway shows and forced brands to show their designs digitally instead.

Now, amid hopes of a return to near-normality by the year’s end, the industry is asking what fashion will look like as it dusts itself off and struggles to its well-heeled feet again.