Breaking free from fashion weeks: 'I don't think we really need the calendar'

Francisco Terra of Neith Nyer acknowledges the audience at the end of his women's 2018 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris. Photo: AFP

Brazilian designer Francisco Terra of French upstart brand Neith Nyer says the Covid-19 crisis has freed him from the need to follow the usual fashion playbook.

Terra organised one of the few live runway shows during recent men's fashion week in Paris – but he did it outside the official line-up and in his own style.