Taipei Fashion Week A/W25 Sets a New Standard for Sustainable Fashion

Taipei Fashion Week A/W25 commenced on March 27th, unveiling its official theme of “Regenerative – Circular Fashion” with an opening show at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei. The event highlighted the city’s commitment to sustainability, backed by its world-leading textile sector and technological advancements. Organizers emphasized that Taipei was demonstrating how the future of fashion could be both sustainable and deeply rooted in innovation and fabric technology.

Key Highlights from Taipei Fashion Week A/W25

Serving as a platform for Taiwan’s emerging designers, Taipei Fashion Week also showcased the country’s renowned textile and semiconductor industries. Referred to as ‘Silicon Island,’ Taiwan played a crucial role in the manufacturing and global supply chain of semiconductor chips, an industry that significantly influenced the fashion sector. This season’s showcase particularly highlighted the intersections of fashion and advanced material innovation.

Taiwan’s Leadership in Textile and Tech Innovation

The event received support from local tech companies, reinforcing the growing convergence of fashion and technology. Organizers noted that Taipei was offering insight into the future of clothing through the use of environmentally friendly yarns, digital pattern making, and 3D prototyping. Designers worked closely with textile mills to create collections that were not only visually striking but also representative of Taiwan’s leading advancements in fabric development and regenerative design practices.

This season’s theme, focused on regenerative fashion, reflected Taipei Fashion Week’s ongoing commitment to sustainability. The event’s visual identity emphasized the concept of circularity, encapsulated in the slogan “Fashion: An Endless Relay Race.” Organizers explained that while fashion had traditionally been a linear industry, Taiwan was showcasing how it could transition into a closed-loop system that prioritized renewal. A promotional video illustrated this journey, showing the life cycle of a garment from conception to use, not ending in disposal but reintegration into a circular fashion economy. The concept positioned the industry as an ongoing relay race, where the baton was passed from textile production to designer, to wearer, and then back again for reuse.

Events & Activities at Taipei Fashion Week A/W25

The opening show on March 27th centered on the theme of circularity and featured six Taiwanese designers who collaborated with textile companies. These collaborations included Claudia Wang with Lealea Group, DYCTEAM with Far Eastern New Century Corporation, GIOIA PAN with King Whale Corporation, oqliq with Shin Kong Textile Co., UUIN with New Wide Enterprise, and WEAVISM with Hermin Textile Co. Organizers highlighted how, with technology driving both aesthetic and material innovation on a global scale, Taipei Fashion Week was offering an alternative to the traditional dominance of Paris, Milan, and London. They suggested that the city was paving the way for a future where fashion would be smarter, more efficient, and more sustainable.

From March 27th to 30th, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park hosted the event, featuring catwalk shows on March 28th and 29th, the Apparel International Buyer Fair at Warehouse No.3, and the “Fashion Forum: FASHION THE NEXT” on March 28th. As a new addition to this season, a public-access fashion market and a sustainability workshop took place on March 30th.