The good, the bad, and the glitchy

Metaverse Fashion Week Debrief

Decentraland’s first ever Fashion Week took place from March 24th-27th. It included shows, panels, shopping, afterparties and “how do I lift my avatar’s hands” moments.

Here’s the download of the good, the bad, and the glitchy:

The Good

• There’s a metaverse Fashion Week, and it is free and open to public
• There’s a dedicated Fashion District in Decentraland, including luxury fashion
• There’s also gritty and urban Rarible Fresh Drip Zone, for those who are more streetwear-minded
• The space is decentralized: brands mingle with digital artists and metaverse creators
• Everything’s on-chain: Ethereum-backed NFTs let users wear their skins and assets across metaverse platforms.
• Fashion mixed with art: CashLabs’s exhibition hosted 20 artists and designers, from Dematerialized to The Fabricant.
• Not everything’s for sale: Selfridges featured, in a multi-story, gallery-like setting 12 Unwearable Dresses as part of its Universe Project, based on Paco Rabanne’s collab with artist Victor Vasarely
• There were some glimpses of the future. NTR1-Meta created handmade leather shoes in the Decentraland form, physical form and…