World’s first Metaverse Fashion Week is here – All you need to know

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Decentraland’s four-day Metaverse Fashion Week began on March 24 promising to showcase a stellar virtual list of global labels.

Here is all you need to know about the first ever metaverse fashion week.

— The first-of-its-kind Metaverse Fashion Week is hosting shows and digital experiences through a four-day event from March 24-28.

— The Metaverse Fashion Week is hosted on virtual platform Decentraland, where an attendee’s 3D avatar can browse through plots of 'land' for sale.

— Decentraland uses MANA cryptocurrency and is powered by the Ethereum blockchain.

— For its debut year, the event has devoted digital spaces which will be accessible to all visitors who can participate in panel talks, shopping experiences, runway shows and after-parties.

— Designers at the event include Jonathan Simkhai, Mowalola, and Collina Strada.

— The event was opened yesterday evening by British department store Selfridges which in early 2022 announced an NFT collaboration with the estate of Victor Vasarely and Paco Rabanne. It featured new artistic works and digital renditions of young Rabanne’s first 12 ‘Unwearable’ dresses originally created in 1966.

— At Metaverse Fashion Week, Selfridges recreated the digital space to reminiscence the Birmingham store to showcase their NFTs (mentioned above) in a gallery-like display. User avatars were also allowed guided tours of the artworks.

— For their fashion show line-up, the event has Etro hosting Liquid Paisley on March 25.

— Dolce and Gabbana will also offer a glimpse of their looks through an NFT collection today.

— Others also hosting runway events include Perry Ellis, Roberto Cavalli, and Tommy Hilfiger

— For shopping options, Giuseppe Zanotti is putting a limited edition of 1,000 of its NFTs of its