Amsterdam Fashion Week will be held September 5 to 8, 2019. This fashion event in Amsterdam takes place in the months of February and September each year. It celebrates Dutch fashion through runway shows and presentations. Amsterdam Fashion Week combines fashion shows, off-schedule events and exhibitions, and is visited by buyers as well as national and international press. Participants in the event are a mix of up-and-coming talent, commercial label designers and brands. Several catwalk shows are also open to the public. The catwalk program recognizes both established designers and young talent.

Amsterdam Fashion Week started in 2004 as an initiative to put Amsterdam on the map as an internationally oriented destination for fashion. It means four days of exhibitions, shows, launches, parties and more. All the studio events are organised in collaboration with local museums, galleries, designers, clubs and shops. The event provides a platform for the finest and best that the Netherlands has to offer in the world of fashion, celebrating the creativity, glamour and magic that fashion can generate. Lighting, a fashion industry prize launched in 2007, is awarded to the most promising graduate each year. The competition sees a selection of the best students chosen from the seven leading Dutch fashion academies who present their collections to the fashion press and industry.