The Fédération française de la couture, du prêt-à-porter des couturiers et des créateurs de mode was established in 1973. It derives from the Chambre syndicale de la haute couture created in 1868.

Each year, in January and July, Paris hosts about 30 shows during the haute couture and 30 men’s wear fashion shows and again in March and October over a hundred women’s ready-to-wear fashion shows.
The Federation sets the shows schedules so avoiding time conflicts to enable both the Press and the buyers to cover the entire collections.
A collaboration has developed in order to organize the various show rooms exhibiting at the same time as the fashion shows and a co-ordination of the Milan and Paris schedules has taken place as well to ensure cohesion of the European presentations.

The schedule issued by the Federation is a strong visibility means for the brands as it is sent to some 2,000 journalists and to French and foreign buyers who currently attend fashion shows in Paris