{
  "report_date": "2028-02-21",
  "collection_window": {
    "start": "2028-02-15",
    "end": "2028-02-21"
  },
  "sources_scanned": 10,
  "items_collected": 4,
  "source_sector_breakdown": {
    "designer_origin": 1,
    "institutional": 1,
    "editorial": 2
  },
  "executive_summary": "Collection window February 15-21, 2028: New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2028 women's shows, which opened within the 2028-02-08 window, closed out within this window. Khaite's own site published the house's runway lookbook for its Fall/Winter 2028 New York show, and wwd.com independently reviewed the same show, both identifying a cantilevered-shoulder blazer -- a tailored blazer built with an internal structural framework that extends the shoulder line beyond the wearer's natural silhouette in a rigid, unsupported-looking projection -- as a recurring construction across multiple looks. This is treated as genuine cross-sector corroboration, applying the identical reasoning already used for the 2028-01-24 Louis Vuitton, 2028-01-31 Dior, and 2028-02-14 Proenza Schouler signals: one designer_origin source (the house's own lookbook) and one editorial source doing independent runway-review reporting, not a restatement of the house's own materials. Separately, the British Fashion Council published its official calendar for London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2028, and vogue.com independently reported on the announcement with added confirmed-participant detail beyond a restatement of the BFC's own release -- the same fact pattern already applied to the 2028-02-07 CFDA/wwd.com New York calendar-confirmation signal and the 2028-01-10 FHCM/wwd.com Paris menswear calendar-confirmation signal. Per precedent 6 in the confidence-discipline precedents doc, these two signals' same-week co-occurrence is not treated as cross-sector corroboration between them; each is derived only from sources that address it directly. The Proenza Schouler spiral-seam-wrap-coat thread, the resort 2028 puffer-shell skirt thread, the resale-demand signal on structured waist-tailoring, the obi-sash cocoon coat thread, and the opera-glove/'restraint dressing' thread all produced no new development this window and are not carried forward again absent fresh movement. The Margiela raw-edge thread remains closed out as of 2027-10-18. Met Gala 2027, Wales Bonner, and CFDA's Fashion Fund/Awards remain untracked going forward per standing convention.",
  "top_signals": [
    {
      "name": "Khaite Fall/Winter 2028 runway: cantilevered-shoulder blazer",
      "type": "silhouette",
      "source_sectors": [
        "designer_origin",
        "editorial"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "volatility": "emerging",
      "origin_classification": "designer_originated",
      "evidence": "Khaite published its own runway lookbook for its Fall/Winter 2028 show at New York Fashion Week, and wwd.com independently reviewed the same show, both identifying a blazer built with an internal structural framework that extends the shoulder line past the wearer's natural silhouette in a rigid, unsupported-looking projection -- repeated across multiple looks. The lookbook is the house's own first-party statement of the collection; wwd.com's review adds independent critical framing rather than restating the lookbook's own copy.",
      "index_note": "Read as a single-runway-event silhouette observation at the designer-intent stage: a garment shown on one house's runway this window, not yet a claim of editorial trend consensus across other designers, retail buying, or social circulation.",
      "human_editor_note": "derive_confidence() computes 'high' here (corroboration_count=2, two distinct sectors: designer_origin, editorial), and this report adopts that result rather than overriding it, applying the identical reasoning already used for the 2028-01-24 Louis Vuitton, 2028-01-31 Dior, and 2028-02-14 Proenza Schouler signals: the second source is a genuinely distinct sector -- the house's own first-party lookbook (designer_origin) plus an independent editorial review, not two outlets in the same sector -- so the sector diversity is real, not a taxonomy artifact (precedent 3) or a mislabeled single underlying source (precedent 7). khaite.com was added to taxonomy.py's DOMAIN_SECTOR_MAP this run (previously unmapped, same gap noted for proenzaschouler.com at 2028-02-14) since it is the brand's own official domain. confidence_source is set to 'derived' since the mechanical result is adopted as-is, no manual override.",
      "source_corroboration_count": 2,
      "signal_id": "khaite-fw28-cantilevered-shoulder-blazer",
      "confidence_source": "derived",
      "source_domains": [
        "khaite.com",
        "wwd.com"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "London confirms Fall/Winter 2028 women's Fashion Week dates",
      "type": "market_behavior",
      "source_sectors": [
        "institutional",
        "editorial"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "volatility": "stable",
      "origin_classification": "unclear",
      "evidence": "The British Fashion Council, London Fashion Week's governing body, published its official calendar for Fall/Winter 2028 women's London Fashion Week this window, the next leg of the international fashion-month sequence following New York's close. vogue.com independently reported on the announcement, adding a preliminary confirmed-designer-participant list not present in the BFC's own release -- this is treated as genuine independent second-sector reporting rather than a reprint of the primary announcement, the same distinction drawn for the 2028-02-07 nyfw-fw28-womens-calendar-confirmed signal and the 2028-01-10 pfw-mens-fw28-calendar-confirmed signal.",
      "index_note": "Read as routine pre-season fashion-week logistics, not a style signal -- confirmation of a calendar date and participant list is not, itself, a garment, silhouette, or aesthetic claim.",
      "human_editor_note": "derive_confidence() computes 'high' here (corroboration_count=2, two distinct sectors: institutional, editorial) and this report adopts that result rather than overriding it, applying the identical reasoning already used for the 2028-02-07 CFDA/wwd.com and 2028-01-10 FHCM/wwd.com calendar-confirmation signals: vogue.com's coverage adds confirmed-participant detail the BFC's own release did not include, which is genuine independent journalism, not a reprint of the primary announcement (contrast the 2027-09-06 fhcm.paris/laforma.club aggregator-reprint case under precedent 4). Per precedent 6, this signal's same-week co-occurrence with the Khaite blazer signal is not treated as cross-sector corroboration between them -- each is derived only from sources addressing it directly. confidence_source is set to 'derived' rather than 'manual' since the mechanical result is adopted as-is.",
      "source_corroboration_count": 2,
      "signal_id": "lfw-fw28-womens-calendar-confirmed",
      "confidence_source": "derived",
      "source_domains": [
        "britishfashioncouncil.co.uk",
        "vogue.com"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "repeated_keywords": [
    "cantilevered-shoulder blazer",
    "Khaite",
    "New York Fashion Week",
    "London Fashion Week calendar"
  ],
  "garments": [
    "cantilevered-shoulder blazer"
  ],
  "silhouettes": [
    "cantilevered-shoulder blazer"
  ],
  "materials": [],
  "colors": [],
  "aesthetic_terms": [
    "cantilevered-shoulder blazer"
  ],
  "cultural_references": [
    "New York Fashion Week",
    "London Fashion Week"
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "Two signals cleared this report's corroboration bar this window: a designer-intent silhouette observation (Khaite) and a fashion-week scheduling confirmation (London), both reaching 'high' on genuine cross-sector corroboration -- see each signal's human_editor_note.",
    "The Khaite signal reflects designer intent observed on a single runway this window, reported through one first-party channel and one independent editorial review; it does not represent editorial-consensus interpretation across other houses, retail adoption, or social amplification, none of which have occurred yet within this window.",
    "Per precedent 6 in the confidence-discipline precedents doc, the two signals' same-week co-occurrence is not treated as cross-sector corroboration between them.",
    "No new development occurred on the Proenza Schouler spiral-seam-wrap-coat, resort 2028 puffer-shell skirt, resale-demand, obi-sash cocoon coat, or opera-glove/'restraint dressing' threads this window; per standing convention, none are carried forward again absent fresh movement."
  ],
  "archive_tags": [
    "margiela-raw-edge-editorial-close-out",
    "met-gala-2027-untracked",
    "wales-bonner-hermes-debut-untracked",
    "cfda-fashion-fund-winner-untracked",
    "cfda-fashion-awards-2026-untracked"
  ],
  "collection_status": "normal",
  "thin_week_note": "",
  "review_status": "reviewed",
  "reviewed_by": "ari3lla-index-loop-improvements agent",
  "revision_history": []
}