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T.G.I.PFWF. It may be Friday, but the shows keep coming. Here’s what to watch for today.

• The new Dior is coming! Maria Grazia Chiuri, who revitalized Valentino with her partner in design, Pierpaolo Piccioli, has struck out on her own as the new artistic director of Dior, the first woman to hold the position in the 69-year history of the house. (She follows Raf Simons in the role, who has moved on to New York and to Calvin Klein.) What to expect? At the very least, the latest iteration of that most sacred Dior totem, the Bar jacket, first designed by Monsieur Dior himself and reinterpreted by all of his interpreters since Gianfranco Ferré in the ’80s. In other words, the new, new, new, new New Look.

• The Spanish are coming! The morning starts with Loewe (for reference: “Lo-WAY-vay”), the Spanish leather goods house owned by LVMH. It is under the direction of Jonathan (a.k.a. J.W.) Anderson, the pontificating wunderkind, who recently released his first two fragrances for the house, Loewe 001 Man and Loewe 001 Woman. In short: Expect the Maison Unesco to be scented — in a way that is evidently meant to suggest the awkwardness of a morning-after encounter. Mmmm! Good morning to you, too, seat-mate!

• The Japanese are coming! The Comme des Garçons suite of shows won’t start till tomorrow, but some of Japan’s finest take their turn today: Issey Miyake in the morning, Jun Takahashi of Undercover in the afternoon, Yohji Yamamoto in the evening. In keeping with the theme, the new Japan Store, from the country’s largest department store group, holds a private (sake) cocktail party this evening before its opening tomorrow.

And in case you missed it:

• In the court of Queen Rihanna, a gym-bunny monarch out of 18th-century France.

• On “The Collection,” a new series from Amazon inspired by the story of Christian Dior.

• About this week: Our critic reviews the new collections from Dries Van Noten, Chloé, Rochas and more.