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Frankfurt Fashion Week to take place digitally in the summer

The organisers of Frankfurt Fashion Week have announced the inaugural event will no longer take place physically this summer due to ongoing uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 situation in Germany. The event will instead take place through a new digital platform called FFW Studio, Messe Frankfurt and the Premium Group announced Wednesday. The...

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Anita Tillman: “Our industry needs a change”

On Monday, it became clear that the German trade shows Premium and Seek would bid farewell to Berlin and move to Frankfurt as part of Frankfurt Fashion Week. For the fashion community that got used to meeting in Berlin twice a year, this departure raised many questions and speculations. Anita Tillman, founder of Premium Group and one of the most...

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Joor launches trade show platform and partners with Premium and London Fashion Week

The wholesale platform Joor has announced that it will be supporting upcoming summer fashion industry events, such as Premium Berlin and London Fashion Week, as well as several autumn events. Joor will partner with Premium Group and British Fashion Council to offer virtual versions of Premium Berlin and London Fashion Week this summer through...

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Premium Group cancels Berlin trade shows as Dusseldorf fairs are postponed

The Premium Group has cancelled its Berlin summer trade shows, Premium and Seek, as well as its Fashiontech conference due to Covid-19. With the original intention of rescheduling its events to the end of July, the group is now forced to cancel, as the German federal and state governments prohibited large-scale events with over 1,000 visitors...

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Berlin fashion fairs look to refocus after difficult season

The German capital’s fashion fairs have long been success stories - but the general problems of the industry finally caught up with them this season. For years, visitors had swarmed the halls of the main events Premium and Panorama, but it was noticeably calmer this time round. The organisers did not publish numbers, but many exhibitors and...

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FashionUnited's highlights from AW 19/20 international trade fairs

This buying season, FashionUnited has travelled far and wide to cover a selection of the world’s best fashion trade fairs. From London’s Pure to Amsterdam’s Modefabriek; from Madrid’s Momad to Berlin’s Panorama. Each fair offered a rich and unique insight into the fashion industry, with a particular focus on the country in which each one was...

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Berlin fashion fairs end with debate about their future

Berlin’s fashion fairs had just closed their doors at the end of January when Jörg Wichmann opened the debate about their future. The CEO of Panorama trade fair announced plans that sounded almost revolutionary: Wichmann said in a statement that Panorama was going "on the offensive to meet the industry's desire for a shared location for all...

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Video: FashionTech Berlin Summer 2018

View the highlights from the eighth successful #FASHIONTECH Berlin conference on the future of fashion, taking place at Kraftwerk Berlin Source: #Fashiontech Berlin, YouTube.

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Video: United Fashion at Berlin Fashion Week

Flanders DC is one of the partners in the European United Fashion project. The goal is to promote entrepreneurial creativity and innovation to enhance business opportunities for European fashion designers. Source: Flanders DC, YouTube.

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Top 5 Trends from the SS19 Berlin Trade Shows

Trendstop gives FashionUnited readers an exclusive look at the top 5 trends from the SS19 editions of Seek, Bright and Premium trade events in Berlin. Incorporating three of the season's key trade shows, the Premium Group events once again took over Berlin for a trendsetting showcase of iconic brands, cult labels and emerging designers. At Seek,...

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Inside the July 2018 Berlin fashion trade fairs

Gorgeous summer weather set the tone for a positive mood at the Berlin fashion fairs last week. Even though the crowds seemed to be somewhat smaller than in previous seasons, the atmosphere at the eight events in the German capital was generally cheerful – disguising the fact, that German fashion retailers have been struggling with unfavourable...