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CHIC restarts fair business with successful debut in Shenzhen

• Successful debut: More than 42,300 visitors at the first GREATER BAY AREA INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE & APPAREL EXPO including CHIC SHENZHEN • China's economy: Recovery and a growth forecast of 3.2 percent in the second quarter • Core topics of trade and industry: "Sustainable fashion", "Creative design", "Supply chain construction" • Service...

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EuroShop: These are the trends for the store of the future

Every three years, the international retail scene meets at the EuroShop trade fair. On a packed exhibition site, around 2,300 exhibitors from 57 nations presented the entire spectrum of stationary stores that are now increasingly digitally oriented in 16 exhibition halls. Digitisation: trending topic par excellence The trending topic of the fair...

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Pure London: Business as usual despite Storm Ciara and Brexit woes

London - UK fashion trade show Pure London had a bumpy start on Sunday, with Storm Ciara battering the UK and resulting in many of the country’s transport services being temporarily closed. But despite the setback and a quiet first day, the fair, which took place between 9 - 11 February at Olympia London, celebrated a generally upbeat AW20...

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CIFF expands sportswear and launches C+ for sustainable innovations

Copenhagen - For two weeks a year, Copenhagen is dominated with fashion. Last week, the Danish capital, which remains high on the list of fashionable cities in the eyes of the industry, was once again flooded with buyers, sales representatives, influencers and everything in between as a result of the concurrently running Copenhagen Fashion Week...

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Pitti Uomo 97: Streetwear, sustainability and traditional menswear

Florence - Leading menswear trade fair Pitti Uomo was back in Florence, Italy, last week, where inside the walls of the iconic Fortezza da Basso, fashion designers, brands, buyers and aficionados got together to showcase the latest trends, collections and innovations for coming menswear seasons. Over 1,200 exhibitors and around 21,400 buyers, of...

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Pitti Uomo 97: Telfar brings brilliant baroque style to Florence

Florence - Unisex brand Telfar, the special project at this season’s Pitti Uomo trade fair, showed off its latest looks on Thursday evening, bringing its concepts of fluid and ‘simplex’ (simple + complex) fashion to the Palazzo Corsini in Florence, Italy. For his AW20 collection, the New York-born designer combined baroque ornament and...

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K-Way stages its first catwalk show at Pitti Uomo

Outerwear brand K-Way, known for its waterproof jackets, took to the catwalk for the first time during Pitti Immagine Uomo 97 to celebrate its “consolidated re-launch”. K-Way, now part of Turin-based BasicNet Group since 2004, showcased what it described as “the evolution of a contemporary icon” with its co-ed catwalk show at Florence’s Palazzo...

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NY Women's: What the next decade of retail needs

NY Women's took place this past week from January 5 - 7. Under the umbrella of NY Women's this year included tradeshows Intermezzo, Accessorie Circuit, Fame, Moda, and Accessories The Show. The talk of the tradeshow circuit this year was what does retail need in this next decade to survive. 2020 might be cause for a celebration into a new era,...

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Pitti Uomo 97 kicks off with spotlight on the ‘United Nations of Fashion’

Leading menswear trade fair Pitti Uomo has announced that the theme of its latest winter edition which started today and runs until Friday 10 January will be flags and their symbolism of the “United Nations of Fashion”. “Show your flags at Pitti” is the new slogan of Pitti Uomo 97 and all other winter shows branded Pitti Immagine. The theme has...

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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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Expert Advice on Branding & Instagram @Modefabriek 2019

Modefabriek is the biannual fashion trade show that gathers the Dutch fashion industry. We have spoken to two experts Kirsten Jassies and Bo Haberland on how to optimise your on branding and Instagram marketing efforts. Instructions: be sure to turn on your audio to listen to the tips delivered fresh from the Modefabriek Expert Advice corner!...

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These 3 outdoor brands turned their customers into communities

Consumers care more and more about the environment, according to Jan Agelink, one of the founders of Dutch trendwatching firm Buro Jantrendman. He presented a lecture titled “Fashion goes outdoor” at Dutch fashion trade fair Modefabriek last month. According to Agelink, not only are today’s consumers changing their shopping habits to reduce...