Trade shows

Italy’s premier swimwear fair wraps up its 18th edition, attracting buyers from twelve nations, with strategic alliances taking center stage. Emerging markets in focus include Kazakhstan, Singapore, and Azerbaijan.

Facing declining birth rates and the rise of resale, the Florentine children’s fair attracted 900 buyers and 170 brands, highlighting a refreshed lifestyle focus. Event organizers assess the industry’s current landscape.

New York’s runway will feature standout names like Calvin Klein, Altuzarra, and Tory Burch, while Carolina Herrera, a New York Fashion Week regular, opts for a Madrid show on September 18th.

From September 4th to 8th, the platform will host a series of events celebrating fashion, art, and social responsibility, amidst the Ukrainian industry’s ongoing battle with the war’s challenges. Expect appearances from Frolov and Gunia Project.

After canceling the men’s edition in June, the new director of the BFC, ex-Selfridges Laura Weir, has presented a battery of measures to regain the appeal of London Fashion Week and retain creative talent.

The French show consolidates its international mission in emerging markets with a Saudi showroom in Paris, the first official participation of brands supported by the Saudi Fashion Commission in the capital’s fashion week.

The show rises in August as a hybrid platform: 200 brands, Nordic talent, the giant Bestseller in immersive mode and a new Fashion Commerce Summit. Director Sofie Dolva details her plan for the trade show business.

The Portuguese event returns, from July 1 to 5, with a decentralized format that crosses fashion, tourism and industry, in an attempt to rethink its business model to reduce dependence on public funding.

From the expected debuts to the season’s busiest calendar: the capital inaugurates the summer with a double assault of men’s fashion and haute couture that redefines the creative hierarchy of the sector, from the new Dior to the latest Balenciaga.

The Florentine fair closed its 108th edition with a slight increase in international buyers and a strong focus on foreign countries. The transport strike and the extreme heat set the pace of a show without euphoria.

The CEO of the Florentine menswear fair analyzes the context of “perfect storm” with optimism, highlighting the need for reinvention and the resilience of a sector expert in surviving crises.

Danish fashion takes a step forward. Ciff Fair joins as an official patron of Cphfw Newtalent, offering permanent showrooms, mentoring for designers and an international platform for Nordic companies.

Intelligent robots, superchips from Nvidia and LVMH or L’Oréal technology leaders: VivaTech 2025 broke records with 180,000 professionals and 14,000 start ups, consecrating Paris as the capital where luxury converses with AI.

The twelfth edition of the event, which was scheduled to take place April 6 to 7, will be postponed to further dates.

The Sao Paulo fashion event was scheduled to take place April 24 to 28, however, the organizers have canceled the show due to the spread of the coronavirus, joining a long list of global fashions weeks that have undergone the same treatment

The Parisian fashion event, organized by the WSN Developpment, counted with the participation of 440 exhibitors and visitors deriving from the United States, Italy and Japan.

The fair dedicated to denim was going to be held in The Netherlands between 22 and 23 of April. In February, the trade show organizer cancelled its edition in Hong Kong, scheduled for May.

Jörg Wichmann requested on February 28 to open insolvency proceedings on his own assets before the district court Charlottenburg (Berlin).

In Lineapelle last edition in February 19 to 21, the tannery and leather fair welcomed around 20,000 visitors.

The Swiss watch and accessories fair has been postponed to January 2021 to celebrate its next edition. The fair was set to take place between April 30 and May 5.

Postponed Shanghai Fashion Week will collaborate with the giant Alibaba Tmall to broadcast the autumn-winter 2020 fashion shows, which have been canceled due to the coronavirus epidemic.

The Parisian textile fair welcomed 44,414 visitors in its latest global edition and had 1,710 exhibitors, including designers, textile suppliers, and spinners.

The Italian footwear trade show, which took place between February 16 and 19, was attended by 1,205 exhibitors, 577 internationals.

In recent years, cities such as Copenhagen, Bogotá or Sydney have launched events that promise to become the driver of the new prospects of design in the world.

Several of the exhibitors at the Paris supply fair said they had exceeded their expectations even though many customers from China had canceled their visit.

1 2 3

Modaes Global - Trade shows | News of fashion fairs and catwalks. All the information about fashion fairs and catwalks and their managers and organizers. - Modaes Global.

Special series

Bernard Arnault

Luca de Meo

Óscar García Maceiras

Nicolas Bos

Richard Dickson

Elliott Hill