Chinese trade fairs Chic and Intertextile will not be held in Shanghai from April 14 to 16 as initially planned. Chic will be postponed to May in Nanjing, while Intertextile will merge its spring and August editions.
Philippe Brocart has stepped down as managing director of SAFI, which organizes the Maison&Objet trade show scheduled to kick off on Thursday, March 24. Philippe Delhomme acts as interim director.
The gold and jewellery show organised by IEG hosted over 1,000 exhibitors (with some 140 at T. Gold), and 300 buyers, 53% of them from 127 countries outside Italy, chiefly from Spain, Germany, the USA, Greece and France.
As it returns as a standalone show, Scoop International in July will move to London’s Olympia West.
The home decor, interior design, and lifestyle trade show, Maison&Objet, will be held from March 21 to 28 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center, bringing together 3,000 brands.
Shanghai Fashion Week has been postponed due to Covid-19, in the latest setback due to the recent resurgence of the virus in China.The most important runway season in China had been scheduled from March 25 to April 1.
The children's fashion and childcare event will return to Feria Valencia between June 17 and 19 for its summer edition. It will feature the Fimi Kids Fashion Week runway presentations under the name Fimi Summer Experience.
Yoox Net-A-Porter is continuing to dive deeper into resale and following the rollout of the option for its womenswear Net-A-Porter site, it's expanding it to its menswear offer, Mr Porter, and to The Outnet.
Although this week's context does not call for celebration due to the current situation in Ukraine, the trade shows ending Monday are off to a good start following a dynamic Fashion Week.
On Monday, the French label unveiled the ready-to-wear collection designed by new creative director Kobi Halperin, to be distributed globally from this season, while a relaunch plan for perfume will kick off in 2023.
Parisian trade shows are back with fresh verve. Tranoï is returning to Palais Brongniart, Première Classe promises a pre-pandemic atmosphere again, and Woman will be staged at Oddity, a venue in central Paris.
Fashion Network toured Milan's showroom of 100-plus presentations, testifying to Italy’s clear exit from the pandemic. Even if everyone is braced for another global downturn and deep concern about Ukraine.
After two years of absence, the children's fashion and associated products event returned to Feria de Valencia between February 17 and 19. We analyze the sector together with the event’s director, Alicia Gimeno
The Portuguese textile show's 59th edition was hailed "a highly successful event," according to its organizers, bringing together 300 exhibitors and almost 5,000 buyers, with close to 500 foreign visitors in attendance.
The bridalwear event will return to Barcelona next April with shows and a trade show in physical format.
