THE SEASON STARTS. Graeme Moran Drapers head of content fashion and features A

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1 Drapers brings you the definitive guide to the autumn 18 buying season, the shows to know and who is going where THE SEASON STARTS London Fashion Week Men s Graeme Moran Drapers head of content fashion and features A s we near the start of the autumn 18 buying calendar, the trade show debate rumbles on for another season. Are they outdated, uninspiring and irrelevant? Or are they still the best one-stop-shop to connect with brands and network with the industry, while getting business done? For some, such as Bethany Rowntree, director of womenswear etailer Studio B, trade shows are no longer important. Rowntree does not see the need for them, and has discovered and connected with most of the brands she stocks via the internet: I think trade shows seem a little outdated in both their aesthetic and agenda I find them pretty generic and soulless. She also feels exhibitions have lost their industry focus and exclusivity, and, by opening up to more people, have diluted their impact. For others, such as Kyle Stewart, co-founder of London independent Goodhood, trade shows will never be dead. Stewart argues that hunting for gems at multiple international events is still vital to his buying strategy, and, even if Goodhood only discovers one new brand a season, trade shows are still worthwhile: We re product people we need to see the product. We need to get out there and go through every single rail. The reality is different for each brand, buyer and business. While the days of blockbuster events such as Berlin s Bread & There is no better place to understand a new season than in a trade show s aisles Butter in its heyday are over, trade shows whether they be large or small remain a vital part of the industry, and a missed opportunity for those who totally dismiss them. They offer a place for both established brands and, more importantly, newer labels to showcase their collections in a central, convenient location. There is also no better place to understand the product direction of a new season than browsing a trade show s aisles, whether it be for order writing or simply research. And it is almost impossible to find another occasion where so many industry insiders, from brands through to buying teams, come together in one place, offering endless networking opportunities. Events such as Pitti Uomo are a shining example of this. The city of Florence is taken over by the menswear industry twice a year (see the sold-out flights and booked-up hotels for proof), as the entire market from luxury tailoring through to sportswear names, and global megabrands to artisanal newcomers descend on one location. The most important thing nowadays is quality. As Goodhood s Stewart says: Trade shows are relevant through the curation of the brands that are showing at them. If the brands aren t good, then the trade show is not good. Trade shows need to maintain a curated offering to make any visit worthwhile. Some would benefit from editing, and focusing on quality over quantity. And the shows themselves need to remain fresh, whether it be through new concepts or simply reorganising layouts to keep both exhibitors and visitors engaged. Copenhagen s CIFF, which continues to reinvent itself with new formats, layouts and offerings, is an example of a show that does this well. Here you will find more views and opinions on trade shows, plus a list of the key dates to know for the coming buying season. I hope to see you there. JW Anderson at Pitti Uomo 6-8 JANUARY London Fashion Week Men s Store Studios, 180 Strand, London londonfashionweekmens.com 7-9 JANUARY Children s Club Javits Center, Kidswear Fame Javits Center, 9-12 JANUARY Pitti Immagine Uomo Fortezza da Basso, Florence pittimmagine.com, footwear JANUARY The London Textile Fair Business Design Centre, London thelondontextilefair.co.uk,, prints, vintage JANUARY White Via Tortona, Milan whiteshow.it, womenswear JANUARY Expo Riva Schuh Riva del Garda Fierecongressi, Trentino exporivaschuh.it Footwear

2 13-16 JANUARY Milan Men s Fashion Week milanomodauomo.it JANUARY Top Drawer Coterie Olympia London topdrawer.co.uk Accessories, jewellery JANUARY Transit California Market Center, Los Angeles cmcdtla.com/transit Footwear and JANUARY Hong Kong Fashion Week Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre hktdc.com JANUARY Fashion SVP Olympia London fashionsvp.com, menswear, kidswear, lingerie, footwear,, homeware JANUARY Première Vision Pier 94, premierevision-newyork.com Yarns, fibres and textiles JANUARY Bright Arena Berlin, Berlin brighttradeshow.com Casualwear, footwear Panorama Messe Berlin, Berlin panorama-berlin.com, womenswear, Premium Station exhibition halls, Berlin premiumexhibitions.com, menswear Seek Arena Berlin, Berlin seekexhibitions.com, menswear Show & Order Kühlhaus Berlin, Berlin showandorder.de, menswear JANUARY Berlin Fashion Week fashion-week-berlin.com JANUARY Paris Men s Fashion Week fhcm.paris BUYER S VIEW HAZEL CATTERALL HEAD OF WOMENSWEAR, HARVEY NICHOLS We will be visiting the London Fashion Week Designer Showrooms, Scoop, CIFF in Copenhagen, Coterie in New York, and Tranoï and Who s Next in Paris. We ll also go to Splash and Salon in Paris for lingerie and swimwear. We go to these to get a good snapshot of newer and up-and-coming brands. With the exception of lingerie and swimwear shows, we rarely place orders at shows they are purely for research. We don t plan to stop going. Trade shows are a good place to start conversations and build relationships with smaller brands it s why international shows are still important.

3 18-20 JANUARY Pitti Immagine Bimbo Fortezza da Basso, Florence pittimmagine.com Kidswear JANUARY London Showrooms Paris, men s and pre collections VNH Gallery, Paris britishfashioncouncil.co.uk, womenswear JANUARY Capsule Paris Men s 14 rue Vertbois, Paris capsuleshow.com JANUARY Man Paris Place Vendôme, Paris manwomanshows.com JANUARY Tranoï Paris: Men s Carreau du Temple, Palais de la Bourse, Paris tranoi.com Tranoï Paris: Pre-Collections Carreau du Temple, Palais de la Bourse, Paris tranoi.com JANUARY Premiere Classe Porte de Versailles, Paris premiere-classe.com Fashion JANUARY Who s Next Porte de Versailles, Paris whosnext-tradeshow.com, urbanwear JANUARY Interfilière Paris Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, Paris lingerie-swimwear-paris.com Lingerie, swimwear Salon International de la Lingerie Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, Paris lingerie-swimwear-paris.com Lingerie, swimwear JANUARY Modefabriek Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam modefabriek.nl, menswear, streetwear JANUARY Beta International NEC, Birmingham beta-int.com Outdoorwear, equestrian clothing JANUARY MRket Javits Center, JANUARY Project Javits Center, JANUARY Printwear and Promotion Live NEC Birmingham printwearandpromotionlive.co.uk Accessories, womenswear, menswear JANUARY Stockholm Fashion Week Venues TBC fashionweek.se MRket JANUARY Showcase Ireland RDS, Dublin showcaseireland.com Jewellery, lifestyle, home, JANUARY Paris Haute Couture fhcm.paris JANUARY Capsule Men s Pier 94, capsuleshow.com JANUARY Liberty Pier 94, libertyfairs.com

4 CIFF Kids JANUARY Man Spring Studios, manwomanshows.com JANUARY Jacket Required Old Truman Brewery, London jacket-required.com, womenswear JANUARY INDX Cranmore Park,Solihull indxshow.co.uk 31 JANUARY-2 FEBRUARY CIFF Bella Center, Copenhagen ciff.dk, menswear, footwear CIFF Kids Bella Center, Copenhagen ciff.dk Kidswear JANUARY Pitti Immagine Filati Fortezza da Basso, Florence pittimmagine.com Yarns JANUARY Scoop Saatchi Gallery, London scoop-international.com,, lifestyle, fragrance JANUARY Gallery Areal Böhler, Düsseldorf gallery-duesseldorf.com Eveningwear, occasionwear 30 JANUARY-1 FEBRUARY Munich Fabric Start Munich Order Center, Munich munichfabricstart.com JANUARY Bubble London Business Design Centre, London bubblelondon.com Kidswear 30 JANUARY-2 FEBRUARY Copenhagen Fashion Week copenhagenfashionweek.com, menswear CIFF

5 31 JANUARY-2 FEBRUARY CIFF Raven Bella Center, Copenhagen ciff.dk, menswear, footwear Revolver Øksnehallen, Copenhagen revolver.dk, menswear 1-3 FEBRUARY Asia Expo and Asian Premium Fair London Olympia London asianpremiumfair.com Fashion 5-7 FEBRUARY Fashion Week Men s cfda.com 6-7 FEBRUARY SpinExpo 3rd Session Paris Cité de la Mode et du Design, Paris spinexpo.com Fibres, yarns, knitwear 6-8 FEBRUARY INDX and Footwear Cranmore Park, Solihull indxshow.co.uk, footwear 6-8 FEBRUARY Milano Unica Fiera Milano, Milan milanounica.it 8-16 FEBRUARY Fashion Week nyfw.com BUYER S VIEW RAVI GREWAL DIRECTOR, STUARTS LONDON I will be visiting Pitti Uomo in Florence, both Man and Capsule in Paris, and Jacket Required in London. I go to these shows to try to get some of my ordering done with certain brands. You never know when something new will be showcased, and it helps to save time back in the UK during buying season. Trade shows still matter, as it s important to network and in general see fashion in one huge place. A lot can be learnt from this FEBRUARY INDX Kidswear Cranmore Park, Solihull indxshow.co.uk/kidswear Kidswear FEBRUARY London Edge Pure London Business Design Centre, London londonedge.com Streetwear FEBRUARY Pure London Olympia London purelondon.com, menswear, footwear, lingerie,, sourcing

6 11-14 FEBRUARY Apparel Sourcing Paris Le Bourget Exhibition Centre, Paris apparelsourcing.fr.messefrankfurt. com Apparel, textiles, Avantex Le Bourget Exhibition Centre, Paris avantex-paris.com Apparel, textiles, Shawls & Scarves Paris the showcase Le Bourget Exhibition Centre, Paris shawlsandscarves.fr.messefrankfurt. com Apparel, textiles, Texworld and Texworld Denim Le Bourget Exhibition Centre, Paris texworld.fr.messefrankfurt.com FEBRUARY Micam Fiera Milano, Milan Footwear, Mipel Fiera Milano, Milan mipel.com Footwear, FEBRUARY Sourcing at Magic Las Vegas Convention Center, menswear, textiles FEBRUARY Capsule Las Vegas Men s and Women s Sands Expo Center, Hall B, Las Vegas capsuleshow.com, womenswear Liberty Las Vegas Sands Expo, Las Vegas libertyfairs.com FEBRUARY On Point Las Vegas (formerly WSA@Magic) Las Vegas Convention Center Footwear Pool Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, womenswear, Project Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, womenswear Pool

7 SHOW CALENDAR AUTUMN 18 BUYER S VIEW DEBRA MCCANN OWNER, THE MERCANTILE LONDON I will go to Seek and Premium in Berlin; Man, Woman and Who s Next in Paris; Mode Fabriek in Amsterdam; Pitti Uomo in Florence; Scoop and Pure in London; and Revolver and CIFF in Copenhagen. We go to these shows as we re always looking for new brands, and sometimes we buy from trade shows instead of showrooms. We also like to view the full collections, and can compare brands more easily in a short space of time. I d like to go back to the US trade shows, in and Los Angeles, but the dollar makes it impossible at the minute. Trade shows are definitely worth visiting still, but I would like to see more variety and local talent rather than the same big players FEBRUARY Liberty Las Vegas Sands Expo, Venetian, Las Vegas libertyfairs.com FEBRUARY Première Vision Paris Parc des Expositions, Paris premierevision.com Yarns, fibres and textiles FEBRUARY London Fashion Week Store Studios, 180 Strand, London londonfashionweek.co.uk LFW Designer Showrooms Store Studios, 180 Strand, London londonfashionweek.co.uk, menswear FEBRUARY CHSI Stitches NEC, Birmingham chsi.co.uk Craft, textiles FEBRUARY Moda NEC Birmingham moda-uk.co.uk, menswear, footwear, London Fashion Week Men s FEBRUARY INDX Intimate Apparel Cranmore Park, Solihull indxshow.co.uk/intimate-apparel Lingerie FEBRUARY Collection Première Moscow Expocenter Moscow cpm-moscow.com, menswear, kidswear, lingerie FEBRUARY Mode Lingerie and Swim Expocenter Moscow eurovet.com/en Lingerie, swimwear

8 DRAPERS SHOW CALENDAR SHOW CALENDAR AUTUMN 18 AUTUMN FEBRUARY Milan Fashion Week milanomodadonna.it FEBRUARY Asia Apparel Expo Berlin Messe Berlin, Berlin asiaapparelexpo.com Footwear, womenswear, menswear, kidswear, textiles FEBRUARY London Fashion Week Festival Store Studios, 180 Strand, London londonfashionweekfestival.com, menswear FEBRUARY Capsule Women s RTW and Accessories Pier 94, capsuleshow.com, FEBRUARY Pitti Immagine Super The Mall, Port Nuova Varesine, Milan pittimmagine.com, FEBRUARY Coterie Javits Center, Milan Fashion Week Pitti Super

9 14-16 MARCH Fashion Access, Hong Kong Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Accessories, footwear MARCH Intertextile Shanghai National Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai intertextile-shanghai-apparelfabrics-spring.hk.messefrankfurt.com Fashion Access, Hong Kong 26 FEBRUARY 6 MARCH Paris Fashion Week fhcm.paris 1-4 MARCH Paris sur Mode Tuileries Place de la Concorde, Paris parissurmode.com Premiere Classe Tuileries Jardin des Tuileries, Paris premiere-classe.com Accessories 2-4 MARCH Woman Paris Pavilion Vendôme, Paris manwomanshows.com 2-5 MARCH Tranoï Paris: Women s Carrousel du Louvre and Palais de la Bourse tranoi.com BUYER S VIEW EMMA HOLLAND DIRECTOR, VICTORIA BEAU This season we will do Tranoï in Paris, and Scoop, Pure and London Fashion Week Designer Showrooms In London. We like to offer a selection of price ranges, so by visiting a good mix we can find these. I would also like to visit the Copenhagen shows, and I will do Tranoï soon. I went through a stage of feeling that trade shows were the same things over and over, and quite uninspiring. I found it easier to discover something more unique and fresh on Instagram. Recently I have noticed great smaller independent brands at shows such as Scoop. It s important to visit to keep on track with them. I like the buzz at trade shows. They enable brands to make a personal impact on the buyer, and I get excited to find the next new thing. 7-9 MARCH Première Vision Istanbul Istanbul Congress Center premierevision-istanbul.com Yarns, fibres and textiles MARCH StockXChange by Off-Price ILEC Conference Centre, London offpriceshow.co.uk, menswear, kidswear, lingerie, footwear, MARCH Gallery Shoes Areal Böhler, Düsseldorf gallery-shoes.com Footwear and MARCH SpinExpo 31st Session Shanghai Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center spinexpo.com Fibres, yarns, knitwear MARCH Textile Forum One Marylebone, London textileforum.org.uk MARCH London Print Design Fair Business Design Centre, London thelondonprintdesignfair.co.uk Print design, knits, vintage Texfusion the London World Textile Fair Business Design Centre, London texfusion.co.uk,, denim, garments MARCH Made in France Première Vision Le Carreau du Temple, Paris salonmadeinfrance.com Clothing, textiles, finishing, manufacturing 4-7 APRIL Aymod CNR Expo, Istanbul cnraymod.com Footwear APRIL Première Vision Designs Metropolitan Pavilion, premierevision-newyork.com Design studios, textiles, prints, knits

10 BUYER S VIEW Première Vision STAVROS KARELIS FOUNDER AND BUYING DIRECTOR, MACHINE-A What is important to us as a store is to always visit trade shows that have enough emerging designers represented. They are the best way to learn about the local talents, as well as international guest designers. One of the main shows we are focusing on right now is CIFF in Copenhagen. I visited it for the first time last August, and I can tell how interesting and important a job the creative director Kristian Andersen is doing with his team. CIFF has a perfect balance between local emerging designers, but also invites many British and international designers to showcase there. It is very well organised, and very much up to date with what is current and cool. There are beautiful spaces and installations where we can see the collections, meet the designers and place orders. In the past we have visited Pitti Uomo, Seoul Fashion Week and Shanghai Fashion Week as well as CIFF. Trade shows are a great platform to not only learn about the local talent but also to see how each city interacts with fashion. For us, they are still important. They are a great way to discover emerging designers and get to know the environment Seoul where they Fashion function, Week and see how a store such as ours can help in promoting and supporting these new names on an international level APRIL INDX Accessories Cranmore Park, Solihull indxshow.co.uk Accessories 7-9 MAY Intermezzo Collections Javits Center, MAY Meet the Manufacturer The Old Truman Brewery, London meetthemanufacturer.co.uk Apparel,, textiles MAY Denim Première Vision Parc Floral de Paris, Paris denimpremierevision.com, JUNE Splash Paris Porte des Champs-Elysées, Paris splashparis.com Swimwear, resortwear JULY Blossom Première Vision Palais Brongniart, Place de la Bourse, Paris blossompremierevision.com Luxury textiles,, leather 7-9 JULY Mode City Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles eurovet.com Swimwear, lingerie JULY SpinExpo 10th Session Brooklyn Expo Center, spinexpo.com 8-9 AUGUST The Print and Design Fair Edition Studio Arte, thelondonprintdesignfair.co.uk Print design, embroidery, knits, garments SEPTEMBER Interfilière The Tunnel, eurovet.com OCTOBER Interfilière Shanghai Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai eurovet.com DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED The Stitching, Sewing, and Hobbycrafts Show Eventcity, Manchester stitchandhobby.co.uk Resident Showroom Paris residentshowroom.com Woman Spring Studios, manwomanshows.com DOWNLOAD THE CALENDAR at drapersonline.com/showcal-aw18