The Denim Window is a showcase of denim innovation where denim connects companies to brands and promote the denim industry through events and showcases.

When you walk into The Denim Window you will have the opportunity to learn about all the steps involved in creating a final garment. In this one place, you will find fabric mills, garment makers, chemical suppliers, fibre producers, trims.

Each company showing at The Denim Window will be the only one for a particular product category and geographic area so as not to create competition but rather stimulate great collaborations. Silvia Rancani, the curator of the showroom, both coordinates a collection’s calendar and presents rend directions for the participating companies in order to make a cohesive environment for events and one-to-one meetings.

“I would like to create a casual and cozy environment where people of denim hangout, either producers or designers will get in touch and share knowledge” – Silvia Rancani

Sophisticated streetwear is the essence of the new Man Spring/Summer 2019 Collection by DROMe. Taking further concepts that started with F/W 2018, it continues to portray a man that looks for his own style and not fading trends. Everything from hooded sweatshirts, sporty jacket, raincoats and bombers: essential shapes are revised with unexpected details and flashes of strong colours such as orange, electric blue and yellow. Modern manufacturing techniques are employed to redefine the classic elegance that recalls the heritage of the made in Italy: the contemporary taste meets the traditional handcrafting. 

The Fashion for Good Experience is now open in Amsterdam, and is the world’s first interactive, technology-driven museum dedicated to sustainable and circular fashion innovation created by experience design studio, Local Projects.

Supported by founding partner C&A Foundation and corporate partners adidas, C&A and PVH Corp, the museum aims to change the hearts and minds of visitors by helping them discover the stories behind their clothes, learn how they can take action and explore how they can have an impact on both an industry and international level. Through a personalized journey towards transformation, visitors will learn about the history of good fashion, discover more sustainable products and explore future fashion innovations. 

Designed by Local Projects, the space incorporates a personalised digital journey with an RFID-bracelet you can learn about the history of good fashion, discover sustainable products and explore fashion innovations of the future.

Fondazione Prada presents the exhibition “Sanguine – Luc Tuymans on Baroque”, curated by Luc Tuymans, in its Milan venue taking place from 18 October 2018 to 25 February 2019.

Organized with M KHA (Museum of Contemporary Art of Antwerp) and KMSKA (Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp) and the City of Antwerp, the project will be featured in Milan in a new and more extensive version, following its first presentation in the Belgian city from June to September 2018. Luc Tuymans conceived an intense visual experience presenting more than 80 works by 62 international artists, including 25 exhibited exclusively at Fondazione Prada.

“Sanguine” is a personal interpretation of the Baroque based on innovative juxtapositions and unexpected associations of works by contemporary artists and Old Masters. Avoiding a rigid chronological order or a strictly historiographical approach, Tuymans evades the traditional notion of the Baroque and invites viewers to reconsider 17th century art, as well as the contemporary research, by placing artists and their role in society at the center of the exhibition narrative.

Inspired by Calik Denim’s ‘Ever Evolving’ motto, the first in their unique new series of annual events, ‘Ever Evolving Talks’ took place on the 23rd of October in Amsterdam to great acclaim. Leaders from the fashion world shared the stage with influential figures from a variety of global disciplines and sectors to delight international audiences from the industry and beyond with their pioneering experiences and contrasting views about the future. This dynamic new event platform will take place every October, a day before the Kingpins Show Amsterdam.

Guests saw into the future through an array of talks discussing fashion industry insights while experts and disrupters from outside the sector revealed the latest thinking on wider themes such as simplicity and innovation, wearable technology and Millennials’ consumer behaviour.

Speaking from the event Calik Denim CEO Hamit Yenici further explains: ‘Our ‘Ever Evolving’ motto reflects our vision to continually progress. But it’s not just our brand that we aim to move forward; we created Ever Evolving Talks by Calik Denim to move our sector into a more sustainable future, breathe new life into existing events and fulfilling our promise to be truly ‘Ever Evolving.’ Today is about making our promise tangible. Thank you all for believing in our beliefs’.

This past week, WeAr has visited Brazil in order to check creativity and possibilities in one of the biggest countries in the world counting roughly 200 million inhabitants.

The local currency, the Brazilian Real, is at an interesting level for foreign buyers, which makes it worthwhile to look into possibilities. In terms of fashion, creativity and quality are at a high standard throughout the brands and designers as well as in manufacturing.

Despite a poorly coordinated timing between São Paulo Fashion Week and Veste Rio, the latter emerged into a well-visited event. Veste Rio happened one week ahead of São Paulo Fashion Week. We would like to encourage all fair organisers to better coordinate their dates in order to make it easier and more rewarding for international buyers, as it is almost impossible for international buyers to see both and at the same time decreases the number of visitors for both events. At Veste Rio, buyers were seen amongst others from Mexico, the U.S., France, Uruguay and other Brazilian states. None of those buyers we talked to were able to extend their trip to São Paulo. They prefer to visit Rio de Janeiro as an event attracts not only with the venue itself but also with its surroundings. Rio de Janeiro has a lot of emerging creativity and is a great place to find Brazilian brands and discover how they present themselves.

To experience fashion in Rio de Janeiro, visit areas: Ipanema, the adjoining Leblon and Jardim Botânico. There one can see noteworthy mono-brand stores like Osklen, Farm, A. Niemeyer for ready to wear, Havaianas for Brazil’s famous sandals or Salinas for swimwear, but also Dona Coisa, one of the best Brazilian multi-brand stores and a treasure chest to discover Brazilian designers that will function as a jewel in every retailer’s portfolio.

The fair itself was well organised and hosted in a wonderful location near the brand new Museo Amanhã in the harbour area. The views to the sea are incredible and the renovated industrial halls are professional and iconic at the same time.

Exhibiting designers presented a mix of jewellery, swimwear, accessories and ready to wear. The exhibitor list was not very large, but well selected.

Interesting was the set-up of the fair: it combined the trade event with an outlet show in an adjoining building starting on the second day of the event and open to end-consumers. This attracted a lot of public interest and encouraged the consumer to buy more designer brands.

WeAr advises combining such a trip with São Paulo. Rua Harmonia in Vila Madalena and Rua Oscar Freire in Jardins have many creative stores, designers and brands to check and get inspired by. Brazil is not only a Mecca for swimwear but for fashion in general and worth the time to be discovered.

WeAr has covered Veste Rio on our Instagram page for further insights and was invited by renowned Texbrasil, a government organisation helping to strengthen the Brazilian fashion industry.

Fashion for Good has just opened its brand new Fashion for Good Experience in Amsterdam. The Experience is an interactive technology-driven museum focusing on sustainable and circular fashion and innovation. The museum aims to change the hearts and minds of visitors by helping them discover the stories behind their clothes, learn how they can take action and explore how they can have an impact on both an industry and international level. The museum challenges guests to not only appreciate the aesthetics of fashion, but to actively contribute to making fashion good. Through a digital and personalised journey, visitors can learn about the history of good fashion, discover more sustainable products and explore future fashion innovations.

One of the key exhibits in the museum is an Innovation Lounge where guests can discover over 50 amazing innovators who are about to disrupt the fashion industry. This space answers questions like: How is biodegradable glitter made? Can a dress be made from mushroom roots? How can blockchain technology make the garment production process more transparent?

Following 20 years of commitment in Paris, Tranoi is starting a new chapter in China in April 2019 with the same mantra: curation; but also with adapted support to the brands. To celebrate this, a launch event will be held during which an experiential fashion exhibition will be presented, organised in collaboration with international fashion experts Nelly Rodi, describing 6 profiles of fashion consumers in China as well as immersive fashion shows featuring European brands.

An online fashion manufacturing marketplace, Sewport has secured £650,000 investment from a venture capital fund, after launching at the end of 2017. The fully-automated marketplace seeks to ‘matchmake’ budding and established fashion designers and brands with manufacturers around the world. It currently has more than 500 manufacturers on board, as well as more than 4,000 brands.

The company connects small to medium sized fashion brands and budding designers with manufacturers at all stages of development, enabling them to bring their designs to life in an easy and cost-effective way. Boris started the company after working with luxury high fashion brands and realising there was a gap in the market for a ‘one-stop-shop’ manufacturing marketplace for both established brands and new designers.

Lacoste has announced the appointment of Louise Trotter as Creative Director. 

The very first female to lead the creative direction of the brand with the Crocodile, the British designer will present her first collection during the next fashion week in Paris. 

“We are very happy to welcome Louise. Her visionary approach on lines and materials, as well as her expertise in creating highly technical pieces will be real assets to strengthen the positioning of our collections.” Says Thierry Guibert, President of the Lacoste Group. 

“I am delighted to join this French brand with such a unique heritage. For 85 years, the modernity of the Lacoste style lies in this singular fusion of sport and fashion. I am proud to contribute to the writing of a new chapter in its history.” Says Louise Trotter. 

Belgian designer Glenn Martens, creative director of Y/PROJECT mens and womenswear Paris-based label will present the new Y/PROJECT FW 2019/2020 mens collection in Florence with a special event. Winner of last year’s prestigious Andam Grand Prize Award, Y/PROJECT is considered one of the most original voices on the contemporary fashion scene.

“Glenn Martens has created with Y/PROJECT a new aesthetic language that is driven by contradictions”, says Lapo Cianchi, Pitti Immagine Director of Communications and Special Events,” in which chic is combined with extravagance and eclectic references, while streetwear elements are enriched by historical and couture touches sometimes out of scale. A conceptual design, which has already entered into sync with the most advanced parts of the market. A designer who expresses an acute sense of humor, with a vision of fashion that is extremely personal, where there is room for the freedom to dress as you like, experiment and have fun – without raising barriers of any kind”.

“Florence’s exquisite heritage has been a never-ending source of fascination to me. I am extremely honoured to have been asked to show Y/Project at Pitti Uomo, in the core of this mythical city”, says Glenn Martens, designer of Y/Project.

LD Luxury Distribution is a concrete example of female entrepreneurship that takes hold of the market, confronting it with professionality and seriousness. 

It is not just a simple showroom, even if it is located in the prestigious location of Via Della Spiga, 15 in the heart of the Fashion District and houses quality brands. It engages a sui generis concept, unlike any other. The background of the two founders, Angelika Kelch and Sydney Haley, speaks for itself: both have a rich and varied career path, devoted more to 360 degrees consultancy than to mere distribution. 

If Angelika boasts a resume that spans precisely the distribution of fashion brands in the premium and luxury sector (especially in Europe and China), marketing, brand development, sourcing and building line, Sydney is her perfect counterpart: born in America, with 25 years’ experience in the luxury goods sector and international promotion of Italian brands. Thanks to the collaboration with important private equity groups, she has refined the ability to select the right brands, those that know how to “pierce” the market. 

“We rely on four mantras,” explains Angelika…

“The first, which is very close to our heart, is support for the female entrepreneurial world. As foreign women we have chosen to live in Italy for more than 20 years. Every day we touch firsthand a reality. 

The second is democratic luxury. “In response to the specific needs of international buyers, looking for quality brands, but with affordable prices (and in this the Italians are second to none). 

The third being a focus on Italian creativity and innovation. “In our showroom we prefer projects that are research driven and that are committed to using particular production techniques. All with a common thread, the real “Made in Italy.

“And the fourth mantra? “It can only be sustainability,” concludes Sydney, “Aware of the fact that fashion can also help save the planet we pay special attention to all the biologically correct materials and processes, always and in any case, companies managed by female entrepreneurs”. 

Calvin Klein has teamed up with Amazon Fashion to bring an immersive brand experience mixing physical and digital retail to NYC’s Flatiron Plaza this October. Visitors to the Calvin Klein x Amazon Fashion NYC Market will be able to try on Calvin Klein Jeans apparel at the event and shop it through the Amazon App, with SmileCodes placed throughout the space directing shoppers to the dedicated Calvin Klein e-commerce storefront on Amazon Fashion.

The three-day event will also feature a number of installations seeking to bring the Calvin Klein Jeans fall advertising campaign to life, including a “Together in Denim” billboard similar to the one that appears in the campaign shoot, where visitors can have their photo taken by an on-site photographer.

The Calvin Klein x Amazon Fashion NYC Market will be open to the public from Friday, October 5th through Sunday, October 7th at the Flatiron Plaza, New York City.

Fossil Group is collaborating with Japanese watchmaker Citizen to launch a collection of hybrid smartwatches, watches that look analog but include a number of digital functionalities. The partnership leverages Citizen’s globally-respected watch movement expertise while providing Citizen’s access to Fossil Group’s hybrid smartwatch technology. 

“Given the size and growth of the smartwatch market, Citizen is going seriously into the smartwatch market,” said Mr. Tokura, president and chief executive officer of Citizen. “It is with strong determination that we trigger this partnership and enter this category. We, Citizen and Fossil Group, will maximize our combined strengths to become leading companies in the smartwatch category.” 

Entering its 9th year, the Redress Design Award is the world’s largest global fashion design competition focused on environmental sustainability and zero-waste in the fashion industry. For the upcoming edition, Eastman will be the gold sponsor of the 2019 Redress Design Award. This exclusive sponsorship includes an opportunity to introduce fabrics made from Naia cellulosic yarn and their benefits to fashion designers around the world. 

“By sponsoring the Redress Design Award, Eastman’s goal is to help educate the fashion and design community on the importance of sustainable yarns,” said Ruth Farrell, Eastman global marketing director of Textiles. “We want to build awareness of the Naia brand within the design community and support young designers on their journey towards building the fashion brands of the future.” 

The Redress Design Award 2019 will open in January to emerging designers and students. Designers will be challenged to transform textile waste into creative, scalable and commercially viable collections that will inspire and redress the world. For the womenswear category, participants will be using waste fabrics with Naia to fit in with the competition’s strong focus on waste reduction. The finalists will incorporate fabrics made with Naia into their runway collections for the Grand Final fashion show at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in September 2019. 

The Isetan Mitsukoshi Group welcomes about one million international shoppers annually at its twenty-four department stores in Japan. At the Isetan Shinjuku Main Store, sales to international shoppers in fiscal 2017 increased by about 30% from fiscal 2016, breaking past records. The sales to international shopper’s share reached over 10% of total store sales. 

Given the fact, The Isetan Mitsukoshi Group enhances Inbound marketing as one of an important corporate strategy. In order to provide the same level of hospitality and convenience to international customers as already provided to Japanese customers, and to make the shopping experience more enjoyable, the store will enhance tax-free support and will provide better service to international customers.

In addition to the Tax-Free Counter on the sixth floor of the Main Building, a new Tax-Free Counter will be installed on the second basement floor of the Main Building, thereby raising the number of tax-free counter location in the building to two. A new counter for issuing Guest Cards will also be installed on the second basement floor, expanding the scope of services.

To promote multilingual digitalization and enhance in-store language support, the number of handy type automatic translation devices will be doubled to fifty with support available for 74 languages (English, Chinese, Korean, Thai, etc.) 

CORDURA has launched its redesigned website, which features several new interactive tools designed to make sourcing CORDURA fabrics easier than ever before. A fabric technology explorer allows users to search for CORDURA fabrics to meet their specific needs, and a mill locator helps identify relevant fabric suppliers and sources for fabric samples.

In addition to the fabric technology explorer and mill locator, the new site also offers focus pages with technical fabric information curated to help educate designers of military/tactical equipment, workwear, footwear, bags/packs, motorcycle gear, and active/outdoor apparel about relevant CORDURA® fabric options by end-use. 

“One of our biggest goals for the design of the new website was to create a seamless and intuitive user experience that promotes both inspiration and education for our value chain partners and prospective customers about how to integrate head-to-toe CORDURA fabrics into their offerings,” said Mallory Faust, digital marketing manager at CORDURA brand. “The development of these tools was heavily influenced by conversations with our customers about what inspires their fabric sourcing decisions.”

Stone Island has launched its new Iridescent Coating Tela gear. The garments will be on sale from this Thursday and are made using iridescent nylon canvas that’s been bonded to a golden pink polyurethane film to create strong aesthetics of military details and functionality. The outerwear, fleece and knitwear contain Reflex Mat, a reflective nylon canvas with a matte coating which is made with thousands of glass microspheres. 

Coterie, the New York-held premiere women’s fashion event, is partnering with the Australian Fashion Council to introduce Australian brands to the U.S. market.

On October 9th, Coterie will host a seminar in Sydney in the Central Business District to present a detailed overview of how to successfully enter the U.S. market as an Australian brand and give information as to how to exhibit at Coterie.

Brands will be invited out of the fashion, beauty and skincare market for Coterie and Beauty@Coterie. The letter being a growing market as reported in the latest WeAr #56.

Danielle Licata, Women’s Fashion Director and VP of Coterie states: “Australian brands have been increasing in popularity over the last 5 years and Coterie has helped to grow their footprint in the North American market.”

Coterie already had a range of Australian brands exhibiting at the shows amongst others Bec and Bridge, Camilla, One Teaspoon and Alice McCall. The partnership with the Australian Fashion Council will enable brands to receive even further support in their venture to enlarge their distribution.

Additionally, the February 2019 edition of Project Women’s, taking place in Las Vegas during MAGIC, will have a focus on Australian brands in its OASIS section.

Avant Toi has collaborated with Araike Severino Da Silva, a young Italo-Brazilian artist, photographer and Capoeira teacher on a capsule collection. Each garment is like a participant in a roda de Capoeira, in which personalities encounter and collide, participating in the pleasure of sharing. Where rules are the basis on which to build your own game, involving others.

The theme is a series of faces which depict different expressions and moods: complex studies of the human being, realized with the hand-painted technique of single-stroke drawing. Masterpieces of the ability to examine the depths of human emotions, summarizing them in an apparent confusion which is also a comprehensive picture that always remains true to itself.

These drawings have been digitalized and printed on the snow white of cotton jersey t-shirts and on fleece sweaters and pants fused with knitted fabrics through needle-punching. All the portrayed faces have also been combined in one print on candid garments in stretch silk; jacket, pants, shorts and t-shirt, and on the fresh t-shirt dress in cotton jersey; a texture that reveals itself unexpectedly light even while maintaining its suggestive emotionality thanks to its soft touch.

Araike also offers a variation on the theme, a portrait made with a thick brush for a three-dimensional effect on cotton jersey tank tops and t-shirts. The colours of the collection are are absolute: black and white.

From the 15th till 17th of January PREMIUM will return with implemented changes and strong focus on the following: Each PREMIUM brand will define its key looks and key stories in order to attract buyers, to inspire them and initiate a mutual dialogue.

In order to create the ideal conditions for this communicative approach as operators, PREMIUM will implement cross-segments and establish new brand realms based upon core criteria such as pricing, image and market relevance. Consequently, the floor plan will be restructured. There will be a specific PREMIUM Sophisticated Contemporary hall for brands in the upper price range. All other halls will be adjusted according to stylistic genre for PREMIUM Contemporary brands. This way PREMIUM is aiming to actively steer buyers and brands in their respectively relevant directions again, providing orientation and guidance.

The PREMIUM business shows further on emphasize Commerce, Content & Community as pivotal topics with a cross-segment mix of contemporary fashion and lifestyle brands.

With the acquisition of a minority stake in Liberty Fairs Fashion Group, the aim is to further boost existing events, create competitive market segments and develop new formats in Europe and the US. As of February 2019 the Liberty Fairs event will take place in downtown Las Vegas, which is where the first PREMIUM GROUP show will take place. As for New York City the team is working on a new concept for the womenswear segment.

The implemented concept strategy starting in January as well the internationalization in cooperation with the Liberty Fairs Fashion Group underlines the forward-thinking development process and the continuous innovation activities of the PREMIUM GROUP.

As of January, the hall plans will be redefined and the segments mixed. New brand realms will be created and arranged in a fresh way within the eight halls at STATION-Berlin based upon pricing, image, positioning and distribution strategy.

The focus will be on the key look of each collection. Each brand has to present its key style, a key item or story on its booth accordingly. The aim is to capture and retain attention, to inspire and actively initiate a dialogue. It is critical and absolutely essential to include an appropriate presentation on what the brand stands for, the story it wants to tell and what makes it unique. Booths should look inviting and appealing in order to promote a dialogue at the stand itself and to encourage visitors to stay for a longer period of time. Conversations should take place where the brand stories are told and where trends are displayed.

Ghost Pieces are totally monochromatic. Even the STONE ISLAND badge has been created in a special monochromatic version to blend with the garment.                                     

Within the AW ‘018 ‘019 Collection the concept is explored on jackets, knits, sweatshirts, bermudas and trousers, made for the first time also in beige. 

Outerwear is in Nylon Cotton 3L, an exclusive 3 layers stretch performance fabric, or in Tank Shield featuring Multi Layer Fusion technology, material made through a revolutionary lamination process, implemented this season with a new coupling technique that adds elasticity to the garments.

Digitalization, eco-responsibility, technical and high-performance developments, transversal know- hows … Première Vision Paris put innovation at the heart of its latest edition, which took place from 19 to 21 September. An edition dedicated to the autumn-winter 2019-20 collections marked by new developments to help guide professionals facing the industry’s new challenges including

• The successful launch of the Première Vision Marketplace

• With a successful launch, the new SPORT & TECH resource, dedicated
to exhibitors’ sport and technical offer, 

• The various initiatives put in place to enrich the manufacturing sourcing
offer: The Sourcing Connection 

• Developed across 1,000 m2 and praised for the unique character of its complete scope of materials, finished products, services and conferences, the Smart Square, dedicated to eco-friendly production and creation

This edition welcomed 55,497 visitors from 124 countries – an attendance at the same level as that of September 2016, but down 8.3% versus September 2017, which had experienced exceptional growth in terms of visitorship. 

The British Fashion Council’s Ambassadorial President David Beckham has launched the organisation’s China Partnerships Strategy. The latter was launched at a lunch attended by existing and potential new key partners, invited by the BFC and Mr Beckham. Guests included Xia Ding, President of JD International Fashion; Paul David Haouzi, President & Executive Director Trinity Group; Claire Chung, China General Manager Yoox Net-A-Porter, Patrick Tsang, Chairman Tsang Group and Judy Liu, Managing Director China Farfetch. 

The lunch, hosted at The Middle House Shanghai confirmed £500,000 worth of deals including JD.com and Ruyi’s co-sponsorship of the BFC/GQ Designer Menswear Fund, JD.com’s support for the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund and support from Britain’s Department of International Trade. In addition to deals done, the BFC continue to explore the next stage of their innovative partnership with VIP.com and their long-term partnership with Fung Retailing Group. 

The development of the BFC’s China Fashion Business Network is a key pillar of development for the next 12 months, and many attendees at the lunch pledged their support to assist the BFC create a network of credible partners across investment, licensing, manufacturing, property, communications and retail in China. 

London – After British online luxury fashion retailer Farfetch was listed on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, PETA US became one of its first shareholders – a move that will allow the animal rights organisation to attend the company’s annual meetings and officially urge it to end the sale of fur garments on its website.

“The fur industry is headed for the history books, as modern, high-end designers are saying no to pelts and yes to beautiful and innovative vegan fabrics,” says PETA Director of Corporate Projects Yvonne Taylor. “PETA US is taking the campaign against Farfetch’s website of horrors – which includes vile products made from foxes, coyotes, chinchillas, and badgers and even fur garments for children – straight to its boardroom and demanding a ban on fur sales.”

PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to wear” – notes that on fur farms in Europe, in China, and elsewhere, animals are confined to tiny wire cages, denied the opportunity to do anything that’s natural and important to them, and killed by electrocution, neck-breaking, or drowning. Some are even skinned alive. In the wild, animals are caught in steel-jaw traps that slam shut on their limbs, often cutting to the bone, and can suffer for days from blood loss, gangrene, and attacks by predators before being shot or bludgeoned to death.

Opinion polls show that 95 per cent of Britons would never wear real fur, and as top designers including Vivienne Westwood, Versace, Gucci, Stella McCartney, and, most recently, Burberry all have policies against using it in their collections, there’s no excuse for Farfetch to continue to allow unscrupulous labels to peddle cruelty on its site. Last year, PETA commended rival luxury retailer YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP for banning the sale of fur across all of its websites in response to calls from customers. Although PETA has met with Farfetch executives, the company has yet to make the same compassionate and business-savvy decision.

“AristoPop” is a new concept of fashion that combines the essence fashion, art and lifestyle. A collaboration between Filippo Bruno Tornaforte (the designer who has worked with Ralph Lauren, Luve, Saint Laurent) and Tommaso Zorzi, young and talented Italian TV star that carry at the brand his unconventional and pop touch. 

A concentration of timeless sophistication with creative elements extracted from pop art and beyond. AristoPop is, in fact, a lifestyle. To be AristoPop means to unite tradition with the culture of the innovation of style “in a unique way”. Carefree luxury living; being “vaguely avant-garde”. A mix of London High Society and seventies New York SoHo. In a time when fashion trends offer us colors and extreme representations of wealth and details AristoPop wants to lead to a more aristocratic level. It intends to unite these concepts with real artistic and cultural research carried out into the usability of “spoiled rich people”
who like to have items that may represent a level of upper-class “belonging”, almost creating a “Brand Inner Circle”. 

Every season the brand launches iconic items that is in line with the newest international trends. Furthermore they collaborate with freelance young designers on capsule collections. For the SS19 AristoPop will launch a new iconic bag AMANDA, a big size clutch printed with Matisse, Purdy, paint inspired design. 

Calik Denim launches a new platform called “The Ever Evolving Talks”, this should reflect the brand’s desire to inspire and support those involved in the denim and fashion industry. The event will be hosted during Amsterdam Denim Days: Tuesday October 23rd, 2018 and is invitation-only.

The goal is to unite industry leaders and inspire conversation, share Calik Denim’s future vision and continuing to develop, progress, educate and evolve the industry.

The Ever Evolving Talks gather notable keynote speakers including former Apple creative director Ken Segall, Matthew Drinkwater, head of London College of Fashion’s Fashion Innovation Agency, Thimon de Jong, founder of think-tank Whetston along side others discussing topics like innovation, future of wearable technology, the millennial consumer and sustanability.

Part of the audience will be key global denim brands, emerging designers, garment makers, suppliers, fashion schools and – press.

Naveena Denim Mills teamed up with the repurposed denim brand Noorism to create a sustainable collection for the New York Denim Days Festival. Repurposed from the most sustainable denim fabric ever, HORIZON of Naveena Denim Mills , the collection gives half of the proceeds to charity:water.

The collaboration targets both brands’ common focus for change – water. While HORIZON fabric saves 81% water usage in production, repurposing eliminate the concept of waste and reduces consumption, ensuring endless reuse, repair and recycling.

Furthermore, half of the proceeds from the collection will go to charity:water, a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries.

Committed to create an ethical, sustainable and eco-friendly textile and apparel industry, Naveena Denim Mills recently introduced its new product line, the most sustainable ever. HORIZON, an innovative and cutting-edge combination of eco-friendly dyeing and finishing processes, provides the cleanest and most sustainable denim fabric possible.

Yesterday saw the end of the 114th edition of MIPEL, the third edition under the guide of Danny D’Alessandro, General Director of Assopellettieri and CEO of Mipel, an event that enjoys consolidated collaborations with ICE-Agenzia, Ministero dello Sviluppo economico, Regione Lombardia, Comune di Milano, Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana and Camera Italiana Buyer Moda. 

Both the number of exhibitors and the number of visitors grew. For the third time in a row the “sold out” goal has been reached: more than 65 new exhibitors in “SCENARIO”, the reference “hub” for the new generation of leather goods manufacturers. Inside “MIPEL Hall SPAZIO”, the area dedicated to Overseas Manufacturers, placed at Hall 12 and directly connected to MIPEL, the exhibitors have been over 90. 

In relation to visitors, a positive trend is confirmed. Presences have increased compared to those of February 2018 and September 2017 – the best edition ever, before the one just ended – with “peaks” in the first two days of the event. 

It has been registered a positive presence of “domestic” buyers, in line with those of the last editions.Regarding foreign markets, there has been a remarkable numbers of visitors coming from South Korea and Japan – thanks also to the recent and consolidated international promotion initiatives whose latest editions were held in Seoul (October 2017 and March 2018) and Tokyo (July 2018)-, China, Russia and Ukraine (in this case a significant increase, equal to about 10%). The attendance of qualified visitors from the United States and Australia is also excellent. 

The next edition will take place from the 10th to the 13th of February 2019 in FieraMilano- Rho, as always in conjunction with MICAM. 

Coterie starts again during this season’s NY Market and WeAr is as always live at the show to give you impression of what is happening.

This time, Coterie is positioned as a ‘townhouse style’ split between level three and level one, with Fame, Sole Commerce and Moda positioned adjacent on the upper level three. Beauty@Coterie remains at level three.

Sunday sees the celebration of the Conscious Fashion Campaign Collaboration (as announced in a previous WeAr global network article), with welcome remarks by Elder Gerrod Smith, Shinnecock followed by a introduction by representatives from ReMode and United Nations.

The show is open today until 7pm September 16th from 9-6pm and closing Monday at 5pm at the Jacob Javits Center.

Stay tuned for some impressions by the WeAr team here.

View from the outside

General Impressions

Entrance to Sourcing @ Coterie

Entrance to Fame

Vintage @ Coterie

TMRW

Beauty @ Coterie

UBM Fashion’s ReMode has proudly collaborated with the Conscious Fashion Campaign and the United Nations Office for Partnerships to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, unveiling an activation with the premier women’s wear trade event, Coterie, held September 15th through September 17th at the Javits Center, NY.

The initiative aims to harness the power of retailers, media and celebrities to embrace impact-driven fashion brands to create positive change and drive conscious consumerism. Supported by the United Nations Office for Partnerships, the Conscious Fashion Campaign drives awareness and advocacy to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

For three days, MUNICH FABRIC START was the centre of the textile and clothing industry. Just over 20,000 visitors – designers, product managers and buyers of international brands and companies – came to Munich. The event also reached the record level of 1,050 exhibitors. Overall, the organisers can look back on a constant result based on last year’s comparable figures. 

The latest edition of MUNICH FABRIC START from 4 to 6 September 2018 was a unique demonstration of perspectives, innovations, of what is possible and, more importantly, of what is feasible – translated into over 1,800 trendsetting collections for Autumn.Winter 19/20. Supplemented by the spectacular trend and colour forums for fabrics and additionals in the foyer of the MOC as very aesthetically staged product infotainment whetting visitors’ appetites for the collection ranges from the companies exhibiting in the yet again fully booked halls, atriums and studios.

KEYHOUSE
Innovation and sustainability themes were once again among the key aspects at MUNICH FABRIC START. For instance, KEYHOUSE showcases new paths into the future for the sector: from state-of-the-art digitalisation applications and sustainable audience magnets in the Sustainable Innovations area to the smart and networked visions for the world of tomorrow.

ReSOURCE
Demonstrating the extent of interest in the issue of sustainability were the very well-attended ReSOURCE categories featuring sustainable fabric and additionals innovations, rounded off by expert lectures. Many visitors exploring this theme for the first time were curious and happy to be advised on this topic.

BLUEZONE
The premiere of the BLUEZONE Festival staged in a street-life setting in the outdoor space around the Zenith venue additionally promoted the trade fair as a community platform. Visitors found the setting here – with its Denim Atelier, stands displaying denim one-offs and street food trucks – ideal for relaxed exchange and inspiration among the otherwise very business-oriented conversations.

EXPERT CONFERENCE PATTERNS
The expert conference patterns x.0 on the digitalisation of the value chain was held already for the second time now – as a cooperation between b4b GmbH and MUNICH FABRIC START. Visionaries and movers and shakers at international companies shed light on new perspectives for the digital future heralding in a new era of the fashion systems. The speakers here included Hans Hoegstedt, CEO at Miroglio, Jan Wilmking, CEO at zLabels, Magnus Edholm, CEO at Siemens and Dr. Andres Brill, Managing Partner at b4b GmbH. Serving as the host at this high-calibre event targeting a high-profile audience was once again Holger Knapp, Managing Director at Deutscher Fachverlag.

The next MUNICH FABRIC START will be held from 29 to 31 January 2019. The BLUEZONE will run from 29 to 30 January 2019.

Kinky Boots, the award-winning Broadway musical, will land in Italy in November, debuting at MICAM.

Inspired by a true story, Kinky Boots tells the story of a young footwear manufacturer, who through a truly “alternative” collection finds a way to relaunch his family business which is in dire straits. 

Presented for the first time in Italy, featuring the music of Cyndi Lauper and the Italian direction of Claudio Insegno, the show tells the story of the strange friendship between the young Charlie Price and the drag queen Lola, whose musical shows become the inspiration for the design of a collection of sensual boots for women, which are, however, able to bear the weight of a man en travesti. Thanks to the collection, the young manufacturer is able to realise his dream of reaching Milan and, specifically, its fair dedicated to this essential accessory.
The desire for redemption, the ability to dare, friendship, and openness to that which is different are just some of the themes that this lightest of musicals, winner of six Tony Awards, presents to its viewers. 

A story so unique and so strongly linked to the world of footwear, that it could only be welcomed with enthusiasm by MICAM, the very fair alluded to by the characters as their desired point of arrival into the world of international fashion. 

For this reason, MICAM wanted to sponsor the debut of the show which, from the end of November, will entertain and move viewers at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan.

Kinky Boots will continue its dialogue with the public again during Fashion Week. On September 21st at 6pm near the booth in Piazza San Babila, passers-by will be surprised by a dazzling dance and will become part of a musical-inspired flash-mob with a group of magnificent Drag Queens led by Lola herself. 

Under Chief Creative Officer Riccardo Tisci, Burberry is turning over a new leaf as it will cease its practice of putting unsaleable products into a landfill with immediate effect. Starting with the Italian designer’s first collection, which he will premiere at London Fashion Week on September 17th at 5 pm, the company will go fur-free.

“Modern luxury means being socially and environmentally responsible,” Marco Gobbetti, Burberry’s chief executive officer, said of the in-house mission to go greener. “This belief is core to us at Burberry and key to our long-term success. We are committed to applying the same creativity to all parts of Burberry as we do to our products.”

Chanel will be holding its December show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it will be showcasing its next Métiers d’Art collection. The show will be held December 4th, 2018, with further details about the show to be revealed soon. Introduced by Karl Lagerfeld in 2002, the Métiers d’Art show sparked the industry’s pre-collection hype and has become one of the brand’s most important deliveries to itself as a house and to the industry alike.

KENZO brought their latest short film to New York Fashion Week, where they debuted “The Everything” starring Milla Jovovich and Jay Ellis. Directed and written by KENZO creative director Humberto Leon, the film surrounds “a family of teenagers with unusual powers.” This is Leon’s directorial debut and first short film for KENZO with co-creative director Carol Lim. The film features Kenzo’s F/W 2018 collection and Kenzo – La Collection Memento N3.

Follow the link below to watch the full film.

Hedi Slimane, the designer, who has been appointed artistic, creative and image director of Céline in January, has unveiled the redesigned logo of the designer house. The new Céline logo has the “É” missing and is directly inspired by the original, historical version that existed in the 1960s. Furthermore, the spacing between the letters has been balanced out and the letters have been brought closer together.  

In an Instagram post on the Celine account it was captioned “THE ACCENT ON THE “E” HAS BEEN REMOVED TO ENABLE A SIMPLIFIED AND MORE BALANCED PROPORTION, EVOKING THE CELINE COLLECTIONS OF THE 1960’S WHERE THE ACCENT WASN’T USED OFTEN.”

In the first week of October, Fashion for Good will open its brand new Fashion for Good Experience in Amsterdam. The Experience will be an interactive technology-driven museum focusing on sustainable and circular fashion and innovation. The museum aims to change the hearts and minds of visitors by helping them discover the stories behind their clothes, learn how they can take action and explore how they can have an impact on both an industry and international level. The museum will challenge guests to not only appreciate the aesthetics of fashion, but to actively contribute to making fashion good. Through a digital and personalised journey, visitors can learn about the history of good fashion, discover more sustainable products and explore future fashion innovations.

During the visit, actions and badges can be collected via an RFID-enabled bracelet, so that visitors are motivated to commit to personal change and positive action in the way they relate to fashion. This will be turned into a personalised digital Good Fashion Action Plan that visitors can take home.

Sapinda Holding B.V. has announced the appointment of Pascal Perrier as the Group Chief Executive (CEO) of luxury fashion brand, La Perla. The appointment of a new chief executive follows the acquisition of La Perla by investment firm Sapinda in February this year.

Commenting on his new role at La Perla, Perrier, said in a statement: “I am very pleased and impressed with the work done by Sapinda and the La Perla team in the last six months and the large potential that this business offers. I am also proud to now be an equity investor in a business with so much brand value and heritage, something that underlines my belief in the growth potential of the brand and the loyalty it has garnered from its customers.”

UK online retail sales slipped to their lowest year-on-year (YoY) growth in 2018 so far this July, as consumer spending slumped in the weeks following England’s FIFA World Cup exit, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index. Online sales increased by just +10.0% (YoY) in July, well below the three, six and twelve-month rolling averages of +14.7%, +15.0% and +12.7% respectively.

Online retail enjoyed record growth in the first half of 2018, and this looked set to continue after the first week of July, with sales up by +14.4%. After England’s semi-final exit on 11 July, however, this took a dramatic turn, and even Amazon Prime Day could not prevent growth shrinking to +3.7%, +8.6% and +5.1% in the remaining weeks of the month.

As the world’s largest standard for sustainable cotton from Africa, Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) now certifies around 40% of the cotton produced by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Demand from the textile industry for CmiA cotton is up on the previous year by around 79%. And the trend is set to continue in 2018. Additional companies now on board with Cotton made in Africa include Tendam Global Fashion Retail from Spain, Vlisco from Holland and Gudrun Sjöden from Sweden. Around 1,033,500 smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are currently working with CmiA and growing cotton in accordance with the CmiA sustainability criteria.

The shop at Isetan Shinjuku has introduced its new convenience spaces that customers can use to shop more conveniently and easily. On offer is “stress-free and comfortable shopping” time with Japanese-style hospitality and services. The latter include:

① Coin-operated lockers on the side of the Men’s Building passage way (Main Building Basement 1st Floor)

② Packing and organization station (Main Building Basement 1st Floor)

③ Water dispenser (Main Building No.10 stairs)

④ Baby restroom (Main Building 6th Floor)

⑤ I Garden (Main Building Rooftop)

⑥ Smoking area in the Japanese garden (Main Building 7th Floor)

This year’s Las Vegas trade shows start today and will continue until Wednesday.
Magic is in its second year of showing a different layout not only promoting men dominantely but also creating a good and well curated area for women also showing collections with the sustainable idea, closely connected with swimwear and lingerie and connected to the ‘children’s club’, a platform for kidswear. All-american brands like Perry Ellis, the LA denim brands such as Joe’s, AG and 7 for all mankind show alongside smaller designers and international brands.
Noteworthy areas include the tents to see a premium range of brands (SWIMS, Theory, Baldwin, etc), N:OW, the latest addition to the platform hosting in a creative environment panels and up-and-coming brands. A full schedule of talks can be seen here: https://ubmfashion.com/show/76/schedule#
For those, looking to give their fashion stores the sporty twist, UBM has introduced Project Golf, hosting brands offering everything you need for the famous ball sport.
WeAr will report further about this US highlight trade event.

Project Women’s

Children’s Club

The Collective

Project

The Tents

Selfridges is finishing off its multi-year revamping with a 4,000 square feet optical destination, the largest in the UK. On offer are 2,200 eyewear styles from 50 brands.

In a statement Selfridges said: “Sixteen of these brands are new to Selfridges, including a cluster of brands exclusive to the store such as Fak by Fak and Project Produkt. Several brands such as Grey Ant, Retrosuperfuture, and Thiery Lasry have created exclusive styles within their collections especially for Selfridges”.

One of the highlights of the space is a dedicated Chanel area, which showcases a curated selection of the label’s frames and sunglasses. Selfridges’ optical destination also offers optometrist services using “state-of-the-art” equipment.

In addition to the new eyewear destination, Selfridges is launching “Progressive Edit”, an area featuring a curated selection of accessories.

In the context of the upcoming CPD Order Days, this summer Breuninger once again stages the exclusive “Breuninger meets Platform Fashion” show at the ‘Areal Böhler’ in Düsseldorf. Under the campaign slogan “all is colour”, visitors can experience the current trends of the autumn/winter season 2018. The following get-together with DJ sound will round off the fashion show.

“The Platform Fashion is an essential element of the fashion location Düsseldorf – as ‘part of the town’ we once again participate this year and celebrate this season’s current trends with our own fashion show. The Order Days offer us the opportunity to transform our product world into a live experience in lifestyle context. Using these event formats, we can get in touch with the visitors and both present the constant extension of our range and express our understanding of exceptional customer service. We would like to inspire our customers and visitors this way and excite them with current trends”, says Andreas Rebbelmund, managing director of Breuninger Düsseldorf.

For the first time, PROJECT and PROJECT Women’s debuted the Spring/Summer’19 collections alongside FAME and ACCESSORIESTHESHOW. This men’s and women’s marketplace presented the first-ever and the only dual-gender event.

In a period when so many brands and retailers serve both men’s and women’s markets, creating one inspiring, unified market enables show-goers to connect and discover new resources and grow their businesses more effectively and efficiently than ever before.

“Partnering with WHITE Show is yet another extension that furthering PROJECT’s global footprint in the fashion marketplace. Having WHITE is just one facet of compelling menswear talent present at the show. This season, attendees will have the opportunity to find a bevy of talent ranging from directional Parsons graduates to fresh new scene like Woodhouse Army, “ states Men’s Fashion Director, Tommy Fazio.

“Next In Class”, the 4th edition of The New School’s Parsons School of Design and PROJECT’s partnership to support new brands will include four recently graduated designers Anne Li, Joengmin Cho, Ru Jin Tsai, and LVMH finalist NIHL. The designers will present their FW’19 collections to luxury retailers, buyers, and e-commerce vendors, gaining exposure and insight into the wholesale marketplace all who were apart of the MFA and BFA programs.

Tommy Hilfiger announces Powerful Beyond Measure, the fourth episode of the #WhatsYourDrive documentary mini-series, which reveals the man behind British racing legend Lewis Hamilton, global brand ambassador for TOMMY HILFIGER men’s. The latest release reveals Lewis Hamilton’s belief that accepting your differences and embracing your individuality is the key to becoming the greatest version of yourself. Lewis Hamilton shared the new episode on July 24th through his official social media accounts, including YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, where he connects with more than 18 million fans.

From Lewis Hamilton’s love of music and fashion, to the values that guide him and his efforts to encourage others to relentlessly follow their dreams, the #WhatsYourDrive documentary mini-series is about an incredible will to succeed in all aspects of life, inspiring the next generation of TOMMY HILFIGER fans along the way. New episodes will be released in line with the races on the 2018 Formula One World Championship Race calendar.

CPM Moscow is continuing to grow: the number of exhibitors has increased by between ten and fifteen percent – and continues to rise. The number-one tradeshow platform for the fashion business in Russia brings together market participants in the import and export sector and keeps visitors informed about the latest fashion trends and industry developments. From 4th until 7th September 2018, the fashion and retail industries will be getting together to take orders at the Expocentre exhibition grounds in Moscow. 


As the figures of the EFTEC – European Fashion and Textile Export Council prove, EU clothing exports to Russia increased by three percent in the first quarter, thereby reaching a delivery value of 614 million euros. With a plus of four percent, Italy continues to be the main export country, followed by Germany with an export increase of nine percent and France with a growth of four percent. 


“Russia is once again a market with huge potential! Clothing exports from the EU to Russia are expected to further increase over the course of this year and will likely reach a total annual turnover of approx. 2.5 billion euros. In line with these positive market developments, CPM is also growing and continuing to reinforce its first-rate position for the future,” sums up Thomas Stenzel, Managing Director of OOO ‘Messe Düsseldorf Moscow’.

ISKO hosted the ISKO I-SKOOL Final Award Ceremony at Milan’s industrial event space BASE. It was an evening of celebration that brought together young talents, industry key players, insiders and personalities. The winners of this year’s ISKO I-SKOOL were revealed: they had a chance to showcase their designs with a high-end fashion show curated in every detail featuring the theme UnDocumented.

On July 10th and 11th, Design and Marketing juries came together to discuss and decide the winners of this year’s edition. The Denim Design Award and the Marketing Award challenged students from different important universities to explore the world of denim and imagine a Responsible and Positive Vision of the Future. Students and tutors had the chance to take part in creative workshops by 100% Authentic You, focusing on soft skills development.