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La Plage Riviera: a new trade show for swimwear launches in Nice, France

Nice - In a groundbreaking move, My Fashion Agent, the company behind La Plage Miami and La Plage Los Angeles, is launching a new trade show, La Plage Riviera. It will be held from August 30 to September 1, 2025, on the French Riviera, in Nice, at number 12 on the iconic Promenade des Anglais, near the airport. La Plage Riviera has adopted a...

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Diversifying buyers, shifting priorities: Source Fashion scales up to meet evolving sourcing demands

“We’re still in toddler territory,” Source Fashion director, Suzanne Ellingham, jokingly said when asked about the event’s milestones. Now in its third year, the trade fair is moving into the bigger venue of The Grand Hall in Olympia London. The move reflects the 30 percent year-on-year growth experienced since its inception in 2023. Despite...

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SS26: Best selling trends and talents to follow, according to three Parisian showrooms

During Paris Fashion Week Men’s, FashionUnited met with three commercial agents, Break.Fast, Likewise and Run, each hosting showrooms over the course of the event. Here is an overview of what is trending for the spring/summer 2026 season and which brands to look out for. Alina Zaporozcenko, founder of Break.Fast Break.Fast was founded in 2019,...

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Menswear trade show Shift: Smart dressing is common denominator

Where a few years ago there were warnings about the casualisation of menswear, now a picture of refinement has come to the fore. Tracksuits were at the height of popularity during the pandemic, but men now also want to present themselves in a slicker light. At the Dutch menswear trade show Shift, it brands were seemingly drawing closer together...

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NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show to make European debut in Paris this September

Details of the first European edition of NRF: Retail’s Big Show Europe, taking place in Paris from September 16 to 18, were presented this morning in Milan. The event, which has always been held in New York, aims to unite the established missions of Paris Retail Week (Comexposium Group) and the renowned National Retail Federation (NRF). Arnaud...

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Pitti Uomo faces overall situation sportingly

Pitti Uomo remained resilient, once again demonstrating the importance of industry gatherings at the Florentine menswear trade show, amidst a global landscape shaped by war and trade disputes, and subdued consumer sentiment. Although the start appeared somewhat slower, Pitti Uomo shone in its full glory from the second day of the trade fair...

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Saks Global outlines ‘data-driven’ strategy for menswear at Pitti Uomo

Saks Global has outlined a new “data-driven” strategy for its menswear offering. The luxury retail group, formed of Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, among other department stores, revealed its intention to tap into identified growth opportunities at the ongoing Pitti Uomo 108 in Florence, Italy. Much of this centres around zoning in on...

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Pitti Uomo banks on tailwinds

Pitti Uomo has officially kicked off the SS26 season, though the outlook is far from straightforward. The season’s start unfolded against a difficult geopolitical backdrop, according to Antonio De Matteis, president of Pitti Immagine (PI), the trade show organiser. Still, the situation was not entirely bleak, with menswear remaining “healthy.”...

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LVMH Innovation Awards 2025: Start-ups Kahoona, Genesis and Omi awarded at VivaTech

During VivaTech, held until June 14, 2025 at the Parc des Expositions (Porte de Versailles), the LVMH group revealed the 2025 winners of the LVMH Innovation Awards. The start-ups Kahoona, Genesis and Omi were honoured. On June 12, unlike the previous year, LVMH founder Bernard Arnault did not take to the stage like a rock and roll star. "He...

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At Vivatech: Robots, trainers and counterfeit detectors powered by AI

Paris - Robots, a counterfeit detector and navigation systems for the visually impaired, all powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI), were among the innovations highlighted at the VivaTech trade show, which took place in Paris until June 7. AI and anti-counterfeiting Could you tell the difference between a Lacoste t-shirt and a...

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BFShow signals Brazil’s ascent in the global footwear supply chain

When discussing major players in the global footwear market, Asia often takes centre stage. However, on the other side of the Atlantic, Brazil is steadily advancing to position itself as a strategic player in the global industry. Currently, it is the fourth-largest footwear producer in the world, behind only China, India and Vietnam. From May 19...

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BIRD: New womenswear trade fair in China

China is getting a new trade fair specialising in womenswear with the BIRD Fashion Fair. The China National Garment Association (CNGA) is hosting the first edition of BIRD in June. It is the first “international trade fair dedicated exclusively to innovations in womenswear,” the Chinese apparel association announced on Wednesday. The acronym...