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The Paris fairs, a balancing game

The male fashion weeks of Haute Couture did not shade the winter fair season. The fairs at the Porte de Versailles have proved to be encouraging for the textile/clothing sector so severely tested by the European crisis. “Our trade has to constantly face the challenges of globalisation. To survive them, we have to anticipate and facilitate...

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The New Face of the Paris Fashion Shows

Four months after the announcement that the trade fashion shows are to be combined under a new banner following the purchase of all the events organised by Sodes, including Prêt-à-Porter Paris [PAPP], by Comexposium and the operational takeover of WSN Développement (Who's Next, Première Classe and Mess Around), a clarification of the Paris...

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The Parisian salons gain stature

The first session of the professional salons with the objective of revealing the best fashion of the Autumn-Winter 2011-2012 season ended on a satisfactory note, both in terms of attendance numbers and of the general buzz. The first assessment: the general trend was directed towards upselling. The salons are pushing towards the top of the range...

Fashion

A more current PAPP

A new Director and a new calendar concept… Meeting with a cutting edge team whose mission is to support designer brands during the post-crisis period and renew the legitimacy of women’s ready-to-wear as an indispensable market. See as follows. FashionUnited: PAPP will host the event at the Palais Brongniart (Place de la Bourse) for two days on...

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Trade shows in Paris: 2010 a good year

International competition in terms of fashion and textile products is inducing Paris to show more than ever all the values intimately associated with design that form its identity. As Etienne Cochet, President of Paris Capitale de la Création, emphasises: “It is by means of this subtle, emotional blend of all the richness of our artists,...

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Prêt-à-Porter Paris highlights new attitudes

Innovative trends and directional designs are the main theme of next season's Prêt-à-Porter Paris (PAPP). Taking place from 30th January to 2nd February, Halls 3 and 7 of the fair will be fully dedicated to the new fashion attitudes of the moment. PAPP will identify the main currents that the economic crisis has already initiated in order to...

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PAPP: Fashion electric shock for the new season

The influential people in Paris, the Capital of Design, get together throughout the year and more particularly during the 25 fashion and home fairs in September and January. The most eagerly awaited of all these shows is no doubt the Prêt-à-porter Paris (PAPP) fair. The leading fashion fair in Paris closed its doors on Monday evening. Neither...