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Jean-Pierre Blanc returns to the fashion scene with Jill, a new trade show by WSN

From October 2 to 5, 2026, Paris Fashion Week will host a new fashion and accessories trade fair dedicated to collaborations, one-of-a-kind pieces and limited editions. Artistic direction is led by Jean-Pierre Blanc, former director of the Hyères Festival, under the guidance of Frédéric Maus, chief executive officer of WSN. For Blanc, this marks...

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Who's Next January 2026: Navigating a weakened fashion market

Who's Next January 2026, the trade show organised by WSN Développement in Paris dedicated to autumn/winter 2026/2027 ready-to-wear collections, confirms one thing: in a weakened market, brands like Blundstone, Leon & Harper and True Religion know exactly who they are. They use the trade show as a tool for relationship building and business...

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Salon International de la Lingerie: Chantelle, DIM and Wacoal focus on full-cup bras

At the Salon International de la Lingerie (global trade event in Paris for lingerie, loungewear, swimwear, and legwear), part of WSN, FashionUnited interviewed three major market players: Chantelle, DIM and Wacoal. They discussed how they are structuring their collections around the bra, the centrepiece of womenswear lingerie and the main...

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From drawing board to retail floor, Who’s Next becomes trade fair for the entire fashion industry

Paris - At a time when traceability has become a commercial argument to answer the questions of neo-consumers, Who’s Next September 2025 is reinventing itself. Ready-to-wear, lingerie and fashion accessories, the show, owned by WSN Group, aims to cover the entire fashion industry, from downstream to upstream. Since his arrival as chief executive...

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Premiere Classe Paris Fashion Week — Jardin des Tuileries 3rd to 6th October 2025

From Friday 3 to Monday 6 October 2025, to tie in with Paris Women's Fashion Week, Premiere Classe returns to the prestigious Jardin des Tuileries for a new edition. For four days, this iconic event will bring together more than 250 accessory and ready-to-wear brands to showcase the work of fashion designers, combining innovation, expertise and...

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Three leading trade fairs return to Paris: Who’s Next, Interfilière and Bijorhca set the tone for September 2025

From September 6 to 8, 2025, and again from January 17 to 19, 2026, Paris Expo Porte de Versailles will host three leading events for the international fashion industry: Who’s Next, Interfilière and Bijorhca. Organised by WSN, each trade fair has its own complementary identity. They offer fashion professionals a unique opportunity to discover...

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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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WSN takes majority stake in Labomode Group

WSN Développement, a French company specialising in the organisation of trade shows, is becoming the majority shareholder of Labomode Group, the publisher of Fashop and Pages Mode. Following its partnership with business-to-business marketplace Ankorstore, WSN intends to strengthen its leading position in the wholesale sector by acquiring a...

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Who’s Next, Impact, Neonyt, Bijorhca, Curve, Exposed & Interfilière - 8-10 September 2024, Paris

Bouncy Thirties celebrates 30 years of springing emotions at Who’s Next, alongside IMPACT and NEONYT Paris, Bijorhca, Curve Paris, Exposed and Interfilière Paris. To celebrate these decades of shaking up the fashion ecosystem, Who’s Next is rolling the dice for an exhilarating game in which business strategy rules, creative freedom reigns...

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The new design salon MATTER and SHAPE announces exhibitors and partners

MATTER and SHAPE announces the first exhibitors and partners that will participate in the inaugural edition from the 1st to the 4th of March in an ephemeral space in Paris, Jardin des Tuileries. Selected exhibitors include: Alessi (Italy), Artment Dep (South Korea), BD Barcelona (Spain), Bocci (Canada), Bitossi (Italy), Flos (Italy), Grau...

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New design event in Paris, Matter and Shape will make its debut in March 2024

MATTER and SHAPE (from 1st to 4th March 2024) is a unique design exhibition that is set to take place in the heart of Paris during the Spring 2024 fashion week. The event, which will be held in the iconic Jardin des Tuileries, is a cross-disciplinary platform that brings together emerging talents, established designers, historical and new...

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Lingerie’s entanglement with fashion: Salon International de la Lingerie celebrates 60 years

It’s easy to forget the breadth of change that has happened over just 60 years, and what those shifts have done for the fashion industry as a whole. One sliver of that is lingerie, a now incremental part of the women’s wardrobe that has naturally incurred revolutions of its own. Yet, while fashion and lingerie may seem intrinsically linked, this...