From January 17th to 19th, 2024, the 98th Pitti Bimbo Children's Fashion Exhibition was held at UniCredit Bimbo Arena in Florence, with over 1800 buyers from over 50 international countries attending. Sustainable development, tailoring, "Made in Italy" and modern style are the focal points that Pitti Bimbo has chosen to lead the future of children's clothing. The exhibition stands out through diverse brands and together shapes the ideal wardrobe outfit during the exhibition schedule.

In the spring and summer of 2025, Kingpins once again chose to hold events in the original industrial space Sugar City in Amsterdam. Last season, Kingpins launched its new inspiration concept, The Boxes space, which was once again open to tourists. The seminar focused on the impact of climate change on the industry and also explored how AI technology will bring revolutionary changes to the Danning market. Exhibitors come from the United States, Japan, China, Taiwan, China, Italy, Türkiye, Pakistan, South Korea, etc. There are fabric factories and water washing plants, complete equipment manufacturers and auxiliary material suppliers. The discussion focuses on the practice of recycled cotton and recycled agriculture, with a focus on the comfortable and soft texture of the materials, as well as their expanded application in the category of non denim woven bottoms.

On November 28th local time, the 3-day ISPO Munich International Sporting Goods Expo opened grandly at the Munich Exhibition Center in Germany. Compared to last year, ISPO MUNICH 2023 has seen significant growth. The exhibits cover all aspects of the sports goods and sports fashion industry, mainly including various sports fields such as winter sports, outdoor sports, team sports, cycling and water sports, urban sports, fitness and health, as well as sports fashion, sports trend trends, functional materials, manufacturing and procurement, cross industry and sustainable development, etc.

Denim Première Vision (PV) was launched on November 22nd at Superstudio Più in Milan, with a focus on the commercial prospects of denim and industry breakthrough sustainable innovation. The exhibition has also become a catalyst for fashion and denim clothing brands, providing a perspective on designing the 2025 Spring/Summer collection. In addition to a wide range of denim supplies, attendees also have the opportunity to explore 15 denim brands in the new denim fashion district. The denim fashion district also held a series of innovation conferences, fashion seminars exploring the spring/summer trends of 2025, as well as inspirational lectures and seminars during this event.

On October 12th, the Shanghai 2024 Spring/Summer Order Fair gradually came to an end. Ontimeshow coincides with the tenth anniversary, with the theme of "unparalleled national strength" to interpret the power of Chinese aesthetic design, empowering trends, talents, and products from three dimensions. Shitang's new brands accounted for nearly 35% of the exhibition, with mature overseas brands such as CURIEL and LOIS joining in. MODE collaborates with 17 professional showrooms, bringing together over 300 brands, and collaborates with Youngor to hold a sustainable art exhibition to explore the future development of sustainable fashion. At the moment when designer brands are becoming increasingly mature, various ordering events have showcased a diverse group of domestic and foreign designer brands. We can see that the market may not be very friendly to young entrepreneurial designers, and the polarization of the market is becoming increasingly severe. Buyers' budgets are more concentrated in the head or some stable performance mid waist brands they are collaborating with. How to enhance commercial competitiveness will be a problem that designers need to face directly. In the current sluggish environment, the comfortable and natural minimalist style and the new Chinese style are outstanding, and relevant new brands have also shown us their unique design expressions, which are worth paying close attention to.

From August 28th to 30th, 2023, the China International Textiles, Fabrics, and Accessories (Autumn/Winter) Expo was grandly opened at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. This exhibition utilized 9 exhibition halls, showcasing formal fabrics, fashionable women's wear fabrics, casual wear fabrics, functional/sportswear fabrics, dynamic denim, wedding/dress fabrics, infant textiles, shirt fabrics, leather/fur fabrics, underwear fabrics, pattern design, accessory vision, and related products. Serving 13 professional exhibition areas and 39 segmented categories, with an exhibition area exceeding 240,000 square meters, the expo gathered nearly 4,000 high-quality fabric and accessory suppliers from 27 countries and regions worldwide.

Ciff Kids is held twice a year and is based in Copenhagen, hence rooted in the heart of the Scandinavian creative industry. It is the only children's trade fair in the Nordic region. Ciff Kids showcases countless brands from Northern Europe, excelling not only in children's fashion but also offering a wide range of other baby and children's products. CIFF Kids is dedicated to bringing together talent, brands, media, and buyers in a relaxed, fun, and commercially vibrant atmosphere, providing an ideal platform for showcasing products and building relationships for children and teenage brands.

Ciff Kids holds two editions every year, with its headquarters based in Copenhagen, making it the center of the Scandinavian creative industry. It is the only trade fair for children in the Nordic region. Ciff Kids showcases numerous brands from the Nordic countries, excelling not only in children's fashion but also offering a wide range of other infant and children's product collections. Ciff Kids is dedicated to bringing together talent, brands, media, and buyers in a relaxed, fun, and vibrant atmosphere, creating an ideal platform for showcasing products and building relationships for children and youth brands.

During the fashion show in July, fashion information for autumn-winter 24-25 is constantly being disseminated to better meet the expectations and needs of today's fashion brands. In this revolutionary agenda, five new inspirational spaces have been redesigned to showcase this season's inspirations focusing on fabric face perspective style, specific procurement solutions, a new 100% leather space, a focus on accessories and components, and a forum showcasing textile creations from PV Paris exhibitors.

From June 21st to 23rd this year, the 97th edition of Pitti Bimbo, the children's fashion exhibition, was held at Fortezza da Basso in Florence. The offline exhibition brought together 230 brands and attracted approximately 2,000 buyers, with 75% of the brands coming from cross-border locations. Despite the challenges faced by the industry, the number of exhibitors and sales points remained at the same level as the summer of 2022. The theme of this edition of Pitti Bimbo was "Pitti Games," representing a summer and carefree atmosphere. Children played alone, in pairs, or in groups, forming teams to face challenges. This edition of Pitti Bimbo showcased a decisive driving force for creativity and an increasing focus on values such as quality, sustainability, health, and authenticity.

Since 2007, Paris Playtime has been bringing together the best collections of international designers and avant-garde brands twice a year, showcasing each brand in a similar way to a pop-up shop, and exploring the cutting-edge fashion trends and lifestyles for children. The 2024 Spring/Summer Playtime Paris exhibition will take place from July 1st to July 3rd at Paris Floral Park, featuring over 300 brands including fashion children's clothing, lifestyle, and parent-child brands. In addition to unique spaces like New Now and Singular, there will also be creative spaces in collaboration with artists, highlighting 12 outstanding illustrators, graphic designers, and design studios specialized in creating patterns for the children's market.

From June 30th to July 2nd, 2023, the 9th ISPO Shanghai 2023 Asian (Summer) Sports Goods and Fashion Exhibition, returned to Shanghai New International Expo Center, attracted 511 domestic and foreign brands from 395 exhibitors, a 50% increase compared to the previous year; a total of 40,174 industry visitors and sports enthusiasts attended, an increase of 100% compared to the previous year. The exhibition showcased cutting-edge trends, new brands, new products, and new technologies in outdoor sports, camping lifestyle, water sports, urban sports, cycling, rock climbing, and road trips. Popular topics such as sports + tourism, sports fashion trends, international industry exchanges, and brand globalization were presented in the form of forums and sharing sessions. The newly created "ISPO Sports Park" ignited the enthusiasm of the public and promoted mass participation and sports for all, injecting more energy into the industry. This report mainly analyzes the dimensions of style, design, color, pattern, detail, craftsmanship, and fabric.

After the first OutDoor by ISPO last year, this year's exhibition has added Berghaus, Devold of Norway and J. Lindeberg as exhibitors. The total number of exhibitors has increased from 310 in 2022 to 661 this year. Similar to its winter counterpart, ISPO Munich, the exhibition is based on celebrating innovation and sustainability, conveyed through the ISPO awards. In addition to sustainability, leisure camping and adventure holidays have also been increased. This report analyzes from the dimensions of functionality, fabrics, details, and style.

A huge shout out to all who helped make the recent Kingpins Show in Amsterdam a success. The denim fair welcomed more than 1100 visitors representing more than 500 companies from more than 40 countries to SugarCity (which has been renamed SugarFactory), where nearly 100 exhibitors showcased their latest collections. This season, the fair debuted Kingpins’ new inspiration concept, The Boxes, where we challenged visitors to explore new ways to be creative.

In view of the easing of pandemic restriction policies in China, the Spring Editions of Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics, Yarn Expo and Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles have been moved to the new timeslot of 28 – 30 March 2023. A series of seminars, forums and panel discussions were held concurrently to further promote industry development.

The 96th edition of Pitti Immagine Bimbo (from 18 to 20 January 2023, Florence, Fortezza da Basso) ended amidst an atmosphere of great satisfaction among the members of the trade and confidence in a year which could reserve positive surprises for the children’s clothing and accessories market, notwithstanding the fears expressed by many people in recent months. Around 2,100 buyers had registered at the end of the three days of the fair– over 1,500 Italian buyers and almost 600 from abroad, from nearly 70 countries.

On February 7, 8 and 9, the international creative fashion industry came together at Première Vision Paris at the Parc des Expositions, Paris Nord Villepinte to find inspiration, exchange ideas and build their collections of ready-to-wear, accessories (fashion jewelry, leather goods) and footwear for the Spring-Summer 24 season.

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After a two-year absence due to the global pandemic, Playtime made its return to the Parc Floral in a colorful WONDERLAND full of freedom for proudly displaying Autumn-Winter 22/23 collections.

Influenced by the epidemic, Kingpins Indigo Museum was held on-line for the third time. We can see from the exhibition that manufacturers will keep offering sustainable fabrics for the denim industry based on the economic upcycling. This report will focus on the lounge comfort, low pollution, and eco-friendly technologies in the public market to show the latest denim trend.

S/S 2023 Denim Première Vision was held both on-line and off-line. Influenced by the pandemic, the Digital Denim Week of Denim Première Vision continued its online streaming, and 30 exhibitors displayed over 186 products. As always, a series of lectures and seminars were also involved in the exhibition, focusing on the sustainable development and intellectual way of working of seasonal trending and denim.