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Green fashion fair Neonyt puts focus on end consumers, but what does that mean for brands?

Sustainable fashion fair Neonyt focused on the end consumer for the first time during its last edition. Many new and a few familiar brands visited Frankfurt's Ostend district when FashionUnited paid a visit. The fair counted more than 1,000 visitors spanning from Germany to France, the UK and Peru. At first glance, Neonyt is almost the same as...

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Frankfurt Fashion Week trade shows postponed

Trade shows Premium, Seek, Neonyt and Val:ue, which were due to take place as part of Frankfurt Fashion Week in January, have been postponed due to the “increasingly critical Covid-19 situation” in Germany. In a statement, Frankfurt Fashion Week said that a decision by the German government to impose restrictions due to the continued spread of...

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Video: Anja Gockel at Frankfurt Fashion Week

In this video, fashion designer Anja Gockel has presented her SS22 collection at Frankfurt Fashion Week. Watch the video below. Video: anjagockel via YouTube Photo credit: Anja Gockel, Facebook

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Video: Llobycats at Frankfurt Fashion Week

In this video, fashion label Llobycats has presented its SS22 collection at Frankfurt Fashion Week. Watch the video below. Video: LLOBYCATS by STACYBOLL via YouTube Photo credit: Llobycats, Facebook

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Frankfurt Fashion Week promotes “form follows planet” for sustainability in the European fashion industry

A recent conference organised by Fashion Council Germany titled “The New European Bauhaus – Werkstatt der Zukunft” brought together international experts in the context of Frankfurt Fashion Week to redefine the future of the European fashion and textile industry. The conference was inspired by EC president Ursula von der Leyen‘s initiative “The...

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Why the New European Bauhaus movement is relevant for the fashion industry

The digital conference Werkstatt der Zukunft will bring together international experts for the first time at Frankfurt Fashion Week next week to unite the "New European Bauhaus" movement with the fashion industry. Scott Lipinski, CEO of the Fashion Council Germany, gives an insight into the idea behind the interdisciplinary event on 6 July 2021...

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Frankfurt Fashion Week to take place digitally in the summer

The organisers of Frankfurt Fashion Week have announced the inaugural event will no longer take place physically this summer due to ongoing uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 situation in Germany. The event will instead take place through a new digital platform called FFW Studio, Messe Frankfurt and the Premium Group announced Wednesday. The...

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Anita Tillman: “Our industry needs a change”

On Monday, it became clear that the German trade shows Premium and Seek would bid farewell to Berlin and move to Frankfurt as part of Frankfurt Fashion Week. For the fashion community that got used to meeting in Berlin twice a year, this departure raised many questions and speculations. Anita Tillman, founder of Premium Group and one of the most...

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A new hub in the making? Fashion fairs bid farewell to Berlin as they move to Frankfurt

Frankfurt, Germany’s financial capital, is gearing up to replace Berlin as the country’s centre for fashion. Premium, the biggest fashion fair in Berlin, is, at last, leaving the German capital after two decades. In the summer of 2021, Premium and Messe Frankfurt, the owner of green fair Neonyt, will stage a fashion week in the city of Frankfurt...