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Moderate attendance at Düsseldorf trade fairs

The light drizzle in Düsseldorf on Saturday was a reminder of the difficulties that the weather has been causing retailers; it was not at its best during the order weekend either. But what is keeping clothing brands and retailers busy apart from the lack of summer? Local and international brands answered this question at the fashion fairs Fashn...

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Green Product Award Fashion winners impress with innovative approaches

Sustainable fashion fair Neonyt announced the winning products and capsule collections of the Green Product Award Fashion on 22nd July 2023. The subcategories were clothing, bags, accessories and shoes as well as editor’s choice and the public vote. A jury selected a total of seven winning products from 40 nominations, which came from Germany,...

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Messe Frankfurt reveals plans to globally roll out sustainable fair Neonyt

Messe Frankfurt, the operator of Neonyt, has revealed plans to initiate an international roll out of the sustainable trade show and its coinciding events and conferences. The news comes as the organisation announced the next German edition of the B2B event which will be held in Düsseldorf from January 28 to 30, 2023. According to Messe, Neonyt,...

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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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How apparel and textile fairs have adapted during the Covid-19 pandemic

The international trade fair landscape has been shaken up quite a bit by the corona crisis. Some events have been cancelled, others have been postponed, some are even taking place virtually - keeping track isn’t easy. That’s why FashionUnited has put together this overview of how European trade fairs have adapted in recent months to the Covid-19...

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Neonyt to collaborate with two B2B online marketplaces

Messe Frankfurt, the organizer of Neonyt, has announced that the sustainable fashion fair will collaborate with two existing B2B online marketplaces, instead of launching its own virtual edition this summer. While the decision to cancel the June edition of Neonyt due to the coronavirus was shared in April, the organizers now decided that...

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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...

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Neonyt event cancelled in June

The upcoming June edition of international sustainable fashion fair Neonyt has been cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns. The German Federal Government and Federal States have banned all major events up to and including the end of August 2020, so Neonyt organizers had “no choice but to cancel” the summer edition originally scheduled from June 30...

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Berlin fashion fairs: Successful return to Tempelhof sparks discussions about the future

At last week’s Berlin fashion fairs, new collections for the upcoming autumn/winter season were almost overshadowed by the comeback of a legendary location: for the first time since 2014, the former Tempelhof airport was back in the focus of the fashion industry. The huge 1930s building used to house Bread & Butter, widely considered the world’s...

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What is Berlin's standing in the fashion world?

In an industry where a T-shirt can cost as little as five or as much as 500 euros, perception plays a role that should not be underestimated. The image of Berlin Fashion Week and the role of the German capital in the fashion world seem to have especially suffered over the past years. But is Berlin really declining in relevance as an...

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Highlights from the biggest European SS20 trade fairs

FashionUnited has had a busy season travelling the world and attending the biggest fashion trade fairs, where brands, buyers, mills, industry experts and fashion aficionados came together to showcase and demonstrate the latest trends and innovations from the apparel world. Those fairs include Pitti Uomo in Florence; Panorama, Premium, Seek and...