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Action Sports Retailer
The world's leading trade show for surf, skate, swim, resort, and urban/streetwear products. Held in Long Beach (CA) and San Diego.
AmericasMart
Atlanta's regional trade center features seasonal fashion trade weeks five times/year for women's, children's and accessories as well as additional men's, gifts, and bridal events.
Bijorhca
Held in Paris 3 times/year: Montres & Bijoux (watches, jewellery), Eclat de Mode (costume jewellery and fashion accessories)
California Gift Show
It overwhelms the Los Angeles Convention Center twice yearly with a large groupings of apparel, accessories and international collections.
California Market Center
The West's leading fashion trade center features seasonal fashion trade weeks five times/year for women's, children's and accessories as well as additional men's, textiles, and gifts.
Class Trade Show
Class Trade Show biannually unites premium designers and retailers from around the globe in Santa Monica, California. Class curates a select mix of brands and stores to offer the freshest designs on the planet in a creative, fun, and eco-conscious environment.
Dallas Market Center
Regional trade center features seasonal fashion trade weeks five times/year for women's, children's and accessories as well as additional men's, gifts, and bridal events.
Designers & Agents (D&A)
D&A is an alternative Fashion and Trade Event highlighting the leading designers in the Contemporary and Young Designer Markets. D&A shows are held in Los Angeles and New York 5 times per year. For more information including show dates, please visit www.designersandagents.com.
DIRECTION: The International Textile + Surface Design Show
DIRECTION is the art of fashion for the business of fashion! Presenting a brilliant global exhibitor base, DIRECTION showcases hundreds of trendsetting textile design collections, lifestyle concepts and fashion forward forecasts for all markets including apparel, home, paper and novelty products.
Dubai American Fashion Week
An event that connects premium American fashion brands with Middle Eastern retailers and distributors, Dubai American Fashion Week is a new, cutting edge tradeshow that caters to all segments of the fashion industry, including high fashion menswear and womenswear, childrenswear, casual wear, young fashion, lingerie, swimwear, footwear, handbags, accessories, and retail licensing.
Expofil ("The European Yarn Show")
Paris: twice yearly (June and December). See the show's many attributes and exhibitors, including reports on trends and the economics of the European fiber industry.
Fashion Market Northern California
San Francisco ready-to-wear event geared toward boutique retailers
Hong Kong Fashion Week
A twice-yearly mega-event showing the best of the Far East in all categories
Imprinted Sportswear Shows
The leading shows for the imprinted sportswear, embroidery, textile screen printing, and promotional products industries. Held at five locations throughout North America.
Intermoda
Mexico's premier apparel/fashion event held every January and July in Guadalajara
Interstoff
Unless you're fluent in German, look for the little "English" button on the home Details on upcoming shows for Germany's major international textile event. They also do a show in Hong Kong every Spring.
MAGIC Marketplace
This is America's really big ready-to-wear show in Las Vegas, held every February and August.
New Mart (Los Angeles)
Hosts open house to buyers for designer/contemporary lines five times/year corresponding with California Market Center to create Los Angeles Fashion Week.
North American Shoe & Accessory Market
The 10th largest shoe show in the world is held twice a year in Atlanta, GA. The NASAM shoe show has over 1500 lines represented from salon to branded business. NASAM shoe show has everything retailers need to see for the upcoming season.
Northwest Apparel & Footwear Materials
Portland's twice-yearly industry event for manufacturers and designers
Premiere Vision
Europe's number one fashion textile trade event and is held in Paris in the spring and fall every year. Most serious apparel manufacturers and designers attend Premiere Vision (or at least study reports) for future color trends, fabrications and technological breakthroughs that become the substance of clothing at retail a year later.
Pret-a-Porter
Europe's number one fashion ready-to-wear trade event and is held in Paris in the spring and fall every year.
Sunshine State Exhibitors
Women's and men's apparel and accessory markets held at locations in Florida. 11 shows/year including Miami, Orlando and the Gulf Coast.
Texworld USA
Texworld USA is the essential bi-annual sourcing event in New York for apparel fabric buyers, designers, merchandisers, and overseas sourcing professionals. Meet with mills and manufacturers from Asia and around the world!
The Boston Collective
The home site for two New England-based men's apparel shows. The Boston Collective is based in Boxborough, Massachusetts and is a booth show. The Connecticut Men's Apparel Show is based in Wethersfield (just outside Hartford) Connecticut. Together they are quintessential to doing business with men's apparel, resort, and catalog houses in New England. The site includes information on dates, lines, salesmen, applications and directions.
The International Textiles Expo
One of the largest trade shows designed specifically for the independent manufacturer and fabric retail store in the apparel/accessories, home decor, quilting and craft industries. Held twice a year in Las Vegas, exhibitors range from manufacturers, convertors, wholesale/distributors and jobbers in the over-the-counter fabric, trimming, pattern and notions industry.
The Off-Price Specialist Show
The Off-Price Specialist Show is the premiere show for off-price apparel and accessories. Men's, women's, and children's apparel and accessories at 3 shows a year (February, May, August).
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