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Something every weekend, sometimes 2 shows in one weekend, its a crazy schedule if you want to see most of the children’s fashion trade shows for winter 2012 which kick off with Kleine Fabriek on the 15th/16th Jan.

Trade shows Jan 2012 Kleine Fabriek

Hot on its heels comes Pitti Bimbo on 19th – 21st January and which overlaps with Fimi Valencia on 20th – 22nd Jan. ENK International Children’s Club is in New York 22nd – 24th Jan.

Antik Batik winter 2012 showing at Playtime Paris and Pitti Bimbo

Playtime Paris is next 28th -30th Jan ( love that fun website) overlapping with Bubble London on 29th – 30th Jan.

Australian brand Quince will exhibit at Bubble London for winter 2012

A couple of days rest and then its off to Copenhagen for CPH Kids and Ciff Kids running 2nd – 5th February.

Playtime Tokyo is 21st – 23rd Feb, CPM Moscow is 28th Feb – 2nd March, Playtime New York is 10th – 12th March.

Atsuko Nose at Playtime Tokyo for winter 2012 kids fashion

Phew, anything I missed out, oh the new fair in Barcelona, Little Barcelona 5th – 6th February which sounds quite promising, one to keep an eye on maybe.

One more to add LOOP in Tokyo 7th – 10th February, thanks to Shampoodle for the info.

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Its that time of year again, Kidswear kicks off a new season in January with the trade shows for children’s top fashion brands showing next winter 2011. For those still to book or unsure what to visit here is a rundown of what is on when;

Jan 16th – 17th - Kleine Fabriek in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jan 20th – 22nd – Pitti Bimbo 72 in Florence, Italy

Jan 21st – 23rd - Fimi in Valencia, Spain. An unfortunate overlap there.

Jan 23rd – 25th – ENK Children’s club in New York, USA

Jan 29th – 31st - Playtime Paris, France

Jan 30th – 31st – Bubble London, England. Another overlap which is a shame.

Feb 3rd – 6th - CPH Kids in Copenhagen, Denmark, also CIFF Kids at the same time.

Feb 22nd – 24th - Playtime Tokyo, Japan

Showing at Kleine Fabriek is this knit collection by the English brand Teeny Tini, their quirky styling seems to be a good fit for the Dutch trade fair and I love these pictures.