Pitti Bimbo 86 kidswear news from the 18th -20th Jan 2018 upcoming edition of the top kids fashion trade fair.
Last winter saw a total of 498 collections, 285 of which came from abroad and over 6,700 buyers, making a total of 10,000 visitors. From the press release of Pitti Immagine some news for the next show.
“New for the winter edition will be NICE LICENSING, the new project on licenses for childrenswear. Realised in collaboration with the Bologna Licensing Trade Fair and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, a new space located in the Cavedio-courtyard of the Main Pavilion will present 20 interesting licenses to the world of kids clothing.
A project aimed, above all, at the exhibitors, in which a selection of potential licenses for their future collections will be submitted for their attention.”
New and returning exhibitors include Indee for Belgium, Moque from South Korea, Ubang and Knast by Krutter from Denmark, Daniel Hechter and Naf Naf from France, and amongst many others from Italy, Miss Blumarine.
From the UK new exhibitors will be Bebe Bombom, Bundle Bean, Illytrilly, Jake + Maya Kids, Small Stories, Tobias & The Bear, Wonderers all showing off their newFall/winter 2018 collections.
Catwalks and other specific events have not been finalised yet but as this is a big celebratory year for Monnalisa there is something extra special planned for the Thursday evening. Also the return of the individual catwalks shows for Appartment and Kids Fizz will be warmly welcomed.
The special halls and specific area designations otherwise remain the same for Pitti Bimbo 86
Beautiful Dolce & Gabbana pyjama suit from the 85th edition of Pitti Bimbo for SS18 kids fashion
On the catwalk at Pitti Bimbo 85 Fashion from Spain by Mayorel for summer 2018 kidswear
Special events at Pitti Bimbo 85 included the launch of Pucci kids at the Pucci Palazzo in Florence for SS18
Monnalisa launched a Mommy and mini collection as the sun went down in a romantic Florentine garden for summer 2018, plans are afoot for a special celebration at Pitti Bimbo 86
One of the US exhibitors at Pitti Bimbo 85 Tina Tuchinda with her self named label for ss18 kidswear
Another event at Pitti Bimbo 85 saw Roberto Cavalli relaunch the kids label under their own in house team for ss18 with a beautiful garden breakfast
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