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 STYL and KABO
Aug 21-23, 2007, Brno, Czech Republic |
Final Report - Styl, KABO a COSMETICS
15 February 2007 BVV Press Center - International Fashion Show have extended their branch-related scope. Fair COSMETICS had its premiere and in the first run of the project CLUTEX the Cluster of Technical Materials presented itself for the first time. Eight exhibition halls were occupied and both the number of exhibitors and foreign firms slightly increased.
 Most foreign exhibitors came from Poland, Slovakia and also Germany was markedly represented.
Accompanying program lasted by Thursday evening and was of a new international character. Brno show hosted the semi-finals and finals of the 9th prestigious International Competition of Young Designers PODIUM attended by 130 young designers from 34 universities, 38 towns and eight countries of three continents.
More than 150 designers from eleven countries presented their works within four show days, which is in Czech history a unique concentration of fashion designers. New collections were presented by over fifty firms.
In spite of difficult situation in textile and clothing industry leading branch-related firms were not missing at the fair (OP Prostějov, Makyta, Steilmann and others). Due to increased interest of exhibitors in the sector of measured and home textiles Hall D was opened again.
Hall F which houses exhibitors of footwear and leatherware was as usual sold out. KABO has retained its high standard of the recent years and should be moved to a larger hall in the future.
 Visitors could make acquainted with the trends for the season autumn – winter 2007 – 2008 on exhibitors’ stands, at fashion shows and also in lectures of foreign professionals. Trends in ladies’ and men’s ready-made clothes were presented by Mrs. Ellen Haeser from the Dutch Studio Commandeur, whilst trends in footwear and leatherware were dealt with by the Italian designer Robert Ricci, member of the trend commission of the LINEAPELLE Fair. Independent trend stands were installed in Halls D and V.
Specialist standard of the accompanying program involving the International Seminar Experience and novelties in fashion industry was enhanced; it was attended by leading experts from four countries. Some more seminars dealt with the preparation of new footwear numbering and possibilities of textile retail trade.
The ceremonial opening was again connected with a presentation of prestigious prizes of the periodical TextilŽurnál “Golden Hanger”. In 2006 they were presented to the companies HK, SPORTSWEAR, Písek and TONAK Nový Jičín.
The fairs also involved designer competitions TOP STYL DESIGNER and Green Design. The winner of the first of them was the Slovak designer Mária Štraneková in a competition of eight finalists from three countries.
In the Top Model Competition for the best exhibit of the KABO Show three main awards were granted – for design, quality and creativeness. They went to the companies Konsorcium T+M, Fare and BIBO shoe. For the first time also the Prize of Jan Pivečko was granted to the firm PEGRES – Ing. Petr Gřeš.
The shows were attended by a number of prominent personalities, among others, by chairman of the Czech Parliament (PSP) Miloslav Vlček, PSP vice-chairman Mrs. Miroslava Němcová, Supreme State Representative Renáta Vesecká, Lord Mayor of the City of Brno Roman Onderka or president of the Association of Automotive Industry and chairman of the Supervisory Council of Škoda Auto a.s. Vratislav Kulhánek.
Within the first two days altogether 1489 foreign visitors from 27 countries (15 % of the total number) were registered at the ticket offices. They came in particular from Slovakia, Russia, Poland and Hungary. 50.9 % of the visitors were interested in fashion trends. The proportion of professionals attained 68 % during the first two days and 84.9 % of the respondents want to come again in August.
Journalists
At the Press Center 264 media representatives were accredited during the fairs, among them 29 from abroad. Foreign journalists came from six countries, i.e. Croatia, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Austria and Slovakia.
The 30th International Fashion Fairs STYL, KABO will be staged from August 21 – 23, 2007.
The 31st International Fashion Fairs STYL, KABO and the 2nd COSMETICS Show will take place in February 2008.
STYLE and KABO
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