FA forecasts trend of colours, designs & materials
18 Apr '07
2 min read
The fashion accessory sector is presently enjoying a period of unprecedented growth. Fortunately, it is widely regarded as being exceptionally profitable too. Demand at retail level backs up to business opportunities galore for manufacturers and suppliers.
An unprecedented number of new buyers are looking for products across all sectors - leather garments, shoes, bags, belts - accessories of all kinds. Many of the large high street apparel brands now market footwear, handbags, sunglasses, belts and wallets much more aggressively than before. Other buyers represent niche boutiques which open an opportunity to those exhibitors of branded products who can offer small but exclusive production runs.
Fashion Access (FA) continues to forge ahead into the world of fashion, highlighting trend forecasting of colours, designs and materials. The bag sector continues to grow and there were more shoes on display than ever before.
Benedetto Eleuteri owns one of Italy's best known shoe brands, Pompili, which is still made in Italy, but his budget level Bi4 range is manufactured in China. "My shoes are now made with Italian styling, with the flair and panache of our creative designers, but in China we get low production costs. I have no complaint about Chinese workmanship", Mr Eleuteri says. "It measures up to our standards."
Mr Eleuteri expresses his wider view by observing, "Greater world co-operation can solve many of our problems and exhibitions like this play an important role in bringing shoe-makers of many countries together".
-Ltd..jpg?tr=w-120,h-60,c-at_max,cm-pad_resize,bg-ffffff "Thermore (Far East) Ltd.")
.jpg?tr=w-120,h-60,c-at_max,cm-pad_resize,bg-ffffff "Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited (TSllC Ltd)")
.jpg?tr=w-120,h-60,c-at_max,cm-pad_resize,bg-ffffff "Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF)")
