Trends With the leather and fashion accessories sector merging ever more into the global apparel and fashion industries, predicting up-coming trends - in materials, colours and design concepts - becomes increasingly important, for exhibitors and buyers alike, along the entire supply chain: from raw material to retail ready.
A number of trend displays, located throughout the exhibition area, plus a dedicated sector of Fashion Access reserved for trend-setting exhibitors, attracted widespread interest.
At APLF - MM&T, a total of five trends displays offered insights into the latest in fashion trends and innovation in materials and components.
The Materials Trends Lounge featured, through professionally selected premium samples, the APLF Colours and Materials directions for Spring-Summer 2009) (Also released, in greater detail, in the APLF Colours Guide.)
The Fashion Trends Lounge strategically located at the entrance of FA, illustrated fashion themes for winter 08/09 with exhibits supplied from the latest collection of trend-setting exhibitors.