UKFT has announced that the key trade associations representing the major trade fairs for the fashion sector in Paris issued a joint communique to confirm that they have taken the decision to postpone their shows scheduled for June and July 2020 due to the outbreak of Covid19. UKFT is the association of fashion and textile companies in the UK.
The letter is signed by the organisers of Interfilière, Man/Woman, Splash Paris, Tranoi, Unique by Mode City, View, and the federations. The letter confirms that the shows will not take place in June or July 2020, but that their teams are working on alternative dates in September 2020.
Details will follow but, in practical terms, UKFT’s expectation is that they will plan to realign their shows on the same dates as Who’s Next/Première Classe in early September 2020 and the later Paris Fashion Week dates at the end of September and beginning of October 2020, according to a press release by UKFT.
Following the move of the Paris Fashion Week shows to September 2020, the organisers of Pitti Uomo and Pitti Bimbo have confirmed that they will move their show dates to September also. Therefore, for 2020 only Pitti Uomo will be held from September 2-4, 2020, and Pitti Bimbo will be held on September 9-10, 2020.
For textiles, the latest updates are that Milano will be held from September 7-9, 2020, while Première Vision, to be held from September 15-17, 2020, has delayed recruitment for the September show until mid-April. Intertextile Shanghai, to be held from September 23-25, 2020, seems to be ploughing ahead with recruitment and Proposte, Como for interior textiles, has been postponed to September 23-25, 2020. Heimtextil, Frankfurt, to be held from January 12-15, 2021, has announced no change and recruitment is currently underway.
