Next stage: Milan, Oct. 4th & 6th The numbers “confirm the value and size of an exclusive trade fair event”, addressed to the US market.120 exhibitors (20% more, which required the annexation of another Metropolitan Pavilion). 1,300 visitors (last on the last issue). According to Diodato De Maio (DMD Solofra), there is “Satisfaction for the reconfirmation of attendance, and for the quality of contacts that remain the most important of the audience. New York customers have not missed, as did those in Los Angeles. The novelty is that they have come from other US areas. “It is the confirmation of what already communicated by Lineapelle, which defined the preview held in the Big Apple on 18 and 19 July, as “an edition of consolidation and perspective, which allowed to strengthen some relationships and establish new relationships.” Visitors rewarded those who presented a great variety of product and price list, “succeeding in making it attractive for everyone” – as an exhibitor explains. The US market, at this time, while trying persistently Italian quality and an impeccable service and the need to “be reassured by an uncertainty that arises, above all, by the crisis of the great retail brands.” A good match for the presentation of the MAPS creative compass, which summarises the tone of winter trends 2018-19, elaborated and presented to NY by the Lineapelle Fashion Committee. “It will be a season characterised by an unusual colour evolution, from primary and quality materials to brave, eccentric and even opulent. There is a strong emphasis on bizarrely fashion propositions thanks to opacity, particular tactile experiences, lucrative and delicate pearls.” New York preview on its back, Lineapelle prepares for its issue number 93, scheduled from 4 to 6 October in Fieramilano Rho. The Metropolitan Pavilion returns to 2018, from 31 January to 1 February.
New York Lineapelle: “Consolidation and Perspective Edition”
