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Womenswear Buyers Guide FW23: Not-to-miss key Items

The FW23 ready-to-wear season is about to kick off. New York starts February 10, followed by London, Milan and Paris, through March 7. What will the major trends be? We already gathered some major clues from the ongoing pre-fall 23 season and last year’s FW22 collections. Once again, denim in a wide variety of styles and shades will be...

26 Jan 2023

Fashion

Pre-Fall 2023 Buyers Guide – Tailoring

A major return to the office and in-person events, has meant a renewed interest in tailored clothing, particularly suitings. Pre-fall collections drop from June to August and traverse two seasons. Therefore, colors and fabrics can be summer-like or fall-like. For pre-fall 23, styles range from classic to innovative; here are the most...

26 Jan 2023

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Menswear Buying Guide for FW23

The menswear assortment at the designer level has never been as diverse. Whether it’s tailoring, streetwear or for outdoors, there are a myriad of options for buyers to choose from. As we approach the fall 2023 buying season, here are key styles to look out for. Tailor Made In the FW23 season, look for sharply tailored suits and separates: broad...

20 Jan 2023

Fashion

Resort SS23 buyer’s guide: ten key items

At the high end of the U.S. fashion industry, it was once a commercial necessity for designers to deliver a 'cruise' collection. Delivered into stores at the end of the year, it was for wealthy clients who would travel to warmer climes between December and April and needed fresh looks in lighter fabrics. Over the years, most major labels...

28 Jul 2022

Fashion |Interview Featured

Browns buyer: “More is more” when it comes to accessories

Alongside exclusive high fashion, shoes, handbags and accessories are an important driver of the luxury industry. FashionUnited spoke with Hollie Harding, womenswear non-apparel buying manager at Browns about what role the segment plays for the British luxury department store. In the interview Harding talked about the most popular product...

19 Jul 2022

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Pre-ordering: “It is now a matter of having enough merchandise”

Many fashion retailers have reduced their pre-order budgets in the last three seasons due to the pandemic and were faced with empty warehouses, especially last autumn. Now the willingness of fashion retailers to increase their pre-order quota is on the rise. The current war in Ukraine also plays a role emotionally and concretely in terms of...

10 Mar 2022

Fashion

Paris Fashion Week FW22: the top five trends store buyers need to know

Paris Fashion Week FW22 has come to an end and with it the major FW22 ready-to-wear runway season. It started and finished under a cloud of war and no one can predict what will happen in the coming days and weeks. Olivier Rousteing admitted to feeling uncomfortable presenting the FW22 Balmain collection while witnessing the violent attack on...

10 Mar 2022

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Milan FW22: the top five trends store buyers need to know

Those watching the Milan fw22 collections entered a parallel universe on the third day of the shows when Russia invaded its neighbor Ukraine. Certainly it begs the question, is it frivolous to watch fashion shows at the very moment one country declares war on another? Perhaps it could be conceived in that way, but the show must go on, especially...

28 Feb 2022

Fashion

FW22: the top five trends store buyers need to know from NYFW

At the Fall/Winter 2022 New York ready-to-wear collections, a post-pandemic energy surrounded the newer designers and included many fresh looks from more established brands. In sum there was a rejection of the past two years of comfort dressing, while still offering lots of commercial possibilities. Here are the top five trends store buyers...

24 Feb 2022

Fashion |Interview Featured

Breuninger buyer: “It's getting dressier again, but with the comfort we've grown to love”

With the new round of orders for FW22/23, buyers are again faced with the challenge of planning ahead for a season whose general conditions are more difficult to estimate than usual. What kind of ranges will fashion brands and retailers present to their female customers next year? What kind of fashion do women want next autumn? Will they still...

10 Feb 2022

Fashion

Paris menswear fall/winter 2022 must have items for buyers

The much-anticipated Fall/Winter 2022 edition of Paris Fashion Week began on January 18 and concluded on January 23 with designers presenting a wide range of styles and must-have items. Despite the rise of the omnicron variant, most of the shows were shown 'in person.' The five day long event featured Virgil Abloh's last Louis Vuitton men's...

3 Feb 2022

Fairs

A “strong start” as in-person trade shows resume in New York

Despite Omicron upending holiday travel, New Years plans, and the Paris edition of the trade show the week before, Man/Woman carried on with their New York men’s event at the end of January, shuffling exhibitors around at the last minute to accommodate what the variant had planned for all involved. On the third and final day of the event, the...

2 Feb 2022