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We give our sincere thanks to those who have joined us at Fashion Access! If we missed you, please take this opportunity to explore the highlights of the fair!
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Fashion Access Fall-Winter Preview 2011/2012
(30 March – 1 April 2011)
March 2011 at a glance...
QUICK FACTS
++ 12,740 buyers in total from 84 countries and regions
++ Over 70% increase in Fashion Avenue
++ 136 first-time exhibitors
++ Dress Up! features CLAVA collection
++ Design-A-Bag Competition overall winner goes to Milan, Italy, for 4 weeks
Quality product offer & Fashion from “Head-To-Toe”
From highstreet designs to eco-friendly fashion chic accessories, Fashion Access showcases quality products on an international scale. The fair exudes its concept, “Head-To-Toe” fashion. It offers buyers a convenient and efficient sourcing platform for their multi-product retailing needs.
Said exhibitor Pete Delanter, President of Nature’s Legacy from The Philippines, “I am impressed by the variety of products and the customers coming from so many different countries.”
South African buyer Foschini’s Hilda Van Lill enthused, “Fashion Access gives me good access to a large variety of high quality products. I am particularly impressed by some amazing footwear I found here.”
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An international fashion fair
Exhibitors from all continents and regions displayed their best finished products at Fashion Access. And admirably, all Japanese exhibitors confirmed their participation. Further emphasising the fair's international standing, buyers came from all accross Asia, Central and South America, North America and Europe. The top 3 buying countries and regions were China, Hong Kong (please note that these buyers include buying offices of international companies headquartered in China and Hong Kong) and Japan.
What exhibitor said :
So many customers from all over the world. It's the only show in Asia that's really a global show. We have received orders from Portugal, Hong Kong and Taiwan. We definitely return for the next fair!
Mr. Saturo Taki from Cledran Co. Ltd. -Japan
What buyer said :
I've visited Fashion Access over 10 times. The reason I return every year is that I can find new suppliers and new products from around the world. So, I will keep visiting the fair as long as there are exciting and nice leather goods to be found.
Yasuhiro Chikusa, K. onishi & Co., Ltd. - Japan
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FASHION AND TRENDS 
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Capturing the Fashion Access spirit was one of the fair's higlights, Dress Up!, daily fashion presentations that follows a fashionista metamophosising for a photo shoot live. Dress Up! features collections from Fashion Access exhibitors, each one well-attended. Attracting much attention this year was the CLAVA Dress Up! showcasing its unique and beautiful collection of sensibly-priced luxury leather bags.
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FASHION TRENDS SPACE
This is a taste of the season's "must-haves" in shoes, bags and all fashion products, featuring the best picks from exhibitors’ collections. Fall-winter 2011/12 product trends are presented in 4 main themes:
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Think Classic : Neo-Formal
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Think Casual : Neo-Natural
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Think Eclectic : Neo-Glamour
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Think Romantic : Neo-Fantasy
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The Design-A-Bag Competition 2011 Award Presentation Ceremony was held on 31 March 2011 at Fashion Access. 223 submissions came from over 20 countries and regions, and a total of 7 category winners, coming from around the world, were invited to attend the Awards Presentation in Hong Kong. And for the first time, this year’s overall winner was invited to spend 4 weeks in Milan, Italy, at the prestigious Ars Sartoria School. |
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Six Fashion Access exhibitors and seven MM&T exhibitors were honoured as winners of the Best of APLF Awards 2010. The award celebrates design excellence, originality, innovation, use of materials and outstanding workmanship of products exhibit in APLF. Notably, many award winners were from Asia this year, underscoring the region’s creativity and dynamism.
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The fashion world is now preparing for the Spring-Summer 2012 sourcing season. Don't miss it at the upcoming Fashion Access from 28 - 30 September, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
LET'S GET READY FOR SPRING/ SUMMER 2012!
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