A swarm of visitors, ready to surf the sustainability wave, filled MODtissimo 54 up to the brink at Alfândega do Porto, on last October’s 2nd and 3rd. A new community under the sustainability banner, with a record-breaking 400 plus people of twelve different nationalities, has come out despite the bad forecasts. “The market is very unstable, but that hasn’t prevented a 15% increase in the number of foreign visitors, while the number of Portuguese buyers has kept steady, in line with last year”, reveals Manuel Serrão, who organizes the event
For the first time in Lisbon, and for the first time open to the public, the 5th Fashion Film Festival awards ceremony was a demonstration of glamour and great talent. With more than 120 films in competition, the contest finale brought together the Portuguese industry figures and directors from around the world. Throughout the night, between applause and musical moments, the big winners were welcomed on stage, in a ceremony where Portuguese brands and companies, such as Latitid, RDD or Falcão Fibras, were the highlights.
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Uncertainty is the only certainty. Heimtextil 19 broke yet another record in the number of exhibitors (3025 from 65 countries), but the number of professional visitors dropped from 70 thousand to 67500. There were fewer people in the hallways of Messe Frankfurt, and the fingers on both hands aren’t enough to count the number of Portuguese companies who drew harsh criticism towards the fair’s new layout, which placed the heavy-weight of our home textile amidst mid and low-range Turkish and Egyptian manufacturers.
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