At the Fortezza da Basso, in Florence,  the avanguard of international.

THE NAMES AND NUMBERS AT THIS EDITION: 

EXHIBITORS
A total of 103 brands (23 in the Fashion at Work section) 24 of which are from abroad.  

AREA
23,000 square meters

BUYERS                 
5.253 buyers came to the last winter edition, of these 2,163 (41% of the total) were from abroadThe main foreign markets: Germany, Great Britain, Japan, United States, France, Spain, Hong Kong, Turkey, Holland and Switzerland                           
The main growth markets: Germany, Russia, China, Korea and Taiwan.

NEW NAMES AND RETURNS
The new names and returns include: Ima Filati (Italy), Somelos Fios (Portugal), Linificio e Canapificio Italiano (Italy) and, in the FASHION AT WORK at work area, M-Lab (England) is participating in Pitti Immagine Filati for the first time.

And more over: Ecoluxe, an informative and entertaining project that puts the focus on the quality and value of natural, ecological and organic yarns;  ”A filo d’acqua“, the Pitti Filati Spazio Ricerca is the observatory and experimental laboratory where the esthetic trends in international fashion are analyzed and launched; Vintage Selection the fair featuring vintage clothing, accessories and design objects with Chinese memorabilia inspired by the figure of leader Mao Zedong, is the protagonist of the MAO FOR SALE fair-event curated by Gherardo Frassa. 

Have a look in our website at http://www.pittimmagine.com/en/fiere/filati/

Tomorrow will begin the 61st edition of Pitti Filati: THE MEETING POINT FOR EXCELLENCE AND CREATIVITY.

The events and projects of this edition:

- VINTAGE SELECTION N.10
At Stazione Leopolda from the 4th to the 8th July from 10am to 10pm.
New for this edition: historic international vintage fashion brands will be presented alongside two elegant selections dedicated to the 80s and the luxury of some of the top names of fashion aristocracy: Gucci, Hermès, Salvatore Ferragamo, YSL Rive Gauche. Read more

ZUCCHERO FILATO: THE NEW SPAZIO RICERCA
The Pitti Filati Spazio Ricerca is a place for experiments; it is where ideas and concepts become knits with an innovative and unique form of expression.
Angelo Figus and Nicola Miller have come up with Zucchero Filato - cotton candy: with the leading roles taken by the interactions between food and esthetics, pleasure and sin and the importance of food design in contemporary culture.

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