MODA PREVIEW 163 Now taking place as Spring Fair’s fourth destination, Moda offers an array of fashion, footwear and jewellery brands perfect for 2022 buying For the first time in its history, leading fashion show Moda finds a new home as the Fashion destination within Spring Fair, taking place on 6th – 9th February 2022 at the NEC Birmingham. With Moda as its fourth destination, alongside Home, Gift and Design & Source, Spring Fair creates a compelling platform for buyers. Bringing UK and international brands and suppliers together with retailers, buyers, contractors, and designers, the show builds communities, nurtures collaboration and helps forge lasting relationships. If you want to touch, feel and experience the latest products, trends and innovations across home, gift, fashion and sourcing, Spring Fair is the marketplace for you. As well as becoming a four-day show, Moda now offers retailers the most diverse fashion buying destination in the UK, with a comprehensive and inspiring line-up of industry leading womenswear, jewellery, accessories, footwear and sustainable brands from the UK and around the world within its new sectors: Womenswear, Footwear, Fashion Accessories and the Jewellery & Watch edit. Simon Lau, Spring Fair and Moda Event Director says, “We are very excited to be creating a compelling new Fashion offering at Spring Fair. Moda, incorporating the Jewellery & Watch edit, and home to the National Footwear Show, will feature the most coveted jewellery and fashion brands showcasing classic to contemporary womenswear, accessories, jewellery, watches, as well as must-have footwear, kids’ footwear, handbags, wallets, scarves, and luggage – all in one handy destination. After an incredibly successful Autumn Fair, our efforts are now focused on delivering an even more successful Spring edition with the new Moda fashion destination offering a powerful showcase for the industry.” Within womenswear, Jayley, which had its best show ever in September, returns for Spring – as does Godske Group with Robell, Frandsen, Nordic Gallery, Normann, Icona, Sunday, Habella, That’s Me, Gomaye, Tia, Que, Q’neel, Molly Jo, Femme, Godske, and Jorli Knitwear. Other brands to look out for include Lighthouse Clothing, Khost, Spirit, Sonder Glamour, DECK LA RUSH, Saloos, Outdoor Leisurewear, Gill International, Jessica Graff, Sunco, Paradiso Couture, Beau Moda, Vijay Fashion, Goose Island, Perfection Clothing, Evylaure (accessories), and Alice Collins. The desire for sustainable and ethically-sourced brands continues to grow. Visitors will discover new designs from returning brands Nomads Clothing, Soya Concept and Lily & Me. The show also welcomes sustainable and recycled eyewear brand Waterhaul, and a host of Turkish brands are returning, including ready to wear and contemporary brand Hukka Design and Jus De Pommes, and footwear brands Charmia, Pandora Shoes, Rovigo & Divino Shoes. A selection of confirmed footwear brands includes Superfit, Xti and Xti Kids, Refresh, CAT footwear, Alpe, Fly London, Keddo, Blowfish Malibu, HOGL, Carmela, Mustang, Legero, Vionic, and Naturalista. The show is also delighted to welcome the Wortmann Group with brands including Caprice, Tamaris, Marco Tozzo, S Oliver and Jana. The proposition for kids is also strong, with a diverse offering across the show with kid’s giftware, toys and apparel, and within the dedicated kid’s footwear section Little Soles, visitors will see brands including Start-Rite, CAT kid’s footwear, Froddo, Lurchi, Young Soles, and Petasil. Lisa Govier, Director of Footwear, Moda, says following the success of the Autumn show: “We are delighted with the reaction to Moda’s co-location with Autumn Fair and Spring Fair. The September show delivered beyond all expectations and Moda at Spring Fair looks set to be bigger and better. We are obsessed about bringing the industry back together again and we could not be more excited about the new opportunities, in addition to the traditional Moda visitors, this opens up for our exhibitors.” The Jewellery & Watch edit offers fashion and jewellery buyers the chance to see the widest collection of new season pieces across a wide variety of price points and explore crossover buying opportunities – all in the one location. There will be a wonderful array of jewellery and accessories brands and designers to discover and complement the womenswear and footwear offer, Herbert Marx, Scream Pretty, Lesley Donn, Perfection, Pretty Pink Jewellery, Amber Hall Jewellery, Buvy Jewellery, Cavendish French, Kali Ma Designs Ltd, Lakshya Gems, Leslie Donn Ltd, Lido Pearls, London Pearl, Maharaja Art Palace, MG Diamonds, Midhaven Ltd, Morrish, Paradise Jewellery, Perfection Jewellery, Ronin Jewellery, Sea Gems Ltd, Silver Gallery ltd, Spoke 925, The Old Farmhouse Jewellery, Victorian Jewels, Equilibrium by Y & L Company, Zeina Hariri Jewelry, Rodney Holman, Silver Creations PVT, Dolphin Minerals, Georgia Wang, Bluebird Chain and findings, Goodman Bros and more. Spring Fair is focused on ensuring the best possible experience for visitors and exhibitors and a diverse product offering ensuring everyone across the supply chain has a home at Spring Fair during the key buying period. After its successful trial at Autumn Fair, Curated Meetings is scaling up for its official launch at Spring Fair offering more space, more meetings and more sectors. More than 300 15-minute, pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings between buyers and relevant brands based on mutual interest generated thousands of pounds of new business at Autumn Fair and the programme now includes brands across all sectors including home, gift, lifestyle, fashion, accessories and jewellery. And, the ever-popular Moda VIP Programme, previously known as the Moda Hosted Buyers Programme, continues for Spring Fair and demonstrates the show’s commitment to supporting its customers and help ensure it delivers a good return on investment. For further information please visit www.springfair.com/show-sectors/moda and www.moda-uk.co.uk NEW BEGINNINGS IN BRIEF When: 6th-9th February, 2022 Where: NEC, Birmingham Who: www.moda-uk.co.uk
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