Gift Focus inc Attire Accessories - January/February 2023

33 SPRING FAIR PREVIEW Kitchenware finds Serving up the best in culinary must-haves, from the latest innovations in cookware to the most beautiful table décor, visitors to Housewares will encounter kitchenware and dining ideas from Apollo Housewares, Honest Bottle, Artisania, Kin Limited, Captivate Brands, David Mason (Design), Goodtobee, Jomafe, International Cookware, Juice and Jam, Kuhn Rikon, Olivawood, Pendeford Housewares, T&G Woodware Ltd, RKW, Ultimate Products, Blue Stem Group, and Ulster Weavers. The BIRA/BHETA Village also returns. New to the show are Pure Table Top, pitched as ‘the home of beautiful tablewares’, their collections feature much-loved brands including Joules, Olly Smith, and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, each with their own signature style. Affordable products The Everyday sector in Hall 1 continues to meet the growing demands for everyday affordable items and this season sees an abundance of newness and innovations. As the UK’s love for grow-your-own and gardening continues unabated, visitors will not want to miss the Clever Pots team who will debut at the show showcasing everything green fingered shoppers need to enjoy growing success year after year. Other outdoor oriented suppliers including Avron, Hovemint, Summit part of PMS and Shatchi. The flourishing Gift sector continues to offer everything you want to gift and be gifted with. Curated to create special moments from the show floor to your shop floor, explore an array of best-sellers, contemporary designs, unique and personalised gifts. Hall 4 will also feature the New Product Showcase and the Power of One® Showcase, offering a curated edit of the best in show and sustainability. Here you will also be able to meet the team from our headline sustainability partner Products of Change. This year DCUK are celebrating a Duckensian Christmas in honour of the great writer. You’ll find evergreen garlands, lavish gold trimmings and, most of all, a spirit of goodwill to all friends and friends-to-be. Hawthorn Handmade are turning 10 and to celebrate the Dorset based company which makes craft kits for beginners and beyond is growing their range of inspiring embroidery kits, adding to best-sellers ‘Make Your Own Magic’ and ‘Today I Choose Joy’ as well as new kits across all their other collections. Puzzle Post returns with its innovative escape rooms in an envelope. Renowned for its range of beautiful nightwear for women and girls and matching washbags and eye-masks, Powell Craft will be launching light cotton nightwear that’s perfect for holidays and warmer nights, in classic white or vibrantly coloured signature prints as well as a range of women’s floral summer dresses and a pretty new range of dresses for kids. The much-loved Sophie Conran for Burgon & Ball collection sees new additions at Spring Fair to add fresh appeal to this popular range. Tapping into the latest Modern Rustic trend, new gardeners’ accessories in galvanized steel showcase the beauty of the material in which they’re crafted. Plus, a new heart-shaped trowel in mirror-polished stainless steel combines perfect planting performance with irresistible good looks. A rising star in the gifting industry, Letterbox Love have recently collaborated on a seeded card and Wish Bracelet range with award winning wholesaler Richard Lang & Sons. The two Derbyshire based businesses have teamed together to offer customers a sustainable gifting solution, these beautiful gifts offer the traditional and much-loved Richard Lang’s artwork and best-selling bracelets by Letterbox Love. Customers can plant the seeded card to grow wildflowers - perfect for bees and butterflies - and treasure the bracelet, creating a wholesome and meaningful gifting experience. Visitors will also discover the latest designs from Sass & Belle, Fallen Fruits, Satchville Gifts, Woodstock Chimes, Widdop & Co, Lesser & Pavey, Fountasia, Gingko, Portico Designs, Thumbs Up, Coulson MacLeod, Funco UK, Gift Republic, History & Herald, Kikkerland, Bookspeed, Enesco Gifts, Puckator, Joe Davies, Half Moon Bay, Shoeless Joe, Abysse Corp, University Games, Elgate, Rubies Masquerade, Straits Trading, British Fossil, and Giftware Trading. The debut Design First area offers a first-time showcase to new brands including Fox Under the Moon, Nzuri Trading, Dunked, and Loyal Candles. Beauty buys With indulgent products for the mind, body and soul, the Beauty

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