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Exhibitors of children’s shoes have their own
location at “Kidwalk” in Hall 7a. Shop & Deco exhibitors
as well as the suppliers of bags and accessories in the
Bagccess Zone will also remain in Hall 7.0 this season.
The icon brands with “pedigree” and original, new
discoveries in the Urban Authentic area include (extract
GDS - INTERNATIONAL EVENT FOR
only): Aces of London, ART, Billi Bi (new!) CallagHan,
Converse, DCCO, El Naturalista, Fossil, HUB Footwear,
SHOES & ACCESSORIES & GLOBAL
Le Coq Sportif, Palladium, Pepe Jeans Footwear, Radical
SHOES – LEADING TRADE SHOW FOR
Boot (new!), Rehab, Rizzo (new!), Snipe (new!), W6YZ,
SOURCING - 11 TO 13 SEPTEMBER 2009
Yellow Cab. Fast-turning, mainstream lifestyle and fash-
ion labels as well as sportswear brands are represented in
the Urban Fresh and Urban Active areas by Amani, Buf-
F
rom 11 to 13 September GDS – International falo, Camel Active, Clarks, Coxx Borba, FitFlop, Gaas-
Event for Shoes & Accessories will be presenting tra, Grendene, KangaROOS, s.Oliver, Skechers, Sperry
all key trends for the coming season. As an Top Sider, Tatonka and Vagabond, to name but a few.
important business and trend platform for retail Lamb The Superior and Essential areas feature well-
and industry, GDS stands for a focus on quality, established international and big German brands with
aspirational fashion and outstanding organisation. high quality aspirations (extract only): Ara, Democrata,
GDS provides a comprehensive overview of the Donna Carolina, Emmeci, Gabor, Go Green (new!), Hal-
progressive and classic prime segments of the market, lufix, Joyks, Manufacture D’Essai, Natalia Blanco (new!),
fast-turning street and sportswear, design newcomers, Harajuku Otto Kern (new!), Paul Green, Ponsquitana, Rieker,
brands with mainstream market acceptance and
Lover
Roberta Festa, Sympatex, Xacata (new!), Wortmann.
children’s footwear. Each concept area of GDS is geared Renowned prime brands are presented at the exclusive
to market needs and subject to constant further Upper Style area (extract only): Attilio Giusti, Barrats
development. This means customary segments have been (new!), Buday Shoes (new!), Chibs (new!), Deficifield
developed into individual presentation platforms for (new!), Eduardo G. (new!), Gino Bianchi (new!),
exhibitors and themed experience spaces for visitors: the Jaime Mascaró, John Lakes (new!), Künzli All/`Tag
GDS Theme Worlds. (new!), Les Souliers de Masha (new!), Mack James
September will see approximately 800 exhibitors from 40 (new!), Mister, Profession Bottier (new!), Stuart
countries display just under 1,800 footwear collections Weitzman. Progressive prime brands on
for the 2010 Spring/Summer season in the Düsseldorf
Dr.
display in the successful White Cubes Area at-
Exhibition Centre. “GDS in September is once again all Martens tracting attention with understatement include (extract):
geared up for international buyers. At this point in time Australia Luxe (new!), Beverly Feldman, buttero, C.
the collections will present established trends and the Doux, Chie Mihara, Coclico (new!), Duccio del Duca,
comprehensive programme of information and accom- Farrutx, JOOP! SHOES, K&S Schuhmanufaktur,
panying events is as important as ever in our day and Lottusse, Moma, Paco Gil, Mer Du Sud, Officine
age,” explains Kirstin Deutelmoser, Director of GDS. Creative, Pantofola d'oro 1886, Pedro Miralles, Petra
An optimised hall layout in September will ensure that Dieler, Pura Lopez, Neosens, Ramon Tenza, Scholl
the lifestyle worlds are presented in a themed way. The Studio, Strenesse, Swear London, Tentazione, Tierra de
Showcenter TRENDS ONSTAGE will move to Hall 2. Pura Raza, Vialis. White Cubes is considered one of the
The three Urban Areas of GDS with their versatile most important premium platforms in Europe.
lifestyle worlds Streetfashion, Urbanwear and Denim
Brands will now be pooled in Hall 3. The creative GLOBAL SHOES
newcomer collections of the Design Attack can also be LEADING TRADE SHOW FOR SOURCING
found here. All progressive brands of the White Cubes Concurrently with GDS, GLOBAL SHOES will present
Community will be presented alongside the two other a wide range of shoes and leather goods for the high-
premium areas Upper Style and Prime Square in Hall 4. volume market. As an independent trade fair for the
Well-known, international high-end brands will again be sourcing segment it will remain in Halls 8a and 8b,
located in Superior Hall 5, presented together with the separate from the GDS exhibition area, but directly con-
renowned exhibitors of Hall 6 in the Essential area as the nected to the main entrance in the north of the premises.
backbone of GDS. Altogether some 1,100 exhibitors from approx. 40
countries will present shoe fashion for the 2010
Spring/Summer season.
DETAILS:
All activities related to GDS and GLOBAL SHOES as
well as numerous features can be found on the
Internet at: www.gds-online.com /
www.globalshoes-online.com
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