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ou know autumn is on its way when the sky is that depressing shade of grey, the high street windows are full of burgundy’s
auburns and wools AND London Fashion Week and the fashion trade shows roll around. Okay, that last statement is enough to turn any frown upside down (well, for our female readers at least). Did somebody say FASHION??
At Hotminute, we always endeavour to bring you something a little bit different from the norm, so we checked out Scoop trade show, where high fashion and high art collide to bring the UK fashion buyers must-have pieces!
Just to put you straight before we get started, fashion trade shows are not to be confused with fashion shows! Trade shows are where retailers purchase the pieces that stock the fave high street stores, boutiques and department stores we lust over.
Scoop is a tradeshow that, whilst new to the fashion market (this was their second event), has already firmly staked its claim as one to be reckoned with. Housed in the beautiful contemporary art space that
is the Saatchi Gallery, the unique concept is the brainchild of Karen Radley, who, after 30 years in the fashion industry, has hit a homerun with this concept.
Scoop is a platform for the UK as well as a growing number of international designers
Walking through the expansive bright white spaces you understand Karen’s vision. Saatchi’s current contemporary sculpture exhibition ‘The Shape of Things to Come’ is the perfect complement to the Spring/Summer collections that sat amongst them. The exhibition, like the designer collections on display, was innovative and visually striking. One example: Dirk Skreber’s works ‘Untitled (Crash 1)’ and ‘Untitled (Crash 2)’ – two mammoth car installations that seemed to have been transported directly from a car wreck, made quite the impact as visitors entered the gallery.
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The Inside Scoop
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