Colourful stand of bedacht
22 - 24 July 2017 Areal Böhler Düsseldorf
By Carole Denford Gallery, an established exhibition
owned by the large Igedo Company, took place for the fourth season
at Areal Böhler, a former industrial area in the west of Düsseldorf, located roughly ten minutes from
the fashion centre. Parking is good, as is the service from the courtesy buses that operate between the
different fairs. The main hall taken by Gallery is a sleek industrial building that is light and airy and perfect
for the fashion industry. There is no dedicated accessory area as such, but hats were fortunate at the start
of this venue to be positioned at the entrance, and so far have retained this space.
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DUSSELDORF | S/S 2018
ive major headwear brands were showing collections this season, across ladieswear and menswear, giving an excellent selection
of quality items, each with their own distinctive style attracting their own individual headwear buyers. Reports from these brands Sunday morning were positive, and everyone was satisfied with the show so far. Visitors here are mainly German with French and Korean buyers increasing in number year by year.
bedacht showed a young easy-wear collection in both soft and blocked hats, many of these in hemp or braid for a brim or a crown or a trim. Many of the younger style incorporated interesting hand ‘craftwork’. The Maik Schulz collection included hats in soft combinations of parisisal straw, some with an added ‘star feather’ trimming.
Vintimilla specialise in men’s panama hats, classic styles that have their distinctive handwriting and are crisply blocked (in-house) and smartly trimmed – now offering a selection of bands and leather trims to customise a range for the buyer. They told us that their business has grown substantially over the past five years and that they were now supplying other brands under their own customised label.
Wolfram Kopka was showing a mainly autumn/winter collection. He said that Gallery was improving and slowly gaining momentum since moving to Areal Böhler. We then spoke about other European exhibitions he might consider to expand his brand, maybe focusing on Munich. Therefore he would visit Supreme and Premium later in the season, exhibitions that have opened there recently.
On the Grevi stand Susanne Bollmann showed two new directions, a small range of flowery rain hats made from umbrella fabric, and a dressy upturned cloche made from sinamay backed with crinkled silk fabric – an interesting combination. Asked about the show she remarked: “It is good, but business was at its best in Düsseldorf when we all showed together at CPD.”
There was a clean division between the directions/trends at Bronté/ID Hats for spring/summer 2018. The first was a nautical theme; then a selection of dressy hats in sinamay and crin; a classic Panama range, and a small section of trilbys/caps in colourful and intricate weaves. Jos was serving buyers on the stand one after the other during our visit – very impressive!
For more information, see:
www.gallery-duesseldorf.de
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