London’s Scoop International trade fair for
luxury fashion and brands - held 1 –
3 February at the iconic Saatchi Gallery - was deemed a great success by organisers who
also announced a new format for next season, featuring two shows for the first time to accommodate increased demands and different needs for exhibitors and buyers..
The dates for Scoop International will be 2-4 August and a
new edition of Scoop London will take place 20-22 September to coincide with London Fashion
Week.
Managing Director Karen Radley comments, “the ninth edition of Scoop was our
best show ever and the busiest! The
reaction we are launching Scoop London
- a second Scoop show to coincide with London Fashion Week has been
extremely positive. We will be focusing
on more UK and International designers bringing first time exhibitors and
interesting collections to the UK. At
this stage we are working on the designer mix but will be releasing more
details shortly.”
As for the recently
concluded February event, Scoop was consolidated from two to one main venues
and thus saw an increase in both footfall as well as international buyers. There were more than 300 International &
UK premium, directional and contemporary collections on show, covering apparel,
footwear, jewellery and lifestyle collections.
Exhibitor, Cabinet Jewellery’s representative Gemma Critchley also adds, ‘the effort, attention to detail and quality of the buyers that we met was really superb and we are delighted to be part of the show”.
Show organisers reported visitors from premium stores and
retailers had included Selfridges, Browns, Liberty, Harrods, Brown Thomas, Harvey
Nichols, Galeries Lafayette, Franck et Fils, Fenwick Stores, Anthropologie and others.
Buyer Sue Shields from Harrods comments, ‘Scoop was very
strong with a healthy mixture of ready to wear through to luxury accessories
set in a beautiful exhibition space at The Saatchi Gallery. It is always interesting to visit the
exhibition to take trend inspiration for future seasons and also understanding
the evolution of many of the labels”
Buyer, Natalie Lacroix from Franck et Fils comments, “as a
buyer Scoop really is the show not to miss”.
Next Scoop Fashion Show Dates:
Scoop, 2-4 August 2015
Scoop London, 20-22 September 2015
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