We can certainly declare the February International Fashion Fair of Footwear and Leatherware STYL and held from 12th to 14th February 2012 at the Brno Exhibition Centre as the greatest fashion holiday in the Czech Republic with an all-European outreach.

What´s new in the February Fairs?
The 39th run brings again several innovations. The most distinctive is the new concept of both fairs STYL and KABO as well as the change of halls in which the fairs will take place. The supporting programme also features attractive novelties.

Extraordinary seminars
Two seminars competing in the subject attractiveness catch attention of expert visitors; the first seminar offers unique coverage information from the Chinese Mausoleum of the Emperor Chin. The subject of the seminar is “The Problem of Footwear for Soldiers of the Terracotta Army in XI-AN” covered by doc. Ing. Petr Hlaváček who has visited the Terracotta Army in person. The second seminar called “Hybrid Times – Fashion on its way to the New Modern” concerns the latest fashion trends in clothes, lingerie and footwear for the season Autumn-Winter 2012/13. This lecture will be given by the expert for Lifestyle and Fashion from the German Fashion Institute DMI Izabela Ockenfels. The seminar will be at the main catwalk and will be also interpreted into Czech simultaneously.

Exclusive Brands
The subtitle of the fairs "Fashionberries" has become a symbol of a new image and begins to bear its fruit. Businessmen with quality brands in the highest price segment found their interest in the world of fashion in a much wider extent than in the past. The American fashion brand GAP will introduce new designs and collection of children´s clothes in the section Classics as well as the brand Madonna which will introduce girl fashion collections. Men´s ready-to-wear clothes in the higher class will be dominated by the brand Accord with top-notch suits for men as well as brands Arikos or Heinrich Katt in their offer of men´s shirts.

The Austrian brand Giesswein will be presented for the first time, offering products of knitwork and natural permeable materials. The brand C-PARK from Hungary will present a collection of coats, the Thomas Urban company will introduce leather and fur clothes and cashmere sweaters and plaids by the brand AVELLANA. CHRISTA PROBST brings new CPM collections – sweaters and tops. In the CASUAL section the highest price category is represented by the brand PIONIER with young and denim fashion. BUTKA FUR from Austria and the brand DELSO MODE – importer of leather and fur goods from Italy – offer leatherwear and fur products. Lingerie of high quality and corresponding price will be represented by the brand ANITA a EUROFALA – a brand who will be presenting bathing suits for the first time.

Renowned Exhibitors
Traditional exhibitors at the STYL fair will present their new collections not only at their exhibition stands but also on catwalks. In the segment of day and night lingerie and bathing suits, these are brands such as Afairs by Sassa, Acqua, Brubeck, Calvi, Calvin Klein, Cornette, Diesel, Eldar, Fabio, Favab, Impetus, Lian Mood, Luna Lux, Lupoline, Pecom, Pleas, Replay Underwear, Ruko, Schiesser, SoftLine Collection or Valery.

In the Classics section in the Premium exhibition area, manufacturers and brands Coexis be presented with brand shirts and tops, C-Park brand coats from Hungary, Hanz Thomas Christian Urban – leather and fur clothes and cashmere sweaters, the Hapel company with a complete range of women´s ready-to-wear clothes as well as the brand Jopess fashion. The Perab company will present both men´s and women´s ready-to-wear clothes by brands Cabano, Mox a SKAG and the brand Pyramid will present scarves, shawls and ties.

The Hall P will feature manufacturers and brands such as Andrea Zieglerini, Arikos, Blue Trading Group, Brandit, Face, Face Teens, Moděva, PM Styl, Sanu Babu, Sunny Art. Businessmen will find traditional firms and companies among exhibitors of accessories and jewellery, such as KARPET, ZORDA, AEL, Dantes, Doppler CZ, JBX, Kalipra a Tonak – a world-famous manufacturer of hats and caps who returns to the Brno Exhibition Centre after several years of absence.

Renowned brands will present their offers in Hall F, hosting the field of footwear and leather accessories. The biggest offer of new designs at the KABO fair will be presented by brands V+J OBUV, RIEKER, WORTMANN, NIK, TERM, UNIDAX or WENDEL. Other major players of the Central European footwear market will also be there, such as brands ARA, BIBO SHOE, DAPI, GABOR, GENEZE, IBERIUS, Josef Siebel, LANSON, LEGERO, NUMERO UNO or WOOLF. The biggest offer in the section of leather haberdashery, handbags and accessories on more than 100 m2 is brought by the company ARTTEDDY.EU; the Taiwan company HAV PURSE make their first appearance here and Mr. Dušek´s company D.L.M. will also introduce their novelties. The fair is going to be the first also for the German company FIEGE whose Czech representation will present their activities in the field of fashion industry and a e-commerce.

Conclusion
Visit to the contract trade fairs STYL and KABO is a must mainly for businessmen, purchasers and entrepreneurs operating in fashion industry. The organizers have selected the fair days from Sunday to Tuesday again – moving the beginning to a free day paid off very well in August.