Leading fashion brands attend twice a year Panorama Berlin to show the latest trends and tendencies. Next week will take place the fall/winter edition and we have interviewed the organizers, so don't miss a detail about the novelties you will discover on the show floor.
What do you think that makes it different from other similar shows?
First of all Panorama Berlin is quite huge: 11 Halls and almost 50.000 square-metres surface area exhibitions space and shows a huge amount of market relevant collections and brands. Also, Panorama Berlin does not only showcase fashion but also Lifestyle products. Last but not least Panorama Berlin is a community, a place where the trade meets.
On this fall/winter edition, the show will expand its portfolio (lingerie, underwear...). What other novelties we will find in the next edition?
Plenty of new areas and segments, new lectures, etc.
For Fall/Winter 2017/2018 we present a whole new concept for shoes & accessories in halls 5 & 6, the men’s wear segment MA!N in hall 2 is topped off with its own lifestyle area where buyers find cool men compatible “stuff”. We extended our +Size segment HIPSTAR by another hall (7A) and gave NOVA CONCEPT (hall 9) a make-over.
Nova Concept now features cool denim & streetwear brands in combination with matching lifestyle articles.
What are the benefits the show brings to the city of Berlin?
The Berlin Fashion Week changed a lot in Berlin regarding fashion and the possibility to create fashion here in the German capital. Panorama Berlin is the biggest player in Berlin with most employees. Besides our own employees, we collaborate with a lot of Berlin-based tech start-ups, for example for our Panorama Digital project.
So, indeed the fashion trade show/the Berlin Fashion Week provides a lot of jobs – also regarding hotels, services such as taxis, etc. Socially it has brought fashion to the foreground here in Berlin.
Visitors and exhibitors from many nations attend Panorama Berlin. Can you give some tips for those attending for the first time?
At Panorama Berlin we do everything to make sure that our visitors have a great time. As Panorama Berlin is a community all our visitors – around 50.000 from 96 nations – get on well with each other and enjoy their time.
What are the benefits of exhibiting at Panorama Berlin?
Exhibitors benefit from over 50.000 trade visitors, most buyers from 96 nations, which means that great exposure is guaranteed – their brands are noticed by the most important European buyers and ultimately our exhibitors sell – they generate business as well as media attention.
And what is the visitor’s profile? Can anybody attend the show?
Panorama Berlin is for trade visitors only, so not everyone can attend.
Lastly, can you give us some participation results from the last edition?
Last season Panorama Berlin presented over 800 collections to a crowd of more than 50.000 buyers from 96 nations.