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“Concept Trade Show – a real trait d’union across companies, buyers and showrooms – during Milan Fashion Week.”

From February 24th to 27th, White Milano “Sign of the Times” presented the new collections of the brands from the Brazilian fashion internationalization program at Tortona Fashion District, Fashion Label Brasil, by ABEST and ApexBrasil: Thais Bernardes and Dotz.

“The fair was very well organized and most of the buyers who attended were Italian, but Germans, Belgians, and Greeks also visited. Overall, it was a productive fair in terms of networking and very important for the brand’s communication,” Thais Bernardes.

Fashion, Network, Trends, Business

The financial results of the show add up to US$ 18,000.00 and US$ 31,000.00 with regards to expectations for new businesses in the next six months.

​​All at the same time

According to the organization, there were about 400 brands from all over the world and more than 20 thousand people in four exclusive locations. More than a fair, White Milan is considered to be a hub for brand exhibitions, a hybrid between an event and a showroom to offer consultancy and even a networking platform for companies that are rewriting the rules of supply chain in terms of sustainability and technology, with added value.

The interest in ecological and digital transition is particularly represented by the WSM (White Sustainable Milan Edition), a platform that gives visibility to industry operators and to sustainability and technology enthusiasts.

What we saw were alternative materials for new forms of production processes and for the consumer’s own experience. In addition, we could see physical products being launched physically, business units dedicated to the metaverse, and digital passports to attest the products’ sustainability. There was an unprecedented synergy between brands and gaming platforms seeking alternative forms of promotion.

With an intense cultural program that is complementary to the business, there were three targeted areas (lectures, workshops, and education) designed to involve and invite people not only fashion, culture, and technology professionals, but also the public and academic world to debate certain issues. Wired Italia, for example, participated through a program of exclusive lectures, dedicated to the intersection between fashion, innovation, technology, and sustainability.

“Sign of the Times”

“Key omnichannel platform for fashion operators, leader in the universe of information and international networking, with a consolidated strength able to connect nieche brands, contemporary fashion, business.”

“Sign of the Times comes from a need of creating something new, for us and for all of you. Sign Of The Times means accepting how times are changing and how much we are willing to be part of it through new projects and revolutionary ideas that give voice to the dreams of new generations”; “The world requires a new vision, a new point of view, to rethink together a new era of fashion, kinder and less hectic, for the individual and the environment. TIME, time, is an essential value. Let’s take care of our time together.”

About ABEST

Created in 2003, the Brazilian Association of Fashion Designers (ABEST) aims to strengthen and promote Brazilian design and fashion. Its main purposes is to help the development of Brazilian brands with international reach and guarantee the authenticity and creativity of every single one of them, in addition to promoting the Brazilian lifestyle, thus contributing to the growth of all the segments linked to fashion. Currently, ABEST, which is a non-profit organization, has 120 brands from all over Brazil that export products to 57 countries. Moreover, it constantly carries out strategic approaches to expand its penetration throughout new markets around the world and strengthen relations with those it has already conquered.

About Fashion Label Brasil

Fashion Label Brasil, an added value Brazilian fashion internationalization program, was created in 2003 by ABEST in partnership with ApexBrasil, and its proposal is to position the image of Brazilian fashion abroad, enhancing the image of an innovative and contemporary Brazil. The program has strategic activities – Buyer and Image Project, International Fairs and Fashion Shows, Showroom Project, in addition to special initiatives – to expand penetration in new markets around the globe and strengthen relations with those already conquered.

About ApexBrasil

The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad and attract foreign investment to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy. The agency carries out diversified trade promotion initiatives that are aimed at promoting exports and valuing Brazilian products and services abroad, such as prospective and trade missions, business roundtables, support for the participation of Brazilian companies in major international fairs, visits by foreign buyers and influencers to learn about the Brazilian structure of production, among other business platforms that also aim to strengthen the Brazil brand. ApexBrasil coordinates efforts to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to Brazil, focusing on strategic sectors for the development of the competitiveness of Brazilian companies and the country.

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“Key omnichannel platform for fashion operators, leader in the universe of information and international networking, with a consolidated strength able to connect nieche brands, contemporary fashion, business.”

White Milano, the main Trade Show at Milan Fashion week, presents the brands Fashion Label Brasil, Thais Bernardes and Dotz from February 24th to February 27th, 2022.

The international fashion fair fosters the connection between companies, buyers, and showrooms in the Tortana Fashion District.

“Sign of the Times” Concept

“Sign of the Times comes from a need of creating something new, for us and for all of you. Sign Of The Times means accepting how times are changing and how much we are willing to be part of it through new projects and revolutionary ideas that give voice to the dreams of new generations”; “The world requires a new vision, a new point of view, to rethink together a new era of fashion, kinder and less hectic, for the individual and the environment. TIME, time, is an essential value. Let’s take care of our time together.”

About ABEST

Created in 2003, the Brazilian Association of Fashion Designers (ABEST) aims to strengthen and promote Brazilian design and fashion. Its main purposes is to help the development of Brazilian brands with international reach and guarantee the authenticity and creativity of every single one of them, in addition to promoting the Brazilian lifestyle, thus contributing to the growth of all the segments linked to fashion. Currently, ABEST, which is a non-profit organization, has 120 brands from all over Brazil that export products to 57 countries. Moreover, it constantly carries out strategic approaches to expand its penetration throughout new markets around the world and strengthen relations with those it has already conquered.

About Fashion Label Brasil

Fashion Label Brasil, an added value Brazilian fashion internationalization program, was created in 2003 by ABEST in partnership with ApexBrasil, and its proposal is to position the image of Brazilian fashion abroad, enhancing the image of an innovative and contemporary Brazil. The program has strategic activities – Buyer and Image Project, International Fairs and Fashion Shows, Showroom Project, in addition to special initiatives – to expand penetration in new markets around the globe and strengthen relations with those already conquered.

About ApexBrasil

The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad and attract foreign investment to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy. The agency carries out diversified trade promotion initiatives that are aimed at promoting exports and valuing Brazilian products and services abroad, such as prospective and trade missions, business roundtables, support for the participation of Brazilian companies in major international fairs, visits by foreign buyers and influencers to learn about the Brazilian structure of production, among other business platforms that also aim to strengthen the Brazil brand. ApexBrasil coordinates efforts to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to Brazil, focusing on strategic sectors for the development of the competitiveness of Brazilian companies and the country.

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“Fashion as an instrument of social transformation, providing women deprived of freedom the opportunity to reframe their own journeys and rescue their self-esteem.”

The fashion and social business brand Libertees, developed in the Prison System of Minas Gerais, presented its new collection at Brasil Eco Fashion Week in Milan, in September 2021.

Libertees provides training workshops and paid work for imprisoned women in the Prison System of Minas Gerais.

Libertees’s Impact

  • 100% female and prison labor force
  • 8 women currently employed in the clothing industry within the prison unit
  • 1 active employee in the administrative area of Libertees who has already served her time in prison
  • 4 women were sent to work in factories after being released from freedom

Part of the revenue from selling printed clothes will be reinvested in purchasing material and promoting art workshops in the penitentiary.

The exclusive prints portray drawings and paintings made by the women from Estevão Pinto Female Penitentiary Complex.

“Libertees brings the concept of fashion with social impact, revealing the power of women and the potential to transform lives at the same time.”

The material that are used in the process express the brand’s environmental responsibility: ecological fabrics, organic cotton, pet bottles and biodegradable fabrics.

“We are betting on a labor force that is 100% composed of people from prison and female workers, as a solution for a fairer and more collaborative future. Having a purpose and social responsibility is part of our essence.”

According to the platform “O Tempo” (Time), the partnership between Libertees and the Prison System of Minas Gerais has already yielded more than 134 thousand hours of professional training, nearly BRL 1 million in remuneration e more than 5,500 days of sentence remission.

“This story is being built collectively. Libertees is freedom, movement and, mainly, hope.”

Libertees for Brasil Eco Fashion Week

The brand presented its new collection “O Café e suas Flores” (literally, Coffee and its Flowers) at Brasil Eco Fashion Week on September 25th, at Milano Fashion Week.

The collection revives the affectionate memory of Minas Gerais, and the coffee flower takes on the leading role of representing the feminine.

“In this collection, we evoke ancestral knowledge, the strength in collective work and, mainly, freedom through work.”

In partnership with the creative directors of Libertees, Daniela Queiroga and Marcella Mafra, Gissa Bicalho Brand, a member of Fashion Label Brasil, signed the fashion show accessories, the stylist Ana Sudano developed the timeless models and the shoemaker Virginia Barros created and exclusive line of upcycling shoes for the event.

“We have built a network of partners who are engaged with social and environmental sustainability, from suppliers and employees to customers. Our goal is to build a fairer future for everyone.”

You can watch the Brasil Eco Fashion Week fashion show at: youtu.be/LZ9B7XGz0bI

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The collaborative brand presents the line Olê de Casa and showcases its new collection at Milano

Catarina Mina, a brand from Ceará, believes in transparency and conscientious consumption. In 2014, it presented the first open cost initiative in Brazil.

“We decided to expose the costs involved in the production process of each one of our pieces. This is a way to draw attention not only to our priorities, but also to question what is often involved in the making of a fashion product. We were the first fashion brand in Brazil to launch this initiative.”

“The idea of a different type of fashion always enticed us. One that questions more than answers.”

Olê Rendeiras Project

The Olê Rendeiras Project, a partnership between Catarina Mina and QAIR Brasil, an independent energy producer, presents the line Olê de Casa in YEAR II.

In 2019, Catarina Mina and QAIR developed the Olê project (Rendeiras de Bilro) with lace artisans from the region of Trairi, in the west coast of Ceará.

“We believe in fashion that is transparent and developed collectively.”

This initiative brings value, meaning and perpetuity to bilro (bobbin), the lace of Ceará. It is handcrafted, transparent, responsible, and focuses on who produces.

“’Ô de casa, ô de fora’ (meaning, ‘Anyone home, anyone out there?’)

This is how we greet ourselves, amongst our neighbors, friends, godmothers…Olê de Casa is a name that evokes this type of greeting: opening the door to welcome the other in.

The coasters and placemats are inspired by the heritage and richness of bobbin, bringing beauty to the table set, in the living room, at home.

Open the doors for Olê.”

Catarina Mina and the Olê project for Brasil Eco Fashion Week

The fashion and sustainability week of Brasil Eco Fashion Week, BEFW, held its fifth edition on September 24 and 25, 2021 at Milano Fashion Week.

BEFW and Fashion Vibes, platforms of fashion, creativity, and art, presented fashion shows and showrooms during the fashion week in Milan, to position Brazilian brands and stylists in the international market.

The Olê Rendeiras project joined the line up of the event and showcased the collection ‘Litorânea, caderno e memórias do mar’ (Costal, accounts and memories from the sea) at Brasil Eco Fashion Week.

“Bobbin lace is indeed memory, but it is mainly future. This is the knowledge that create the stories that can be seen in the walkway, revealing the ancestral ways as a possible path for the new generation of artisan women. It is an art that takes them further, without losing the ocean’s sound and smell. In this journey further, Olê crosses the ocean, breaks borders and lands in Italy for one of the main fashion weeks in the world.”

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