In Istanbul whose importance has increased by leaps and bounds, 31st IAF Fashion Congress,8th Istanbul Fashion Congress and Mercedes- Benz Fashion Week Istanbul will be carried out in 12- 17 October. Thanks to the organizations which will be realized in cooperations with the Association of Turkish Clothing Industrialists (TGSD), Istanbul Textile and Apparels Exporters’ Association (IHKIB), the Association of Fashion Designers (MTD), Istanbul Fashion Academy (IMA) and Mercedes- Benz Fashion Week, Istanbul will be in the spotlight of world fashion.
The President of the Association of Turkish Clothing Industrialists (TGSD), Şeref Fayat who made a statement on the subject said that they targeted to create a significant synergy by being brought the three organizations on the same dates and in Istanbul where political uncertainty was occupied for a while, started to be talked business again. Şeref Fayat who drew attention to the Istanbul Fashion Congress and IAF Fashion Congress to be followed by about one thousand of people also recorded that international 40 big purchase groups would be in Istanbul for the business meetings which would be carried out within the scope of fashion week.
Fayat who stated that a 2 billion dollars business volume would be caught in the medium and the long terms with the business meetings which would be carried out in 12 - 17 October, also said ‘’October will be a month which fashion, textile and business will be talked. Turkey needs this so as to make its own marketing at textile and garment industry. We are close to the important export market places. But we need to manufacture fashion and the quality. We can increase the export potential of Turkey more with this way’’.
“We prepared well’
Fayat who stated that one of the most important panels which would be carried out during the Fashion Congress would be on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) whose negotiations between EU and USA had been keeping on, said they prepared well for this session and added ‘’We will tell our shareholders in USA why Turkey needs to be a party to this agreement’’. Fayat who said that they prepared an introductory film with this purpose, kept his words as the following: ‘’Making Turkey be a party to TTIP will have important contributions for American textile and garment industry sector. We have to tell this very well in the conference. Therefore we will have very important guests in the conference. We are preoccupying with this issue as being the sector. We will carry out road- shows for certain states of USA in next spring. We will advertise Turkey and the sector better’’.
World Fashion will come to Istanbul
Fayat who told that the opening of the Fashion Congress will be realized with the traditionalistic golf tournament and a range of panel and fashion show will be carried out during the Fashion Week also said ‘’ The movers and the shakers of the sector and the senior executives of the companies will take part in these two important events. The most attractive name among the attendees in this year is Christoph Auhagen who is the Brand Manager CEO of Hugo Boss. Creative Director of Topman; Gordon Richardson, the Executive of Ds- Concept- Intelligent Finance; Ansgar Huetten, Turkish Program Director of Cotton Council International and Cotton Incorporated; Marsha Powell are the names which will take part at the event’’.
Fayat who stated that ‘’Mercedes- Benz celebrates Mehtap Elaidi’’ fashion show would be realized in honour of the 15th year of the fashion career of Designer Mehtap Elaidi who is the President of Association of Fashion Designers (MTD), within the scope of Mercedes- Benz Fashion Week Istanbul. Fayat also said ‘’The players of global fashion industry will participate to fashion shows and presentations by coming to Istanbul, they will follow trends and evaluate purchasing choices with this events’’.
