Gathering the Apparel Industry Under a Single Roof IFCO Introduces Production and Design Power of Türkiye
The largest Apparel and Fashion Exhibition of Europe, IFCO hosts the meeting of big fashion industry in Istanbul for the 4th time on August 09-11. Bringing together all groups of Apparel and fashion industry under a single roof, IFCO provides a significant added value to exports of the industry with the business volume it creates.
Making its name heard in the international platform, the exhibition brought together 588 exhibitors with industry professionals in February in nine halls on a 100 thousand-square meter area. Hosting approximately 30 thousand visitors from 134 countries, matchmaking were organized with exhibiting companies and hosted buyers from distant and target countries such as USA, Germany, UAE, Brazil, South Africa, South Korea, England, Canada, Colombia, Malaysia, Mexica, Panama, Chili, and Thailand.
At IFCO Istanbul Fashion Connection companies in womenswear and menswear, kids wear, denim and sportswear, evening dresses, suits, underwear, socks, leather and fur apparel, shoe and footwear product groups will come together with buyers.
IFCO Now Is a Brand of the Entire Türkiye and Not Just the Industry!
Vice President of İHKİB Mustafa Paşahan said: “As Istanbul Apparel Exporters‘ Association’s (İHKİB) we have turned our fashion industry’s dream of an international fair in İstanbul into reality in 2022 with IFCO.
An international-scale exhibition in Istanbul was a significant step of this target. We clinched together as the entire industry to realize a 30-year-old dream. We brought in an assertive exhibition as IFCO to our country. Our exhibition was crowned by our Ministry for its success in its first organization and deserved 50% government support while it took its place in calendars of hosted buyers in a short time.
Last February we kept our word for the 100th anniversary of our Republic and organized our exhibition on a 100 thousand square meter area. We hosted approximately 30 thousand visitors more than 10 thousand being from abroad from 134 countries in 9 halls with approximately 600 exhibitors. We are very pleased from the interest of exhibitors and visitors to our exhibition.
We are faced with a very high interest for the fourth IFCO on August 9-11 that is a significant milestone in our target of making our country and Istanbul have a say in the global fashion industry. More assertive than the first three, we will reinforce the place of our exhibition in the international area with more qualified exhibitors and buyers and more visitors.
We are preparing to bring together 30,000 industry professionals from more than 100 countries at IFCO that will be organized on a total of 6 halls with the participation of over 400 companies.“
IFCO Presents Different Commercial Experiences to Its Visitors With Its Special Sections
Brands Special Section hosts companies that became brands in apparel industry, exporting to various parts of the world, and that came forward with their collections. Brands bring together market leaders such as B&G Store, Climber BC, Damat, Giovane Gentile, Hatemoğlu, Ipekyol, Kayra, Kiğılı, Lufian, Jakamen Naramaxx who use IFCO to further expand their international network.
While this important fair of Türkiye targets bringing Turkish designers together with buyer groups and press members in a special area reserved for them, The Core Istanbul design area that was created as part of the fashion weeks in Istanbul in recent years continues to take place as a specially created area in Hall 7 within the fair for designers who will introduce their 2023 Spring-Summer collections.
At the event that will be organized at Istanbul Expo Center on August 09-11, 2023 The Core Istanbul, which offers creative and collaborative solutions covering all areas of the fashion industry will bring together Türkiye’s leading fashion designers and apparel brands with international buyers, enabling designers transform their collections into commercial activities.
The Turkish fashion designers and brands that will display their designs in the scope of The Core Istanbul: Arzu Kaprol, Ceren Ocak, Çiğdem Akın, Essin Barış, Emre Erdemoğlu, Ezgi Karayel, Fulya İlkmen – F.ILKK, Mehmet Emiroğlu, Meltem Özbek, Mert Erkan, Merve Ulu – Kuela, Murat Aytulum, Nejla Güvenç – Nej, Özlem Erkan, Selin Küçüksöz, Seydullah Yılmaz – SYHZ Wear, Tuba Ergin and Yakup Biçer – Y Plus.
At IFCO, the Evening Dress Industry Comes Together at Fashionist
30 leading brands of the ready-made garment industry in evening dress and wedding suit category take place at IFCO with their unique designs, innovative colors, and dynamic styles. At FashionIst special section where products will be displayed accompanied by a visual show, visitors will have a unique exhibition experience.
Displaying the Power of Turkish Textile and Apparel Industry, IFCO Exhibition Is More Assertive with these Activities
Embodying fashion show, trend area, The Core İstanbul that is the most innovative b2b activity of our designer brands, seminars that take the pulse of the industry, separated steps based on activity areas of our exhibitor brands, the b2b area where we introduce foreign buyers with exhibitors, the gala night we organize, various activities and organization, IFCO is more assertive this year. With activities the exhibition presents a memorable exhibition experience to its visitors in a different atmosphere.
In the trend area prepared by today’s and tomorrow’s fashion education platform, Istanbul Fashion Academy (İMA), timeless designs, inspiring trends, sustainable principles and fashion trends come together with the next season’s themes. The Trend Area that will be offered to visitors and exhibitors will be situated as the most vivid showcase of the exhibition.
Displaying the power of Turkish Apparel sector, seminars and programs by various important names of the industry at the IFCO Exhibition. At the seminars where all developments in the fashion industry will be discussed, themes will be covered with the most current trends. Many subjects will be discussed from organic and sustainable products to technological and digital approaches and climate-free designs.
Domestic and foreign visitors will enjoy IFCO Fashion Show that will present special collections of exhibitor companies. The Fashion Show that will host modular designs, effective colors, collections from fabric in different textures will present an enjoyable and quality exhibition experience to fashionistas.
Replete with fashion innovations, trends, colors, designs, and innovative developments, IFCO will hold the pulse of the ready-made garment industry at Istanbul Expo Center on August 09-11, 2023.
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