Added Value Fair – Shoes, Shows + Information at GDS

Dear Sir or Madam,

Good news for our sector: shoes are increasingly dominating the fashion scene – and can be found in great variety at GDS: from 12 to 14 March 1,120 exhibitors from 40 countries will meet at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre. A total of 1,750 collections will be showcasing their new shoes and bags for the 2010/2011 Autumn/Winter season and topical items for the current season.

GDS offers even more: the comprehensive supporting programme including numerous shows and target-group specific trend information will provide new impulses and give you ideas and inspiration for your business. Some interesting and entertaining highlights are listed below. The complete trade fair range can be found at GDS-ONLINE.com.

We look forward to seeing you!
Your GDS Team

The latest shoes, bags and looks from GDS’ different lifestyle worlds are featured daily in four Runway Shows at the Showcenter TRENDS ONSTAGE in Hall 2.

upper style show: Renowned high fashion brands and progressive labels to watch from the Premium world in Hall 4 are in the limelight in the 'upper style' show entitled Louis MMXI (daily at 11.00 am). The shows will be opened on the Friday of the fair by Katrin Thormann. This North German modelling star seen in the sector as a “northern light in the fashion sky” ranks very highly internationally and is currently No. 5 in Vogue.Com’s ranking of the 100 best models in the world. She fronts the covers of the best known fashion magazines and works for designers like Strenesse, Prada and Calvin Klein.

'Rooted - Encouraged - Surprising' is the title of the GDS Trend Show. The most important themes of the new season from famous, international quality brands in the 'superior' and 'essential' areas are featured on the catwalk here (daily at 12.00 noon).

Wellness is booming – the 'Easy to Go show is dedicated to the varied range in this world of well-being. (daily at 1.30 pm)

Street and sportswear, tradition-rich cult brands and cool trendsetters are presented in the Urban Fashion & Kids’ Show entitled Circus (daily at 3.30 pm).

The TRENDS IN PROGESS in Hall 7.0 is the GDS forum for trend lectures, panel discussions, seminars and training. We have picked out a few interesting dates here for you here. The complete line-up is featured in the show calendar.

Nicoline van Enter’s Amsterdam-based trend agency specialises in young fashion footwear and sneaker trends which she also regularly presents at GDS in her entertaining and stimulating talks. Offering a special highlight this time van Enter will be inviting visitors to the “Footwear Design Networking Drink” event as part of the Shoe Pecha Kucha on the Friday of the fair from 6.00 pm. Here young shoe designers will present their work. There are strict rules to ensure the presentation is brief and concise – pecha kucha talks must not last longer than 6 minutes and forty seconds (event held in English).

Trend Tweets: Short, Sweet & Free

In freely accessible talks held on all three days of the fair Ytrends will also be providing information on the trends for Autumn/Winter 2010/11 and Spring/Summer 2011, on the growing opportunities for erotic footwear and on the developments in eco footwear (English/German, 2 Events in Dutch).
See details [PDF]

its gaze further into the future the seminar Join the Early Birds (subject to a fee) offers a preview of fashion in Autumn/Winter 2011/12 and Spring/Summer 2012 (English).
See details [PDF]

Roberto Gussoni from the Italian trade publishing house Ars Sutoria will be shedding light on new values in his talk entitled 'Value for Money – What Buyers and Retailers need to Know when Judging the Quality of Today’s Shoes'.
Saturday 13 March 2.00 pm (English/German)

Wellness is far more than just a trend. More and more people are seeking both aesthetic and functional products – thereby making the wellness sector one of the largest growth markets of the 21st century. Many shoe manufacturers have already recognised the potential. Today wellness shoes are an integral part of collections aimed at the most varied of target groups and can be found in almost all halls and style universes at GDS. GDS helps trade visitors find their way around: a green wellness icon in the list of exhibitors indicates the suppliers in this segment. Serving as a motif here is a stylised agave.
>>> GDS Exhibitors with Wellness Collections

How can shoe retail tap into the growing demand in the wellness and sustainability sectors? At the GDS roundtable “Shape your Business” sectoral insiders from trade and industry will discuss promising new opportunities and initial experiences here. The participants will be Markus Walt (MBT), Katrin Feuchter (Fit Wear), Bernd Borgmann (Foot Solutions) and Hans-Jörg Siegers (anwr). The discussion will be chaired by Dr. Claudia Schulz, Spokeswoman at the DSI.
Saturday 13 March 2010 1.00 pm (German/English)

Trade magazine TextilWirtschaft offers an informative kick-off to the season. Editors Gudrun Allstädt and Jelena Juric will be revealing and reviewing key fashion trends for Autumn/Winter 2010/11, special developments for shoes, bags and other accessories and top looks sighted on the streets of international fashion metropolises with great hit potential. (German)

Reception Lounge, Entrance North, 1st Floor,
Friday 12 March 10.00 am

The design attack area at GDS is rated and appreciated as a treasure trove for trendy fashion. With its Electric City motto this time 100 design newcomers will be meeting in the special area in urban Hall 3. Against a fancy big city backdrop blending contemporary irony with fresh forward-looking ideas the fashion and music of the 80s will be celebrated here. Two fashion shows will run daily. There will also be a prize for up-and-coming design: the Sunday of the fair at 12.00 noon will see the presentation of the design attack Award.

Electric City Shows:
Friday 12 March, Saturday 13 March at 1.00 pm and 4.00 pm,
Sunday 14 March at 12.30 pm and 2.30 pm

Can Schumacher win in a Silver Arrow? This is the question that has been on everyone’s lips in the world of motor sports ever since former Ferrari driver and retiree Michael Schumacher announced his comeback for 2010 in the Mercedes team. On 14 March we will find out more: at GDS we will be broadcasting the first Formula 1 race of the season in Bahrain.
Urban Lounge in Hall 3, Sunday 14 March from 1.30 pm

The Italian shoe label Attica will be celebrating the forthcoming World Cup with an original special edition: bearing the Mondial Attica label suede ballerinas are now to be offered in the colours of all participating nations. The collection will be presented at GDS and worldwide deliveries, say the firm, will be made in good time before the start of the World Cup in South Africa with no order limits.
>>> Attica

Robert Mapplethorpe: Parrot Tulips, 1988
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission.

Robert Mapplethorpe, who was born in 1946 and passed away in 1989, is one of the few artists who truly deserve to be known far beyond the borders of the art world. His art has often been perceived as being shocking or even dangerous. The exhibition shows about 150 photographs covering early Polaroids from 1973 to his final self-portraits from the year 1988, which show marked by illness and hint at his impending death.

6 February to 15 August at the NRW Forum

Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Messeplatz, Stockumer Kirchstr. 61, 40474 Düsseldorf , Germany
www.messe-duesseldorf.de
info@messe-duesseldorf.de

Amtsgericht Düsseldorf HRB 63
Managing Board: Werner M. Dornscheidt (Chairman)
Wilfried E. Moog, Wilhelm Niedergöker, Joachim Schäfer, Herbert Vogt
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dirk Elbers

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