+ Buyers in the Best of Moods ++ TRENDS ONSTAGE: Top Level Shows ++ Orderinfo by the Magazine TextilWirtschaft ++ GDS Trends Spring/Summer 2011 ++ SHOESletter Review ++ New GDS Schedule +

Dear Sir or Madam,

Here comes your personal SHOESletter with a gratifying conclusion to three days of GDS and Global Shoes: the shoe retail trade presented itself in the best of moods thanks to a successful season and empty stockrooms.

We look forward to seeing you again and wish you continued good business until then.

Your GDS Team

GDS-Impressions © Messe Düsseldorf

Empty stockrooms and until now a successful year for retail generated a positive mood for the shoe fair duo GDS and GLOBAL SHOES. Some 28,600 visitors from 79 countries attended the two fairs from 10 to 12 September. Exhibitors delighted at the rise in quality and the best of ordering moods amongst buyers. The GDS Survey confirms this impression: nine out of ten visitors gave the shoe fair a very good rating in their overall assessment.

>>> To Final Report

upper style Show, © Messe Düsseldorf

Top-level runway shows provided a great kick-off to GDS in Düsseldorf. The videos of these shows are now available: in the upper style Show star model Charlott Cordes walks down the runway in the latest premium styles accompanied by the rock band "mIMi". Watching all this in the front row is actor Max Tidof who considers shoes to be the key to all outfits. In the Wellness-Show "Easy to go" Miriam Höller, known as a stuntwoman and model from Germany’s Next Top Model, presents her favourite shoes: sneakers.

The GDS Trend Show entitled "Follow the Trend" stages the GDS trend themes 'Primary', 'Vibrant' and 'Multiply'. Established cult and lifestyle brands plus sportswear and children’s shoes carry visitors off into a fairytale world in the "Shoes in Wonderland - Urban Fashion & Kids Show".

>>> See all GDS Runway Videos

>>> GDS Lookbooks

>>> Video: Balance report

Orderinfo, © Messe Düsseldorf

What should retailers definitely be buying? At the popular Orderinfo event organised by TextilWirtschaft at the start of the fair editors Jelena Juric and Gudrun Allstädt provided a comprehensive overview of the must-haves for Spring/Summer 2011. We have summarised the Top Ten Trends for you once again.

>>> TextilWirtschaft Top Ten Trends

What is essential for Spring/Summer 2011? GDS focuses on three key themes for the presentation of shoes and accessories:

Primary is reduced to key materials and colours giving rise to a picture of lightness and clarity. Soft lines and graphic contrasts are juxtaposed here.

Multiply modernises authentic naturalness with technical finesse.

Vibrant focuses on rich, radiant colours that conquer all materials and textures often set in sandy neutrals.

>>> GDS Trends Spring/Summer 2011

Focus Themes
LIGHT CLASSICS - FABRICS - MINIMIZED - CLOGS - BANDAGE - BOOTEES - HIKING BOOTS -LOW HEELS - POINTED -FLORAL / DECORATED

Our photo galleries show you the most important trends in shoe fashion and accessories for the 2011 Spring/Summer season.

>>> See the focus themes in 10 photo galleries

Shoe models: © BF Collection Europe, Badgley Mischka, Free Lance

Anyone in search of interesting labels should browse the Newsletter archive at GDS Online. Here they will discover exciting collections from all GDS halls.

>>> GDS Newsletter

The next GDS will run at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre on a new sequence of days from Wednesday, 16 March to Friday, 18 March 2011.

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

Amtsgericht Düsseldorf HRB 63
Board of Managers: Werner M. Dornscheidt (CEO)
Wilfried E. Moog, Joachim Schäfer, Hans Werner Reinhard (Dep. MD)
Chairman of Supervisory Board: Dirk Elbers

The information contained in this message is confidential or protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete this message. Any unauthorised copying of this message or unauthorised distribution of the information contained herein is prohibited.

If you no longer wish to receive our GDS SHOESletter, please click here to unsubscribe.