For the second time in a row, Dotz brand, an ABEST (Brazilian Fashion Designers Association) member, attends MICAM, a shoe trade show in Milan, Italy, that takes place from September 20th to 23rd. The brand belongs to the team of emerging talents on the international market that showcase their collections in the EMERGING DESIGNERS area.

In this fourth edition, MICAM also brings talks, workshops, special displays and other events dedicated to the theme of innovation. It will focus on three main themes - trends and raw materials, sustainability and the future of retail - and will take into account guest speakers and innovative companies from around the world.

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Diante da pandemia da Covid-19, o designer de joias Fernando Jorge resolveu lançar sua coleção virtualmente através da plataforma Net-a-Poter, que é parceiro da marca há sete anos. O lançamento acontece nessa quarta-feira, dia 16.

Para essa ação, a marca produziu imagens, campanha e vídeos para que o Net-a-Porter pudesse apresentar a coleção para seus personal shoppers e clientes VIPs. A iniciativa conta com o apoio do Fashion Label Brasil (Projeto customizado de internacionalização de moda brasileira), da ABEST (Associação Brasileira dos Estilistas) em parceria com a Apex-Brasil (Agência Brasileira de Promoção de Exportações e Investimentos).

A nova coleção Flame, de Fernando Jorge, nasceu do amor de Jorge pelo movimento na joalheria e do desejo de experimentar novas formas e silhuetas após o grande sucesso de um trio de coleções que exploraram o círculo. “Eu queria criar uma sensação de movimento dinâmico e edificante”, explicou o designer em entrevista à revista VOGUE UK.

Inspirado nas curvas das joias das décadas de 1930 e 1940 de artistas como Suzanne Belperron, a coleção tem um toque retrô atemporal que é marcado com o ponto de vista totalmente contemporâneo de Jorge. Os diamantes engastados diagonalmente nos brincos Flame são acentuados por linhas delicadas e contornadas de ouro que se movem para cima para iluminar e nivelar as curvas do rosto de uma mulher. 

The Covid-19 pandemic totally changed the Brazilian fashion scene and required rapid adaptation with digital solutions that will not be used only during the crisis. With that in mind, Apex-Brasil (Brazilian Agency of Promotion of Exports and Investments), ABEST (Brazilian Fashion Designers Association), ABIT (Brazilian Association of Textiles and Apparel) and Abicalçados (Brazilian Association of Footwear Industries) came together to start a partnership and launch the Brasil Fashion Now project, which will be featured on the BLANC Fashion digital platform - www.blancfashion.com. 

With an initial duration of six months, Brasil Fashion Now is an action that takes place via Fashion Label Brasil (Program of Internationalization of Value-Added Brazilian Fashion), Texbrasil (Brazilian Fashion Textile Industry Internationalization Program) and Brazilian Footwear, fashion export programs in partnership with Apex-Brasil. It aims to introduce, facilitate and generate exports of Brazilian innovative and unique brands for international retailers, a model known as B2B (business to business). The project will appoint an exclusive space for Brazilian brands on the digital platform, which currently has more than 10k buyers from 60 registered countries. 

Apex-Brasil's Project Manager, Flavia Egypto, points out that the agency had already been planning the growth of digital initiatives in its fashion projects - Fashion Label Brasil, Brazilian Footwear and Texbrasil. “Current circumstances have accelerated these initiatives and solidified the need for a joint venture to gain strength in the international market. We are confident that it will be a successful action ”, Egypto points out.

ABEST's president, Alberto Hiar, reinforces that, with the pandemic happening in the world, it was necessary to accelerate existing movements in favor of the use of technology in the designer fashion products export process. "We identified the need to respond immediately to this demand for digital services by members, because through it international buyers will have access to a diverse range of products", Hiar explains.

For Texbrasil's executive manager, Lilian Kaddissi, it was necessary to understand the best way to support companies in the current scenario: “At this moment, we felt it was important to listen to companies to understand the best way to help them. With that, we gathered information to set up online actions that would meet all their needs. It is through initiatives like this that Texbrasil brand members are able to expand their business, even with the present physical limitations ”.

Abicalçados' Commercial Promotion coordinator, Letícia Sperb Masselli, points out that Brasil Fashion Now brings Brazilian footwear closer to international buyers on a safe and convenient digital platform, “combined with proactive commercial efforts, in complete harmony with the new business models”.

To join the project, ABEST, ABIT and Abicalçados brand members must contact their association expressing interest until August 10th. 

The asking price to take part in the Brasil Fashion Now project is US $ 1,600 for the six-month period. It includes, among other benefits, the development of an exclusive web page with a digital Brand Book on the BLANC Fashion platform, and a personalized and exclusive commercial effort to market the brand.

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