The 117th annual Toy Fair New York will open its doors to thousands of registered global play professionals to explore more than 440,000 net square feet of exhibit space filled with hundreds of thousands of toys, games, and youth entertainment products.
Toy Fair is produced by The Toy Association, Inc.™ – the not-for-profit trade association representing all businesses involved in creating and bringing toys and youth entertainment products to kids of all ages.
The Toy Association’s 1000+ members account for approximately 90 percent of the annual U.S. domestic toy market of $28 billion.
The 117th annual Toy Fair New York opened its doors this morning at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, welcoming a sea of 25,000 global play professionals to see the hottest new toys, games, and youth entertainment products before they hit store shelves.
Taking place Saturday through Tuesday, February 22 to 25, the largest toy show in the Western hemisphere represents the passion and vitality of the North American toy marketplace and key toy markets from around the globe.
From manufacturers, distributors, importers, and sales agents, to retailers, licensors, inventors, and startups, the toy and play industry is at Toy Fair New York to scope out the hottest new trends, strike lucrative deals, and get hands-on access to brand-new and innovative products before anyone else.
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Street Fashion Week is a platform created to celebrate the work of high end luxury Streetwear brands. Our seasonal fashion show feature designs from the season’s most innovative designers. With a direct to customer approach to traditional runway shows, we are the perfect platform for both brands and partners seeking to maximize their visibility during fashion week.
Street Fashion Week was designed to give both our audience and designers a creative way to communicate with one another.
Over the course of the event you’ll see the designer’s newest collection; Learn from our panel discussions, and Get to know our fashion designers in an intimate setting.
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A curated showcase of African designers is set to rule the runway during New York Fashion Week next month as part of the EMERGE! A Fashion Runway Show. Now in its seventh year, Emerge! has teamed with Wearable Art Collective to curate the special presentation featuring both men’s and women’s wear, traditional African designs, jewelry, and hand-crafted shoes.
Founded by D. Williams Public Relations Group, Emerge! has become one of the top platforms for emerging designers to showcase their work during New York Fashion Week to a room full of retail buyers, fashion influencers, celebrities, top fashion editors and tastemakers. Hundreds of designer submissions are reviewed by an elite designer committee, which selects some of the top designers from around the world.
he Wearable Art Collective’s mission is to promote, strengthen, empower African designers & artisans. It strives to serve as good global citizens and provide a foundation to empower African designers.
This year’s featured designers include VanVorsh, Clarence Clottey, Orla Couture, Senyo Foli, Ohene Couture, Yetroselane Couture, Nyonuvi, Royal Dennis, Jesu Segun, Muggs Jewellery, Redeemer Jewellry, Lumiere, and Catou Designs.
In addition, Emerge! will present the Fashion Innovator Award to New York Fashion Week creator, Fern Mallis, in recognition of her worldwide influence and innovation in fashion. Past honorees have included Andre’ Leon Talley, Vogue contributing editor; Constance C.R. White, former ESSENCE Editor-in-Chief; Mikki Taylor, fashion icon; and legendary model Patricia Cleveland.
The fashion show will feature a red carpet and reception at 6pm with the presentation beginning at 7pm.
Fern Mallis, the Godmother of Fashion was honored with the The Fashion Innovator Award, Hailed as the award winning creator of New York Fashion Week, fern Mallis has been called an industry titan, fashion powerhouse, and the Godmother of fashion.
Widely credited with transforming New York Fashion Week into one of the big four fashion events on the international circuit, native New Yorker Fern Mallis is a celebrated fashion consultant. For ten years, from 1991-2001, she was executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), the country’s governing body of fashion designers and runway shows.In 1993,she started the initiative to organize a modern and centralized platform for American fashion designers to display their clothing and called the event “Seventh on Sixth”.
A noted philanthropist, Mallis has spearheaded charity events and initiatives that have raised millions of dollars for organizations like Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids (DIFFA) and the CFDA’S Fashion Targets Breast Cancer , which has raised more than $55 million to date.
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NY NOW is the best and largest market to source for design products! You will experience an efficient and stimulating buying experience with a community that will engage you in fun events and features throughout the show including educational sessions, fashion runways and much more; all while you source the next big product for your store.
Accessories at NY NOW®: Source items to give your customer the products they need to “Complete the look”. This section offers classic and trend driven products in fine and fashion jewelry, leather goods, mens accessories, wearables, and more.
Artisan Resource at NY NOW®:Explore over 100 overseas artisan enterprises in this section – showcasing a curated collection along with custom design production capabilities at export terms from country of origin,Located on level 3.
Baby + Child at NY NOW®: This section presents a comprehensive collection of well-designed, innovative, sophisticated, functional and fun products for babies, toddlers, kids and their families.
See more vendors we showcased at the NYNOW 2020, in our World Liberty TV, Gift and Housewares channels and blogs by clicking here.
