21st edition of Minas Trend receives international guests invited by Texbrasil

From October 3 to 6 the 21^st edition of Minas Trend, one of the main fashion business weeks in the country, will be held in the city of Belo Horizonte. Still under the theme “year.ten,” the event will continue celebrating its 10-year history and will welcome an international group of six purchasers and three journalists, invited by Texbrasil – Brazilian Textile and Fashion Industry Internationalization Program, the fruit of a partnership between Abit and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil).

Alexey Oleshov, from store chain Timaginarium (Australia), Nichi Kashihara, from Madame Killer (United States), Laurencio Adot and Thiago Azevedo, from Laurencio Adot (Argentina), Helen Saenz, from Alice Becker Store (United States) and Joseph Vatekov, from Pais Store (United States) are the purchasers who will land in Minas Gerais to get to know national collections for the 2018 Fall-Winter season designed by more than 200 apparel, footwear, purses, jewelry and bijouterie exhibitors. To report on the collections launched by Brazilian brands and the season’s fashion shows, journalists Maria Braun, from magazine Paula (Chile), Ayda María Martínez Ipúz, from newspaper El Tiempo (Colombia) and Lívia Nottoli, from magazine WGSN (UK) will attend the event.

Created in 2008 and organized by the Federation of Industries from the State of Minas Gerais (FIEMG), Minas Trend will gather in this next edition 11 brands affiliated to Texbrasil: Apartamento 03, Fabiana Milazzo, Helorocha, Liziane Richter, Lucas Magalhães, Maria Pavan, PatBo, Patricia Bonaldi, T. Arrigoni, Verde Limão Moda Praia and Victor Dzenk.