IFCO Istanbul Fashion Connection opened its doors: It will bring together fashion leaders from five continents

IFCO Istanbul Fashion Connection, Europe’s largest ready-to-wear and fashion fair, is ambitiously preparing for its fifth organization to be held at Istanbul Expo Center between 7-10 February 2024. IFCO ISTANBUL FASHION CONNECTION, which has made its name on the international fair calendar with more than 600 exhibitors and more than 30,000 visitors in a total of 9 halls, is a subsidiary of İHKİB, İTKİB Fuarcılık A.Ş. It is organized by.

IFCO Istanbul Fashion Connection Ready-to-Wear and Fashion Fair, which has become one of the prestige organizations of the Turkish fashion industry on a global scale with its success in a short time and is Europe’s largest fair in its field; It brings together distinguished companies in all product groups, from women’s, men’s and children’s clothing to denim and sportswear, evening dresses, wedding dresses, groom’s clothing, underwear and socks, leather and fur apparel and shoes. Procurement delegations and participating companies from target and distant countries, especially the USA, Germany and the UK, will hold bilateral business meetings and sign sustainable collaborations.

Turkish designers are at The Core Istanbul

At the IFCO fair, visitors can also visit The Core Istanbul area, which is reserved specifically for Turkish fashion designers, and examine the designs of Turkish fashion designers. The Core Istanbul, located at the IFCO Fair, which brings together Turkey’s leading fashion designers and ready-to-wear brands with international buyers and provides the opportunity to turn the collections of brands and designers into commercial activities, attracts great attention from visitors.

Turkey’s leading brands are at IFCO

In the brands special section of IFCO, there are retail brands that have become brands in the Ready-to-Wear sector, open stores in many parts of the world, export and carry their collections abroad. IFCO, which hosted many local brands with the capacity to export all over the world in previous years, will be the meeting point of local brands that want to expand their international customer networks this season.

IMA Istanbul Fashion Academy Signature in the Trend Field

İMA Istanbul Fashion Academy, which has designed the trend area of ​​the IFCO Fair for the last three seasons as the fashion center that follows the current developments, is the first to announce and implement them, took on this task in the fifth season. While visitors visiting the trend area will discover the prominent color codes, forms, textures, fibers, materials and accessories of winter 2025, they will also be able to see pieces from the New Gen collection of young generation designers who are IMA graduates.

IFCO brings fashion and knowledge together with events

Fashion shows organized at the fair, seminars that keep the pulse of the industry, B2B area that brings together foreign buyers with participants, gala night and many other events increase the appeal of IFCO. In the seminars, where all developments in the fashion industry will be discussed, the themes will be conveyed with the latest fashion trends. Many topics will be discussed, from organic and sustainable products to technological and digital approaches and climate-independent designs. Fashion shows consisting of the special collections of participating companies aim to provide an enjoyable time for visitors from abroad and domestically.