Day 1 at Pitti Bimbo 87 includes an interview with the buying team from Childrensalon. We have coverage of The ‘Children’s Fashion from Spain’ catwalk show. Plus we chat to the effervescent Petra Barkhof from Kidswear magazine about the launch of her new Scimparello magazine. In the evening we talk to Piero Iacomoni, President of Italian label Monnalisa whilst enjoying their beautiful garden party in the heart of Florence.
Monnalisa Garden Party – Interview Piero Iacomoni
Katie has an impromptu chat with Piero Iacomoni at the fabulous Monnalisa Garden Party. They chat about the secret of Monnalisa’s success, their customers, sustainability and working with family.
Pirouette One to Watch Award ceremony.
Highlights from the Nest, and we hand out our fabulous cat in the bag awards by Lore Laporte to celebrate the best emerging brands showing at Pitti Bimbo 87
Children’s Fashion from Spain catwalk show
Catwalk show at Pitti Bimbo 87 featuring Spanish brands ABEL & LULA, AMAYA, BOBOLI, FOQUE, MAYORAL, TARTALETA, TUCTUC
Interview with Petra Barkhof
We chat to Petra Barkhof from Kidswear magazine about the launch of her new Scimparello magazine
Interview with the buying team from Childrensalon
We talk to the buying team from luxury online retail store Childrensalon about how they approach selecting brands to stock for next season.
DIARY DAYS
Updates to all days will follow:
DAY 0 Pitti Bimbo 87 video diary – DAY 0
DAY 1 Pitti Bimbo 87 video diary – DAY 1
DAY 2 Pitti Bimbo 87 video diary – DAY 2
DAY 3 Pitti Bimbo 87 video diary – DAY 3
Katie Kendrick
Katie is a specialist in kids’ fashion and lifestyle, editor, consultant, content creator, and owner of Pirouette - a leading resource to the industry.
With a keen interest in both the business and creative aspects of the industry Katie has interviewed buyers, agents, stylists, designers, influencers, covered runway shows, produced trade show reports and curates thought provoking and engaging exhibitions.
She is passionate about good design, creativity and brands that manage to combine this with their environmental responsibility.
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