Children’s trade shows Playtime Paris is preparing its 16th edition under the theme Luna Park. The doors will open Saturday July 5, allowing professional visitors to discover 400 brands, 4 trend spaces, installations, animations and more. A major rendez-vous for buyers and designers from all over the world.
Playtime Paris promises to be once more colourful, lively and inspiring, loaded with fresh proposals around clothing, accessories, room decor, maternity.
The selection includes over 50 brands coming from the UK. Among them : bob & blossom, miller, caramel baby & child, marie-chantal, dandy star, oyu moyu, bonnie baby london, hucklebones, tootsa macginty, loud apparel, sun-san/salt-water, emma levine, indikidual, corby tindersticks, no added sugar, la loi, beau loves and for the first time, Stella McCartney Kids.
Less exhibitors will across the Atlantic, but their little group is a great representation of the the very best of American design, with atsuyo et akiko, anaïs & I, oeuf, lucky fish, noch mini, suoak, tuchinda.
An innovative virtual show room, Playologie will officially launch at the show. By subscription for brands, free access for buyers, the service will be on demonstration on Stand D02, and open for registration.
For all those who missed the second edition of PlayWithDesign last January, this will be their chance to discover the objects created exclusively by 10 designers who reflected on the theme “Le Roi de la jungle” (The King of the Jungle). PlayWithDesign, partner with D’Days (Design Festival in Paris and Pantin), will showcase some D’Kids participants at the entrance of the fair.
Playtime Paris : July 5-6-7, 2014
Playtime New York : August 2-4, 2014
Playtime Tokyo : August 26-27-28, 2014
Florence Rolando
Launched in London in early 2009 by Florence Rolando (journalist, co-founder of Bubble Trade Shows) Pirouette Blog has been a reference in the industry since 2009 with its combined business and consumer view of the children’s market. A fantastic resource for children’s fashion, design, trends and culture, it aims to support creativity and talent but it also does this by talking about life, family, culture and health.
Florence is an international leader in the industry (8 years as a Milk Collaborator, contributor to Naif Magazine in Spain, co-founder of Bubble Trade Shows in New York and London).
Now Florence runs Energy Therapy Porto @enrgy_therapy_porto
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