Garment fair CENTRESTAGE concludes in HK with Over 8.5K buyers

CENTRESTAGE, a platform for Asian fashion companies and designers to launch and promote their labels, successfully concluded on September 9.

The four-day international fair, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), featured over 210 fashion brands from around 22 countries and regions world over.

The exhibitors presented their latest innovations under three sections: GLAM, ALLURE, and METRO themed ‘Nouveau Playhouse’.

Over 8,500 buyers from 73 countries including Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia and others visited CENTRESTAGE 2017 to explore the latest trends.

Asian buyers accounted for nearly 40 per cent of the total buyer visitation during the event.

The positive response and serious order queries from the global buyers overwhelmed the exhibitors.

Among the participants was Hausie Showroom, a fashion company that represents more than 20 international brands in Hong Kong. The company made its debut at CENTRESTAGE with a variety of fashion collections, jewellery, and bags.

Vivian Pang-Williams, Founder of Hausie Showroom shared that the company received a good response for its products during the show.

Another exhibitor ASTRA Tailoring from Hong Kong also appeared content with the show. The company launched a new menswear brand with the ‘zero-waste design’ that attracted numerous serious inquiries.

“Our emphasis on ‘sustainability’ brought us many buyers from the Chinese mainland, Singapore, Thailand, and Japan,” asserted Ayumi Kwan, Design Director, ASTRA Tailoring.

Buyers also seem excited with the range of collections showcased at the exhibition.

One of the buyers, Nicholas Chong, CEO of YFS said his company visited the CENTRESTAGE show for the first time. YFS is a fashion retail chain that owns and runs 138 stores in Malaysia.

He also informed that his company will place orders worth US $ 10,000-30,000 each with fashion jewellery brand ‘CIAO’ and ‘FromClothingOf’, a brand that offers casual wear for women.

Many such other buyers like Galeries Lafayette, a leading French department store, and Henry Pang, a buyer of HALO Designer Chic from the Chinese mainland also showed their interest in the collections displayed at CENTRESTAGE.