New York hosted the second edition of BPD Blueprint Expo. The compact meeting saw 15 exhibitors including fabric mills, manufacturers and industry insiders. Kurabo, Calik Denim, KG Denim, Cadica Group, Grandtex, IPU 142, Absolute Denim, Orta Andolu, Mafatlal Industries, Raymond Uco, Tyfountex, Matrix Sourcing, Seazon, WSG and Romatex are amongst the exhibitors. While, the owner of the Blue Print Denim Wash House in Jersey City, NJ, also the show founder and producer, Bill Curtin professed that he had a waiting list of seven other brands.

Curtin acknowledged that they are the anti-trade show because ‘expo’ is not the right word for their concept which they have expanded and taken to everybody. The show’s highlights was onsite Shibori tie-dye classes, vintage denim flea-market wall offering jeans for $75 each and individual “Denim Therapy” sessions with expert Michelle Branch, who elucidated Spring ’17 fabric trends. Curtin explained that the presence of denim is all around and to avoid same old panel with same old questions, they have adopted the one-on-one consultation which would facilitate trends specific to all segments of kids’, juniors’, women’s or men’s.