The Spring/Summer 2014 edition of Taipei IN Style (TIS) took place on a large-scale with runway shows and seminars from April 17 to 20. It and is expected to bring in more than $8 million in business. The TIS fashion show, held at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taiwan is organized semiannually to adhere to the international buying seasons.
More than 100 Taiwanese designer brands participated, while fashion designers from 19 other regions and countries also took part. TIS 2014 presented eight runway shows, including fashion pieces by designers from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and Macau, Asia's famous women's apparel brands, international golf wear and more.
TIS invited top global fashion professionals to give speeches in six seminars, sharing fashion trends and marketing strategies. The TIS feels that the exhibition will provide business opportunities to local and international designers and thus enhance the visibility of Taiwanese local fashion brands. Nearly 25 pieces of TIS exhibitors' amazing clothes were showcased last weekend, which included Chinese Fashion Week (CFA) Award winner Angel Li, Hong Kong Fashion Week Extravaganza 2014 designer representative Henry Lau, Macau Fashion Festival senior designer Kitty Ng, and famous Taiwanese fashion duo Stephane Dou and Changlee Yugin, winner of the Taiwan Fashion Design Award.
Asia Fashion Collection project organized by Vantan Design Institute and Parco introduced international fashion design talents from Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, such as Taiwanese designer Austin Wu and Japanese designer Akiko Kishimoto with their latest New York Fashion Week works. The show also presented Taiwanese women's brand Keraia with their luxurious autumn/winter collection; Taipei Fashion Award 2013 winner Athena Chuang with her eponymous brand under the Yulon Group's subsidiary corporation — InDesign; the representatives of Shanghai and Hangzhou women's fashion brands Eifini and Lesies introduced their urban outfits and Jack Nicklaus displayed elegant and sophisticated US golf wear.
The organisers’ focus is on promoting Taiwanese fashion designers and their works on the global fashion stage.
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