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COTERIE New York Wraps September Season Featuring Brands from Over 40 Countries

COTERIE New York, the biannual contemporary and advanced contemporary women's wholesale fashion event wrapped the 2024 season with more than 950 brands on the show floor, showcasing apparel, footwear, accessories and more to thousands of buyers representing leading retailers Saks Fifth Avenue, Rent the Runway, Joan Shepp, Julian Gold, B Barnett,...

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Q&A with Purvi Kanji, vice president of Coterie New York on the show's evolution

Coterie New York, the trade event renowned for fostering connections among fashion professionals, unites contemporary brands, retailers, experts, and influencers and continually seeks to push the boundaries of innovation in the industry. Dating back to the 1980s, what first started out as an intimate gathering of 25 brands at the iconic Plaza...

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Informa Markets Fashion names Purvi Kanji as new VP of Coterie

Informa Markets Fashion, the organizer behind leading events such as Coterie, Magic, Project, and Sourcing at Magic, has appointed Purvi Kanji as the new vice president of its contemporary fashion wholesale event Coterie. A seasoned and experienced industry professional, Kanji holds a proven track record of transforming brands into market...

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Strong Statement Pieces for Fall at Coterie

Fall and especially winter clothing maintains a staid and simple darkness from year to year, especially in outwear where those in cities often commute through a sea of black and navy nylon or poly puffers stuffed with down. New York’s winter scenes saw pops of color unrelated to fashion this week as the yellow and blue colors of solidarity waved...

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Brands and businesses were back in force at Coterie

Coterie has returned to New York City after being thrown in doubt due to this year’s earlier surge in the COVID-19 Omicron variant. It was a quieter climate for retailers this season, with fewer buyers traveling, but retailers say that tradeshows are coming back in full force, and the industry has pivoted its business models. Magnolia Pearl, a...

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Coterie cancels New York marketplace

Informa Markets has announced that its flagship New York-based fashion trade show Coterie is the latest event to be cancelled in light of the coronavirus. The organizers will instead focus their efforts on their newly launched digital trade show, which will open at the beginning of September. The Coterie marketplace, which includes Fame, Moda,...