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Bread & Butter to host childrenswear concept

Berlin trade show Bread & Butter will host a dedicated childrenswear concept for the spring 16 edition on July 7-9. The tradeshow, which specialises in street, contemporary and urban labels covering both menswear and womenswear, will dedicated more than 53,000 square foot to the international children’s fashion and design tradeshow, Cookies,...

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Bread & Butter names creative director

Bread & Butter, which has been going through some turbulent times of late, has named a new creative director, Haman Alimardani. Alimardani, who studied fashion design at London’s Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, succeeds Robert Dizdarevic, and will be responsible for the creative director of the upcoming restructured Bread &...

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Bread & Butter will take place this summer

The decision has been made: Bread & Butter has earned its second chance and will be taking place this summer. From July 2 to 4, Bread & Butter will return to it's former location at Airport Berlin-Tempelhof, although the trade fair organizers say that the smaller show, which ran during Berlin Fashion Week, which at its headquarters in Mü...

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Bread & Butter heads 'Back to the Streets' with small guerilla show

The show will go on: There seems to be little holding Karl-Heinz Müller back from continuing on with his vision for German fashion trade show Bread & Butter. The managing director and founder of B&B has officially revealed plans today for the trade fair's revival. As part of Berlin Fashion Week, Bread & Butter will host a small show, with forty...

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Karl-Heinz Müller aims to revive B&B in 'street guerrilla fair'

For those who thought Karl-Heinz Müller, founder and managing director of Bread & Butter, had given up on the upcoming winter edition of the Berlin-based trade fair, think again. Shortly after news broke that Bread & Butter's January edition had been officially canceled, it emerged that Müller, known for his innovative ideas, was busy hatching a...

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Karl-Heinz Müller says Bread & Butter January Edition will go on

After nearly two days of speculation surrounding the future of Bread & Butter, the trade fair's CEO Karl-Heinz Müller has finally stepped forward and responded to the numerous claims that the January edition was canceled and sent a letter to the remaining exhibitors. Bread & Butter winter edition to continue with remaining exhibitors The Bread &...

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Bread & Butter cancellation rumors conflict

UPDATE_ As other media outlets continue to debate the future of Bread & Butter following the publication of an article on German news source Sportswear International on Thursday which claimed the trade show has been canceled, the original piece has now altered. The title which first stated that the January edition of the trade fair has been...

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Bread & Butter continues in spite of difficulties

Rumours that Bread & Butter would fall through have been circulating for the past few weeks. But at last the trade fair's organisation has come forward and stated that the show will go on, albeit in a slightly different format than before. The event itself has vastly shrunken, with the next fair only taking up one hall. However the location...

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Berlin takes the next step

Now that the four days of Berlin’s Fashion Week are over, it is time to take stock. Indeed, no official figures are available yet for the shows - Bread & Butter was hoping for 90‘000 visitors, but never publishes its figures – however, preliminary statements from the organisers only allow one conclusion: it was a raving success. The trade...

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Germany’s fashion fairs: the optimism returns

If the Berlin Fashion Week was an indicator for the direction the fashion industry is headed to, optimism seems to be in order. The major fairs came up with excellent news. The Premium Fair which covers a broad range from ready-to-wear clothing to couture, reported new record numbers. The number of collections displayed on the fair climbed to...