LAS VEGAS, Feb. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UBM Fashion partners with mmode, the Montréal Metropolitan Fashion Industry Cluster, at MAGIC Las Vegas, bringing over 60 Montréal fashion industry companies and brands to UBM Fashion’s largest marketplace this February 12 – 14, 2018 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
The February show marks the first time the two organizations have partnered, unified in their mission to champion and showcase Canada’s top fashion city.
The MontréalStyle Gallery at MAGIC brands will join the over 4,000 exhibitors, and some 58,000 international visitors with a devoted neighborhood located at the heart of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. The prominent showcase of Québec-based companies will span 1,200 square feet of the show floor welcoming attendees to connect, discover, and interact with brands FW’18 collections spanning womenswear, menswear, footwear, furs, outerwear, denim, activewear, children’s, accessories and more. Noteworthy mmode brands will include: AJG Apparel, Alfred Cloutier, Alphi Apparel, Au Noir, FDJ French Dressing, Gorski Group, Lolë, Mitchies’s Matchings, Pajar, Projek Raw, Raffinalla, U Group and Yoga Jeans.
Every day at 2 p.m., leading fashion figures will take part in a panel at the core of the MontréalStyle Gallery (Booth #27140). Interviews will also be conducted with members of the industry, Québec government officials and dignitaries.
Montréal is one of the top-three North American leaders in clothing manufacturing, alongside Los Angeles and New York. The fashion industry in Québec generates sales of CAD$8 billion in manufactured goods and in wholesaler-distributor sales. With more than 1,850 players, including manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, distributors and creators, it is a strategic pillar of Québec’s economy, generating more than 83,000 jobs. Montréal’s fashion industry benefits from cultural and linguistic diversity, a quality workforce, a dynamic education system, a strategic geographical position, and a thriving design and creative community.
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About mmode, the Metropolitan Fashion Cluster | The mission of mmode, created in May 2015, is to bring together and mobilize players in Québec’s fashion industry by acting as the ecosystem’s main platform for exchange and collaboration. mmode also has a mandate to create business and innovation synergies to help improve the competitiveness and growth of this sector. mmode thanks its public partners: the Montréal Metropolitan Community (MMC), the Government of Québec and the Government of Canada.
UBM FASHION MEDIA CONTACT | PR Consulting | UBM@prconsulting.net | 212.228.8181
mmode MEDIA CONTACT | Nancy German | Primacom Inc | nancygerman@primacom.ca | 514.924.4445