The Italian trade fair organizer Pitti Immagine is streamlining its trade fair calendar and bringing two formats together.
It starts with the Pitti Bimbo children’s fashion trade fair, which will take place on January 21st and 22nd at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence and, like last year, on the Wednesday and Thursday of the fourth calendar week. What is new, however, is that the Pitti Filati fabric fair will be held at the same time and is open from January 21st to 23rd.
The Ep Summit will also be shortened to a single day and will take place more than a month earlier than last month. The upcoming edition is scheduled to be held on April 9, after the Fashion Technology Summit 2025 was held on May 21-22.
“The difficult economy is playing a role,” commented Antonio Cristaudo, Chief Commercial and Development Officer at Pitti Immagine, in a statement about Pitti Bimbo. “We are losing something in the number of registrations. Companies’ decisions are becoming increasingly short-term and I believe we will settle at around 85 to 90 percent of the collections from the last editions. At the same time, we are also increasing the quality of the offer with a number of new additions of great prestige and market relevance. I am sure that the companies will work well, calmly and concretely.”
Pitti Immagine Bimbo will present around 150 collections for fall/winter 2026/2027
The 102nd edition of Pitti Immagine Bimbo will take place on Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd January 2026. It is held in the attic of the central pavilion of the Fortezza da Basso in Florence, with a reserved entrance at Porta Faenza. Around 150 collections for autumn/winter 2026/2027 will be presented, of which over 65 percent are international. There were 165 brands represented in the 101st edition and 170 in the 100th edition.
Ep Summit changes format again and focuses on networking
For the Ep Summit 2026, Pitti Immagine has developed a new, focused and networking-oriented format. “Effective lectures to share practical insights, demos near the stands to see the technologies in action, and qualified networking moments designed to make valuable contacts. A new layout and a continuous flow of activities will promote exchanges between brands and technology companies and accompany participants through to the traditional evening networking,” says the presentation of the format.
The 2026 edition will deal, among other things, with artificial intelligence and the digital product passport.
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