Fashion conscious: collective Brazil ACD-fashion - El Nuevo Día (Colombia)

From left to right: Juan Pablo Martínez, Cristina Balari and Mayara Lima of Brazil collective, ACD-fashion the collective Brazil, ACD-fashion participated in Ibagué, Maquila and 2012 fashion in the Auditorium of the knowledge as well as gateway. The five conferences that have been made to date received a very good response from the visitors. (Photo: HELMER PARRA / EL NUEVO DÍA)

"Designing a trend and not from a tendency", was the center of the talk conducted by Monica Gomez and Carolina Agudelo of the Universidad de Los Andes, while "Design as innovation strategy" was the name Arturo Tejada gave to the Conference which closed tomorrow in the Auditorium of Ibagué, Maquila and 2012 fashion knowledgelocated on the second floor of the Chamber of Commerce of Ibagué.

The international share of the day was in charge of Cristina Balari, Mayara Lima, Juan Pablo Martínez of the collective Brazil ACD-fashion with the theme "Fashion conscious... future sustainable", a concept that manages the brand Brilac giving fashion with a green conscience.

The collective collection catwalk was the night of Wednesday, August 29 dazzling to attendees of the "Great gateway" tent.

Cristina Balari, representative of the brand, said to be interested in using Colombian labor, since for her the main obstacle to tailor is little labour qualification which is the location where the Brilac factory is situated.

Agendese today
Auditorium of Ibagué, Maquila and 2012 fashion knowledge
Chamber of Commerce of Ibague, second floor

8: 30-9: 30 a.m.
Commercial opportunities for exploitation of FTA (s)
Proexport

9: 30-11 a.m.
How to identify waste in the production of garments
Arturo Rodriguez - TC2

2-4 p.m.
The personal image through fashion
Pilar Luna - Infashion
Fabiola Morera - FMC

Started Assembly of Ibagué, Maquila and fashion - El Nuevo Día (Colombia)

Everything is ready for the fair that puts the city of fashion. (Photo: file - EL NUEVO DÍA)

From this Wednesday and until Friday, Ibagué will be the center of the fashion of the country; the city will reach important designers, models, journalists and experts to be in the fourth version of Ibagué, Maquila and 2012 fashion.

In addition to presenting collections of launch, this event will be the business showcase for tolimenses employers.

You will have the flag of enterprise business, the academic agenda, the great gateway, the external gateway, the fashion retail and the square Pavilion fashion and taste, that is it is the novelty.

Business meetings will have a new dynamic, since traditional wheels will no longer be where buyers expect in a room to the exhibitors, but it concluded appointments prior to each of the stand at the fair for this opportunity.

Expected to attend about 500 specialized buyers, including 20 international buyers invited by Proexport.

These business meetings are waiting to leave dividends by 14 billion pesos.

Tomorrow opening ceremony

With a never before seen proposal and which has been called ' exhibition type art gallery ', the tolimense brand with the greatest international projection, 'Polite', official opening give the 'Ibagué, Maquila and 2012 fashion' show, in the Museum of art of the Tolima, at 7 in the evening.

The collection "Mari Mari Bienvenue", which was presented in the most recent version of Colombiamoda is what will be tomorrow at the exhibition. Inspired by religious elements and the Spanish tradition at Easter time with impeccable, and pure women limited to the purity of the Virgin, will be displayed during the three days of exhibition in the Art Museum of the Tolima.

In this opening ceremony, the Organization will deliver six statuettes of fashion seamstress, symbol of the confeccionista roots of Tolima.

The Organization of the fair Ibagué, Maquila and fashion confirmed the names of the top guest models, they will be: Carolina Guerra, Alexandra Santos, Giorgio Difeo, Natalia Valenzuela, Kimberly Reyes, Maria Clara Rodriguez and Ivan Lopez.

The external gateway will be located on the outskirts of the Convention Center of the governorate, there in the open air, exhibitors will show passersby that turns fashion to the end of the year. From 12 noon until 3 in the afternoon.

With six panelists international and seven national, industry knowledge and information, will meet in the Auditorium of the knowledge Seine - Ibagué Maquila and 2012 fashion in the Chamber of trade of Ibague, during the three days.