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Margin will launch a new section called TraidFare, dedicated to ethical brands, at the streetwear show next month. The area will feature brands including Komodo, Moly Kulte, Rise Up, Van Markoviec Green Fashion, Regenerate and Teori Co. Margin takes place at the Vinyl Factory Gallery in London’s Foubert’s Place on February 10-12.

Firefly Tonics

Not an exhibitor preview but a welcome addition nonetheless, Margin is pleased to announce Firefly Tonics will be providing complimentary refreshments for visitors to Margin London.

With a range of healthy drinks that are sugar-free, Firefly Tonics are a blend of herbs and fruit juices created by expert herbalists +

With names such as “Wake Up”, “Chill Out”, “De-tox”, “Love Potion” and “Health Kick”, the self-explanatory tonics are a natural way to refresh and revitalise or relax and unwind depending on your bottle of choice +

Available to Margin visitors in the Magazine Lounge courtesy of Firefly Tonics.

District 6 & Nouvelle Vague

Launching exclusively at Margin London, new record label District 6 will be showcasing their range of music iinfluenced clothing in August 07.  With artists including the superlative Nouvelle Vague and Nitin Sawhney, we’re pleased to announce that District 6 will be producing a limited-edition Margin CD exclusively for Margin visitors as well as providing the perfect Summer soundtrack to the show.

  With artists including the superlative Nouvelle Vague and Nitin Sawhney, we’re pleased to announce that District 6 will be producing a exclusively for Margin visitors as well as providing the perfect Summer soundtrack to the show.  Nouvelle Vague’s stylish reworkings of 80’s classics have captured the hearts of all listeners across age groups. Their new album “Nouvelle Vague Presents: NEW WAVE” reverses the homages with new wave artists such as The Stranglers, Visage, and Joy Division covering classic tracks of our time.
  jonas@thesocialfabric.com

A New Dedicated Fashion Accessories Trade Exhibition
in London for Design-led Labels that Gild our World

Featuring directional, fun and forward accessories across all price points and market categories, GILD will provide a much-needed platform in London dedicated to Accessories for Labels and Designers to meet with key buyers and fashion editors from the UK and internationally. The first edition will take place in August 2007 on the 5th 6th & 7th during Londons Market Week when key UK & International Buyers visit the capital. Already creating a buzz amongst Buyers and Press, GILD

is a new initiative organised by the team behind successful upscale streetwear exhibition Margin. Recent editions of Margin have seen a marked increase in accessories, from Headwear to Footwear, Bags to Belts, Jewellery to Underwear.

To distinguish and highlight these labels from the upscale streetwear and directional tailoring of Margin, the first edition of GILD will debut in August 2007 next to Margin at the Central London location of The Vinyl Factory Gallery in Soho. As such GILD will benefit from the established visitor traffic of Margin and the location is well-known to all fashion buyers and press and is within easy reach of key stores and magazine offices as well as other London shows. Buyers and press have responded well to the relaxed welcoming intimacy of Margin and we aim to provide the same level of inclusive, swift-entry service to the visiting Buyers and Press of GILD

. GILD is currently accepting applications from progressive designers and the response has been great from labels such as Italian accessories label Babbu & UK jewellery brand Punky Pins proving the demand for a new showcase of creative accessories.

+++ MARGIN LOCATION & DATES +++

The Vinyl Factory Gallery +
45 (rear) Foubert’s Place
Entrance from Marshall Street +
London W1F Venue Map online at:
www.margin.tv/map

Sunday Monday & Tuesday
5th 6th & 7th August 2007
Sun 5th Aug: 11am til 6pm
Mon 6th Aug: 10am til 6pm
Tue 7th Aug: 10am til 3pm

MENS & WOMENS CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES �
UPSCALE STREETWEAR & DIRECTIONAL TAILORING
+++ Margin is a curated event where buyers know they can find great new labels season after season and don’t have to wade through hall after hall of established brands to find directional new products to offer their shoppers.

+++ Spaces are limited to appropriate brands only that have a directional edge and something new to offer.

+++ Margin consistently welcomes key buyers from directional stores and editors from cutting-edge titles keen to keep a step ahead of the competition and who know Margin is the prime location to discover new brands + at larger events where mainstream brands take centre-stage and priority, new labels can often be an opportunity missed.+++ The Original and the best platform for new talent for over 5 years, Margin was established to help new labels reach a wider buying and press audience. Margin was created out of necessity. Retailers and Editors travel the world looking for the next big thing but are never going to find it at a show whose costs prohibit fresh talent. The main drive of Margin was to establish a show where new young labels could find an affordable and successful platform.

� AUGUST 2007 EXHIBITORS INCLUDE +++
101 APPAREL + 2D’S PLACE + AGHARTA + AMES BROS + AYAME + B^$T^&D + BABBU + BLOCK HEADWEAR + CHATEAU ROUX + CLOVER + CRAIG NATIVE + DAVID & GOLIATH + DEPHECT + DISTRICT 6 + EC STAR + EIO CLOTHING + EMILY AND FIN + FAME WILL COME LATER + FFYR + FIONA & LUKE + FOURHOLES + FUNKROCK + GAMA-GO + GRETCHEN - THE LITTLE PEARL + HICALORIE + JUNKIE LOVERS + KATALYST + KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON + LA GIOIA + LIFEPOD + LOST PROPERTY + LOS COJONES DEL PERRO + MARMALADE HO + MERC + MIMOCO + MISSMILNE + MONBIANCO + MULDOONEYS + NAT-2 + OAK JEANS + PERFECTLY FLAWED + PRETTY VACANT + PUNKY PINS + RIMO-TO + RING LEADER + RUFUS + SHEPLAND + SMILEY COLLECTION + SPUK + STATEEK + STUNT DOUBLE + STYLEX + SUNKING + TOKE + TRASHMARK + UPPER PLAYGROUND + URBAN GOD + UZI + VACANT + WENDYS + WHITE TRASH FOR CASH + YAMAMA + YUMMY INDUSTRIES +

AND MORE +++

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Margin is pleased to announce the results of the exchange programme with International Fashion Fair Tokyo.

Organised by leading Japanese fashion industry publisher Senken Shimbun, the International Fashion Fair (IFF) is one of the largest trade exhibitions in Japan. Directonal London-based womenswear label Girlgang who is exhibiting at Margin London in July 2006 has been selected by the IFF committee to exhibit free of charge in the directional hall called “Creators Village“.

By return, Japanese label Agent Knock from the Creator’s Village at IFF Tokyo has been selected by Margin to exhibit their unique range of mens denim, tailoring and knitwear in London.

Senken Shimbun have regularly visited to report on Margin since the shows started in 2002 and selected Margin as the only UK event to take part in the exchange programme based on the directional offering of labels.

The IFF is collaborating only with CPH Vision (Copenhagen), Rookies (Stockholm), Upside (Milan), and exclusively Margin from London.

Margin London takes place on the: 30th & 31st July 2006

with the IFF Tokyo taking place from the: 19th to the 21st July 2006

MARGIN LONDON BUYS SHOWROOM GROUP
London, England, 17 Mar. 2006

Margin, the London-based trade show for young and indie brands, has purchased the Showroom Group and its websites. The Showroom Group’s successful Internet site www.Spaceshowroom.com enables brands to upload their line sheets for accredited buyers to browse online and download at their convenience. More than 2,500 buyers are registered to view the more than 100 line sheets on the site.

The twice-yearly Margin exhibition was established in 2002 to create an affordable platform for new and young brands.

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