IF Wedding Fashion İzmir, one of the biggest fashion fairs in Europe, opened its doors for the 16th time with exhibitors and visitors from all over the world. İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor, who said that İzmir makes 70% of Turkey’s wedding dress production alone. Tunç Soyer“We believe in the vision of ‘Izmir is a city of fairs’, the foundations of which were laid with the Economics Congress about a hundred years ago, not by duty, but with our body and heart. That’s why every trader, industrialist, business person and tradesman of Izmir is our companion.”
IF Wedding Fashion İzmir – 16th Wedding Dress, Suit and Evening Dress Fair opened its doors at Fuar İzmir. İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor attended the opening of IF Wedding Fashion İzmir, whose number of participants increased and its area grew by 30 percent compared to last year. Tunç Soyer and his wife Neptün Soyer and Kemalpaşa District Governor Musa Sarı, İzmir Italian Consul Valerio Giorgio, İzmir Chamber of Commerce Chairman Mahmut Özgener and his wife Ayşe Özgener, Aegean Exporters’ Unions Coordinator Chairman Jak Eskinazi, Turkish Fashion and Ready-to-Wear Federation Chairman Hüseyin Öztürk, Aegean Hayati Ertuğrul, Chairman of the Clothing Manufacturers Industrialists’ Association (EGSD), non-governmental organizations, fashion associations, heads and representatives of chambers, representatives of political parties and fashion designers.
Soyer: “İzmir is a city that produces 70 percent of the wedding dress production in our country alone”
İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor, who said that IF Wedding Fashion İzmir made a great contribution to the city’s wedding dress sector. Tunç Soyer“All this colorful participation table shows us that different institutions can come together and create synergy in İzmir. This synergy is not only for the sector, but also for the sectors it is connected to, making it work, food and bread. In this gloomy and misty environment of Turkey and the world, hope is making flowers bloom from Izmir. That’s why we have high energy and excitement. We will continue to grow these fairs together. Fashion is one of the leading sectors of the Turkey of the future. The fashion industry is a true value-added economy. Turkey, with its young, dynamic and creative population, is capable of being the world’s giant in this sector. As long as we continue to cultivate this unique potential. IF Wedding is one of the most important steps taken to expand Turkey’s fashion industry. With this fair, we are working with determination to increase the production and design potential of İzmir and our country. We share the pride of starting and continuing this initiative from Izmir on behalf of the Turkish economy. İzmir is a city that makes 70 percent of the wedding dress production in our country alone. We export wedding dresses from Izmir to the whole world, especially to Europe and the Middle East. Thanks to our fair, manufacturers come together directly with retailers, wholesalers and chain stores, and a strong fashion economy is created in Turkey.”
“We believe with our body and heart, not because of duty”
Expressing that the construction process of the economy starts from the local, the President Tunç Soyer“The economy is not something that grows on its own or on a desk. The economy is built. The first phase of this construction process starts locally. Fair Izmir is one of the greatest strengths we have to achieve this goal. We believe in the vision of ‘Izmir is a city of fairs’, the foundations of which were laid with the Economics Congress about a hundred years ago, not by duty, but with our body and heart. That’s why every trader, industrialist, business person and tradesman of Izmir is our companion.”
Özgener: “We see fairs as the most important growth motivation of a city”
Mahmut Özgener, Chairman of the Izmir Chamber of Commerce, said, “IF Wedding Fashion is a brand that grows every year, cannot keep up with the intense demand, and adds value to our city. Of course, the fact that our city is one of the most important centers of the world in the bridal gown, evening dress and grooming industry has a great impact on this great success of the fair, but on the other hand, the effect of our fair on the development of the sector is also very important. As the Chamber, we support our companies with different projects that we have been carrying out for many years in order for the sector to go one step further. We see fairs as the most important growth motivation of a city.” Özgener said that they will continue to increase the support they will give to the fair participants.
Eskinazi: “Millions of people in Europe are getting married in Turkish wedding dresses”
Aegean Exporters’ Unions Coordinator President Jak Eskinazi said, “After this process, which we could not realize during the pandemic and which harmed the sector; Thanks to this fair we started again, İzmir exports to many points of the world, from Europe to the Middle East to North Africa. Many manufacturers in Italy, the first country that comes to mind when it comes to fashion, buy from Turkey, and millions of people in Europe get married with Turkish wedding dresses.”
Öztürk: “İzmir’s bright face reflects on the sector”
Hüseyin Öztürk, Chairman of the Board of the Turkish Fashion and Apparel Federation, said, “We are at a fair where local non-governmental organizations and local government are integrated in a high-energy sector in a city with high energy. Every time I come, it’s an excitement as if it started yesterday. I see a great experience, it excites us. Regardless of what happens in the world, İzmir reflects its bright face to the geography and sectors it lives in. This gives us hope. We attach great importance to İzmir and this fair”. Hayati Ertuğrul, Chairman of the Board of the Aegean Clothing Manufacturers’ Industrialists’ Association (EGSD), Vice Chairman of the Turkish Fashion and Ready-to-Wear Federation Tunç Soyer and thanked those who supported the fair.
President after inauguration Tunç Soyer and the accompanying delegation visited the stands and wished the fair participants a successful fair.
10 participants from Turkey and 222 countries
This year, a total of 10 exhibitors operating in evening dresses, wedding dresses, groom suits, accessories and children’s clothing product groups from different cities of Turkey and 222 countries including America, Germany, Canada and Hong Kong are taking part in the fair. The fair is expected to host close to 3 foreign visitors from more than a hundred countries around the world, as well as thousands of domestic professional visitors. In order to increase the share of companies in the existing markets and to increase their exports to potential market countries and to diversify their export products, two separate purchasing delegation programs will be held for three days in parallel with IF Wedding Fashion İzmir, under the coordination of the Ministry of Commerce, organized by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations and the İzmir Chamber of Commerce. In the procurement committee programs, delegations from all over the world, from Europe to America, will come to Izmir and hold business meetings with the participants. There will be 18 fashion shows within the scope of the fair. The “Performance Fashion Show” of Hasancan Meşelik, who won an award in the Wedding Dress Design Competition last year, will be presented to the visitors. The winners of the Wedding Dress Design Contest, which was held with the theme of “modaverse” this year, will also be announced with the ceremony to be held.
Source: Railly News
