Singapore hosts its first Asia Fashion Exchange

SINGAPORE — This April, Asia’s fashion elite will gather together in the first ever Asia Fashion Exchange (AFX).

An initiative of the International Enterprise Singapore, SPRING Singapore and the Singapore Tourism Board, the premiere event aims to promote the region’s top talents and provide an international gateway to the best of Asian fashion design.

The AFX will have four pillars: The Audi Fashion Festival, Blueprint, Asia Fashion Summit and Star Creation.

Blueprint will host a premier networking and sourcing event for the international fashion trade from April 29 to May 1 at the Pit Building.

The Asia Fashion Summit will offer a venue for the discussion of top trends and techniques in the fashion industry from April 28 to 30. More than 200 of the most influential creative forces behind Asia’s biggest names in fashion are expected to converge and network at this summit.

The Audi Fashion Festival will be held from April 28 to May 2 at Ngee Ann City, featuring collections by DSquared, Raoul, KTZ, Warehouse, Hervè Leger, Marchesa, Mango, alldressedup, House of Holland, Swarovski, Roberto Cavalli, and more.

Twelve aspiring designers across Asia will present their creations in the Fashion Design Competition, after which the top three will be revealed on April 27. The winner gets a one-year internship with a leading Asian fashion house, a mentorship, resources to design and produce a collection to be presented in next year’s AFX, and prize money.

Singapore’s biggest malls and retailers will participate through shopping and dining promotions, parties, fashion workshops and fashion shows up to May 9, while Canon hosts a street fashion photography exhibit and other events.

For more information go to http://www.asiafashionexchange.com.sg/ or http://www.fsoorchard.com.