Liberty Fairs entering new phase of trade show era

Liberty Fairs, the international men's contemporary and lifestyle trade event, is currently going through growing pains. As the retail climate becomes more challenging, vendors are learning to adapt their offerings and are listening more to what consumers want versus just the buyers. Brands like Cockpit, famous for designing the jackets for "Top Gun", have begun introducing new offerings, like seersucker camouflage jackets and chambray jackets with nautical buttons, that the brand's vice president, Jacky Clyman, described to FashionUnited at the New York edition of the fair as "Not quite a blazer, but close."