Latin America news and archive

Museum at FIT: New expo to showcase modern Latinx American fashion

The Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) opened the doors to its new exhibition last Friday, called ‘¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today’. The spotlight is put onto designers from Latin American countries and those of Latin American heritage living in the US, who are often referred to as Hispanic, Latino/Latina,...

People

Marcelo Claure as Chairman of Shein Latin America

Shein, the Chinese fast fashion e-tailer, is eyeing growth in Latin America, and on Tuesday announced Marcelo Claure as the region’s chairman. Mr Claure will oversee the company's Latin American strategy and stakeholder affairs in Latin America, working closely with Shein’s management team, and will manage an investment of 100 million dollars....

Schools

IED participates in Latin American Design Congress CADi

The Faculty of Art and Design of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) is currently hosting the latest edition of CADi, the annual Latin-American Design Congress. The event will take place from Wednesday September 21 to Sunday September 25. The Istituto Europeo di Design is a strategic partner of the congress, participating in the ‘...

Fashion

Latin American Fashion Summit partners with Luxury Stores at Amazon

In a bid to bring Latin American designers to customers, Luxury Stores at Amazon has announced a new collaboration with the Latin American Fashion Summit (LAFS). The partnership with the multiplatform will allow Amazon customers to purchase from Latin American designers such as Alexandre Birman, Silvia Tcherassi, Adriana Degreas and Maygel...

Business

Top 3 Trends Shaping Apparel in Latin America

This month’s Fashion Friday podcast series by Euromonitor International explores how casualisation, sustainability and digitalisation has impacted the apparel industry in Latin America. As consumers focused on maximising their budgets and cut unnecessary expenses, the apparel and footwear market declined by 30% in constant fixed prices at a...

Podcast

Fashion Friday: Top 3 Trends Shaping Apparel in Latin America

Casualisation, sustainability and digitalisation are the three trendscurrently standing out in Latin America.Due to the effects of the pandemic, consumers are increasing their interest in brands that offer a combination of technical, stretch and street attributes for a more relaxed look. Prolonged confinements diminished social occasions and the...

Podcast

Key challenges and purchase patterns shifting apparel in Latin America

This month’s Fashion Friday podcast series by Euromonitor International explores key challenges and consumer preferences within the apparel industry in Latin America. Apparel has been in a difficult situation in the South Cone over the last three years. The industry is facing chronic and structural imbalances such as persistent overstocking...

Fairs

SAPICA, Business and Fashion

SAPICA is the most important international trade fair for footwear and leather goods in Latin America and the second most important in the Americas. It is the largest commercial showcase in the Mexican footwear and leather goods industry, with over 97,000 products exhibited across 10 pavilions. This prestigious trade fair, which is the pride of...

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Future for LATAM‘s fashion students looks promising

CDMX - Fashion careers used to be seen as an artistic utopia, where only a few managed to gain success while many others lacked of job opportunities. However, fashion has become one of the most promising industries for those willing to take a chance on it. More and more jobs that satisfy an ever-evolving market are becoming available. The...

Fashion Featured

Latin America, drawn to luxury leather goods

Year after year the luxury market in Latin America continues to see growth, often despite unstable economies in some of its countries, demonstrating how important the continent is to luxury. However, despite the huge amount of potential buyers, Latin countries have not made strong efforts to become producers for luxury goods until now. The...

Management |ANALYSIS

Analysts’ outlook for Latin American retail in 2018: “stable, reflective of improving operating profits”

The future looks “stable” for retailers in Latin America, reflective of improving operating profits, Moody's Investors Service said in a recent new year’s outlook presentation. Chile and Mexico will face a bumpy road ahead, defined by key political dates and some shadows cast by threatened or weakened Mercosur and other regional trade...

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Latin America: Land of Big Opportunities

With the 2016 Summer Olympics Games just around the corner the Latin American market is under the looking glass, creating new opportunities for fashion businesses both domestic and from abroad. FashionUnited takes a closer look at fashion companies to watch in Latin America. Changing dynamics of the Latin American fashion retail After the...