The Most Important Exhibitions, Italy

Milan Capital of Fashion
Artigiano in Fiera (Craftsmen’s Expo)
Il Salone del mobile

Milan Capital of Fashion – from January to March and from September to October

The National Chamber of Fashion was founded in 1958 in the Grand Hotel in Via Vittorio Emanuele. It is an association that has some of the most famous names from the Made in Italy world as its members. The Chamber of Fashion has organized events connected to the world of fashion for over forty years. During these events, Milan is overrun by top models, designers, journalists, actors and politicians, and become even more trendy if that is at all possible.

The most important events are the ones dedicated to women’s fashion: in the months of February and March and September and October, the autumn/winter and spring/summer collection for the next year are presented. There are parties, concerts and other cultural events that surround the fashion shows.

• Milano Moda Donna (Women’s Fashion) autumn/winter (February - March)
• Milano Moda Uomo (Men’s Fashion) autumn/winter (January)
• Milano Moda Donna (Women’s Fashion) spring/summer (September – October)
• Milano Moda Uomo (Men’s Fashion) spring/summer (June)

Artigiano in Fiera (Craftsmen’s Expo) - December
This fair was started up in 1996 and was immediately a success. Attracting visitors that wanted to look for original ideas for their Christmas presents. Craftsmen’s skills are the main attraction of this market fair: products coming from all over Italy, and from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America too. the fair is a huge one and fully deserves its title as the largest event worldwide for craftsmen's products: 100,000 square meters of exhibition space, with representation from about 90 countries.

Il Salone del mobile (Furniture show) - April/May
The Salone del Mobile takes up an exhibition area of more than 255,000 square meters inside the Milan Trade Fair District. It represents the products of more than 3100 of the most dynamic, creative companies on the international market and receives 260,000 visitors including economic and commercial operators, with more than 130,000 coming from 150 countries overseas. Alongside the trade fair, The Salone also promotes important side events, whose main aim is to enhance the role of design and to spread culture, and also to protect our artistic heritage.