The turnout at Pitti Uomo 81 has increased from last year. The exhibition at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence began January 10 and today is the last day. Germany, Japan, Great Britain, France, China, Korea and Russia lead the standings buyers, with the United States increased by 10%.

“Pitti Immagine Uomo is an event that attracts leading brands, industry players from every country, making the platform more internationally important collections dedicated to men’s fashion,” said the Minister of Economic Development, Corrado Passera in a letter in the day of the opening ceremony of Pitti Uomo in Florence.

First day of Pitti Immagine Uomo, the fashion trad show at the Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy. In classic style, man for next fall/winter is impeccable even at zero degrees: he is sensitive to the embrace of precious yarns and essential textures, his wardrobe is filled with exquisitely crafted details and heritage inspiration.

Not only fashion at the new edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo. Graphic design and a tribute to the field of visual communications and its ability to transpose the present into symbols, shapes and feelings often even faster than fashion is the main theme of Pitti Uomo 81, that start today at Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy.

Florence calls Tokyo for fashion and creativity. Pitti Uomo will be hosting a project produced in cooperation with the Tokyo Fashion Week, bringing some of the most interesting labels on the Japanese creative scene to Florence.

Pitti Uomo will open on monday and at Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy. Today was announced the Pitti tentative calendar of events. In this edition of the fashion appointment there will be 1060 brands at the Fortezza da Basso, plus another 70 women’s collections at Pitti W.

Traffic in Florence is ok after the severe problems to the car circulation. The problems was due to the roadway closed in the tunnel under Viale Fratelli Rosselli, near to the Fortezza da Basso, where the event Pitti Uomo will begin Tuesday, January 10th.

Pitti W N.9, the Pitti Immagine fair-event devoted to special projects for women’s fashion will be held in Florence from 10 to 13 January 2012, concomitantly with Pitti Uomo 81.

The beaches of Versilia and Atlantic Ocean are the backdrop to the works of Jack Vettriano and the clothes of the new collections of Stefano Ricci. The Florentine fashion house of haute couture, 40 years in business, own 22 boutiques in the world, presents the new catalog in view of Pitti Immagine Vettriano’s paintings.

Over 510 collections, more than 200 of which are from abroad, 8,300 buyers and a total of over 10,000 visitors at the last winter edition: these figures confirm Pitti Bimbo’s role as the only trade fair in the world that presents a complete overview of children’s fashions.