Pitti Filati welcomes 142 exhibitors in Florence

Pitti Immagine Filati, international reference point for yarns and knitwear, returns to the Fortezza da Basso from June 25 to 27, 2024. This event will show the collections of the most important Italian and international spinning mills, the future trends narrated in the new Spazio Ricerca under the direction of Angelo Figus and Nicola Miller, and the latest news from the special spaces Knitclub and CustomEasy. The event will feature all the yarn trends for Fall/Winter 2025-2026, with 142 companies presenting their new collections.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, together with Ice Agenzia, supports the role of Florence in the internationalization strategy of Italian fashion by promoting the Pitti Immagine 2024 fashion fairs. This support is crucial for the incoming program of the main operators foreigners and communication efforts.

“Thanks to this collaboration,” explained Agostino Poletto, CEO of Pitti Immagine, “we can invest valuable resources to invite buyers from emerging markets, both those who we know are new potential customers for high-quality Italian products and those who already are becoming important for our national exhibitors. For this activity, we have worked with the staff of Ice's offices abroad, always finding experience and deep knowledge of the respective distribution and consumption contexts, decisive elements for serious planning.

Since 2020, UniCredit has collaborated with Pitti Immagine as the main sponsor of the fairs, contributing ideas and projects aimed at supporting the development of the territories and the excellence of Made in Italy.

“While UniCredit acquires an increasingly deeper and more precise knowledge of the industrial world represented by our fashion shows,” says Raffaello Napoleone, general director of Pitti Immagine, “we become familiar with the financing issues applied to development or aggregation projects, both vertical as horizontals, from the most dynamic brands and districts. The collaboration is consolidated and, since this year, thanks to the Italian Fashion Center of Florence, we are pleased to have enriched it with the Cfmi Academy, a training initiative for the best graduates. Italian fashion schools. These modules address sustainability issues with a very practical approach.”

“Our commitment to the creation of the Cfmi Academy,” added Annalisa Areni, head of client strategies at UniCredit Italia, “reflects our continuous and multifaceted support to the fashion industry. Through this initiative, we aim to promote training opportunities advanced for fashion design students. Specifically, through a series of seminars dedicated to sustainability and corporate culture, we seek to unite theoretical education with the operational challenges that companies face daily. This is an opportunity for young people. talents determined to improve their skills, both technical and transversal, can better face future professional challenges.”