The first edition of The Malta Fashion Week will be held between May 16 and 21.
"Although Malta cannot yet boast of any high calibre international fashion houses like those found in Paris, London, Milan or New York, this is no reason why we shouldn't celebrate Maltese fashion in a big way", event organiser Adrian J. Mizzi said at the launch today.
Mr. Mizzi's company, Unique Promotions, has been organising the Malta Fashion Awards for the past 13 years.
He said that following his recent appointment representing Malta on the European Fashion Council, he had been
encouraged to continue putting a wider and more international dimension to the local fashion industry.
Mr Mizzi pointed out that Malta's fashion sector employs thousands of individuals, from fashion designers to hair stylists, make-up artists, photographers and models, apart from a huge number of people working in
fashion retail and supporting industries such as stage management, lighting, sound, venue operators,
and more.
The industry caters for the internal market as well as a large number of foreign agencies that
use Malta in filming commercials, movies and TV series.
"We want to create a truly national event, where everyone in this industry is celebrated for their talent, their creativity and their dedication to being the very best they can be", explained Mr. Mizzi.
His company is being supported by various local and foreign companies and organizations. The World Fashion Channel , which has supported the Malta Fashion Awards for two years running, and the European Fashion Council have already committed to providing direct and indirect professional support in putting up the event.
The concept of The Malta Fashion Week is to put up a series of events at various locations around Malta and Gozo culminating with the Malta Fashion Awards night on Saturday 21st May. These different events and locations will be connected through a common management and promotion thread.
Venues being considered for use during the Malta Fashion Week include St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta and Cottonera waterfronts, The Manoel Theatre, MFCC, Republic Street in Valletta and It-Tokk in Victoria Gozo.
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