The Kingpins Show, the international boutique denim sourcing trade show founded in 2004, announces an exciting new partnership that will give its attendees the very best in denim trend direction at all of its shows in Los Angeles, New York, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Stylesight, the industry-leader in global market research, forecasting and trend analysis, has been named Kingpins' Exclusive Trend Partner and will share denim-focused trend direction at every Kingpins show.
The partnership, which will bring Stylesight's breadth of industry knowledge and insight to Kingpins show floors internationally, will give denim brands, mills, wash houses and manufacturers access to the forward-looking and highly-specialized information that will help them navigate their businesses in future seasons.
Together, Stylesight and Kingpins will collaborate to develop unique content for Stylesight readers and Kingpins attendees based on their denim expertise and data gathered on and off the Kingpins show floor.
The partnership debuted with Stylesight's presentation of "Megatrends F/W 13: Denim Fabric + Finish" at the recent Kingpins Hong Kong, August 29/30.
"We are so thrilled to announce this partnership, which we think will bring an incredible amount of value to not only our show floor but also to the unique content Kingpins strives to provide to our exhibitors and attendees," said Andrew Olah, founder of the Kingpins trade show.
"We have worked with Stylesight for several seasons overseas and were proud to welcome them for the first time as presenters to our New York and Los Angeles shows this season."
"Stylesight made a very deep commitment to provide denim analysis and forecasting a number of years ago and now is recognized as the go to source for denim inspiration and reporting," said Frank Bober, founder and CEO, Stylesight.
"Our new partnership with Kingpins is consistent with our commitment to Denim as Kingpins with its curated group of exhibitors and savvy attendees truly represents the cutting edge for the denim world. We're totally jazzed about this partnership and look forward to the many surprises Kingpins and Stylesight will offer attendees and exhibitors."
