You’re not the only one feeling it: As we head into High Point Market, we’re mired in economic uncertainty. But shoring up your connections with colleagues can make the market even more worthwhile — and set you up for success whatever the year brings.
Today, April 21st, DWR, in partnership with Boutique, debuts the DWR x Boutique Rental Home, the first-time experiential vacation home for the brand. The home, which is the historic Miles C. Bates “Wave House” in Palm Desert, is an immersive experience for guests outfitted in the brand new DWR Presents: ‘The Paul Smith Collection’ assortment.
The showcase house became an important creative outlet for designers who lost their homes in the Eaton fires earlier this year.
This news follows the fall 2024 opening of Populus Denver, recently named Hotel of the Year by Esquire, and honored by TIME, Travel + Leisure, and AFAR as a best new hotel, and is extremely significant as it also marks the start of Populus Hotels as a growing hotel collection. Populus Seattle will be the country’s second carbon positive hotel and will implement the same robust sustainability initiatives established with Populus Denver, including planting a tree for every night’s stay as a part of the One Night, One Tree program, but will be an adaptive reuse property – preserving the building’s 1907 history – with an immersive Pacific Northwest rainforest-inspired feel unique to its Seattle location.
People’s Choice Voting opens April 18-25
“Only creativity will save creativity” says Fashion Snoops as it rebrands to Future Snoops
Gift for Life, the gift and home industries’ longest-running, volunteer-led, national charitable organization, and NY NOW are once again fielding a team for AIDS Walk New York, the largest single-day AIDS fundraising event in the world, on Sunday, May 18, in New York’s Central Park.
A complete renovation of Universal Furniture’s Designer’s Lounge will greet visitors at April Market. The lounge, now in its ninth year, has been a haven for designers to relax, recharge, and catch up during busy Market days. Universal’s Marketing Director Kayla Miller designed a new experience this Market to make designers feel even more like a VIP.
ANDMORE announces its second consecutive trend partnership with Future Snoops (formerly known as Fashion Snoops) at the Spring 2025 edition of High Point Market. This collaboration will bring innovative, consumer-focused autumn/winter trend insights to the forefront complete with a seminar and trend gallery at the April 26-30, 2025, buying event.
With the new “Texpertise Econogy Insights”, Messe Frankfurt’s textile trade fairs are shining a spotlight on five core issues facing the textile and clothing industry as it undergoes a transformation targeted at greater sustainability. These key themes are based on the results of the sustainability check offered to exhibiting companies as part of the Texpertise Econogy textile sustainability programme and conversations with international textile experts.