Huge Italian contingent for China Fashion Week

Italy plans to send a delegation of more than 30 companies and 40 brands to this year's China Fashion Week and a pavilion of almost 50 fabric companies to the InterTextile 2008 in Beijing, an Italian official said yesterday.

As the largest overseas exhibitor, Italy will showcase woven, knitted, leather and fur garments as well as accessories for men, women and children at the event, which will cover an area of over 700 sq m, said Antonino Laspina, trade commissioner of the Italian Trade Commission's Beijing office.

The fair, known as Chic 2008, will open on March 28 at China International Exhibition Center in Beijing.