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Event Name: Kingpins Show Hong kong
Category: Trade Fairs
Event Date: 21 – 22 November, 2024
Frequency: Annual
Location: Hong Kong Design Centre, DX Design Hub, 280 Tung Chau Street Sham Shui Po Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
Organizer: –
Phone: +91 98211 62820 / 88500 56251
Email: info[at]kingpinsshow.com
Timings: 10:00 AM – 18:00 PM
Tickets: Visitor Registration Required – Click Here!
Kingpins Show Hong Kong 2024: Overview
KINGPINS SHOW – We launched the first jeans supply chain show in 2004 in New York, with the idea of creating a forum for like-minded members of the denim community. The concept quickly took off and has grown to denim-focused events around the world. Now, we’re going a step further: we’re working to help the jeans industry evolve to meet the environmental and social needs of the future.
We are an information, ideas and innovation network for the denim industry and provide a forum for the international denim community. Since our first jeans supply chain show launched in 2004 in New York we have grown our mission to connect the community and have taken our concept around the world.
The Kingpins Concept is Simple:
The denim industry is a low-key community built on heritage, passion, innovation and connection.
We launched our jeans supply chain show in 2004 in New York as a way to connect this denim industry. But we soon realized the denim community is even larger than we thought and we took our concept around the world.
We are committed to sharing ideas with the denim industry and inspiring each other to continually learn as much as we can. We strive to be productive and progressive members of the indigo community and are dedicated to bringing sustainability and best practices to our industry.
Among our milestones:
- We launched Global Denim Awards in 2014, sponsored by e3 Cotton, as a first-of-its-kind runway show and competition that aims to connect talent and industry to create a directional platform for the future of denim design, innovation, sustainability and craftsmanship.
- We introduced Kingpins Transformers in 2015. The series of summits is designed for members of the denim industry dedicated to making the jeans industry more environmentally viable, socially responsible and financially sound through education and discussion. In 2020, Transformers will become a stand-alone non-profit organization dedicated to taking denim into the future with a focus on sustainability, the environment and innovation.
- In 2016, we launched the Kingpins China City Tour, a traveling denim sourcing show that stops in important but under-served denim cities in China. Within a year, the China City Tour nearly doubled in size and continues to grow each edition. In 2019 KP2C, a consumer-facing denim festival, debuted as part of China City Tour.
- Our in-house media division, Kingpins Media, has evolved into a boutique production company that serves suppliers, mills and companies in the denim industry looking for content developed by creatives that live, eat and breathe the denim industry. In 2020, we relaunched the Kingpins website as a media platform for the denim industry, with news, profiles, trend content and white papers that touch on all aspects of the denim supply chain. Along with the new website, we launched a newsletter program and podcast series to further connect with the denim community.
Small can be good. We started that way. The denim community is connected, engaged and global. Today, Kingpins reach is bigger than ever. We have learned a lot along the way – but our core values and our intimate approach to the denim trade remain the same.
Kingpins Hong Kong Pop-up Schedule:
November 21
- 11:00 Show floor opens to visitors
- 12:00 Miles Johnson will lead “Denim Talks: Future in Sight”
- 14:30 Lildenimjean’s Max Kaupp and Nick Baur will host “Denim Talks: The Lil Denim Show” featuring Cheung Chak Shum’s Thought We Friends
- 17:00-19:00 Happy Hour
November 22
- 11:00 Show floor opens to visitors
- 12:00 David Tring will lead a panel discussion “Denim Talks: Innovative Materials (From Lab to Loom)
- 14:00 Vivian Wang will lead a panel discussion curated by The Vintage Showroom’s Douglas Gunn, titled “Denim Talks: Key Pieces from Inspiring Wardrobes Around the World”
- 15:00 Pop-up fashion show
- 16:00 Show ends
Initiatives:
Kingpins Hong Kong will also feature denim-focused initiatives created to inform and inspire, including:
“A Denim Workwear Love Story,” a presentation exploring the intersection of denim and workwear, presented by The Vintage Showroom’s Douglas Gunn.
Kingpins’ One Denim project, a collection created with Cone Denim and Tonello, which looks at the breadth of looks that can be achieved from a single fabrication.
Lildenimjean showcase of their latest designs
Shanghai Jingqi shop, featuring a curated selection of handmade craftsmanship
Hong Kong Brands Spotlight, featuring denim designs from six local designers
Kingpins Hong Kong is happening during The Fashion Union — A Platform to Celebrate the Beauty of Workwear, The Fashion Union’s 8-day “Beauty of Workwear” program, featuring vintage pieces co-curated by The Vintage Showroom’s Gunn for the Workwear Exhibition, as well as original designs by local Hong Kong Designers. The Fashion Union is organized by the Hong Kong Design Institute and supported by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency, part of the Hong Kong Fashion Fest, which is presented by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
