Madrid gears up for weekend of leather and footwear shows

25/09/2002

With the international exhibition season now in full swing, the next major show on the itinerary will be this weekend’s Spanish leather and footwear fair, Iberpiel/Modacalzado. 

 

Occupying four halls at Madrid’s Juan Carlos I Exhbition Centre, this autumn’s show will preview the spring/summer 2003 collections of 674 leather fashion and accessory manufacturers (Modacalzado) and leather goods and footwear manufacturers (Iberpiel/Marroquineria).  Both fair will be opened Friday at 10 am by Mr Pedro Morenés, secretary of state of scientific and technological policy.  A full report on the fair will be carried on leatherbiz.com, next week.