Fur & Fashion Frankfurt, held in Frankfurt am Main, on March 9-12, presented up-to-date product ranges from skin merchants as well as the manufacturers’ collections for the autumn-winter 2006-07 seasons.

The number of trade visitors increased by 8.5% to 8,442 compared with last year. 47% of the buyers came from abroad with a considerable representation from Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia, the Benelux countries, Spain, and Turkey.

According to the organisers, skin merchants registered lively interest in all fur types and colours preferred by fashion. Natural and plucked mink skins sold particularly well, as did Persian lamb, weasel and dyed silver foxes.