13th edition of trade show Woman will open in Paris from September 28 to 30. This edition will have a slightly modified format. Some of the show’s women’s wear exhibitors already presented their pre-collections at the beginning of the season, in June, when a new man/woman mixed format was launched.

For the forthcoming September session, the Woman show is focusing on labels that are sticking to the traditional calendar, presenting two main collections a year. Altogether there will be 80 labels exhibiting at Woman. The selection of brands is international, and features ready-to-wear labels but also accessories - a segment which was very popular in September last year, with buyers who finalise their budgets at the end of the month.

The show organiser, fresh from the New York edition of Woman, is aiming to consolidate the position of the Paris September session in the calendar, at a time when pre-collections are becoming increasingly important. Next January, the second edition of the event in the Man/Woman format will again be staged in three different venues, to respond to the rising interest by women’s wear and co-ed labels for showing with men’s wear.