Berlin Fashion x International (before: Fashion Forward Network) is an initiative to support sustainable business partnerships in the fashion industry between Berlin and the USA. In various formats, participating brands are given the opportunity to make new key contacts in the USA, strengthen their knowledge of market entry in the USA and establish themselves on the US market in the long term.

Factory visits to the famous Garment District and meetings with representatives of the Parsons School of Design ELab, the concept store chain The Webster and the fashion stores of PHILLIP LIM and MERZ B. Schwanen provided the participants with valuable insights into sustainable technologies and US retail. They also had the opportunity to meet industry leaders from Highsnobiety, freelance fashion journalists and buying experts. Another highlight of the five-day program was a visit to the Council of Fashion Designers of America, where CEO Steven Kolb and Communications Director Marc Karimzadeh shared important US industry insights.

Participating brands: AVENIR, DR. BAUM, HADERLUMP, IMPARI, Kasia Kucharska, Natascha von Hirschhausen, PLATTE Berlin, REFRAMD, RICHERT BEIL, SANE Standard, SF1OG, SOCIÉTÉ ANGELIQUE