PRESS RELEASE • Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana

PRESS RELEASE

The Spring/Summer 2006 edition of Milano Moda Donna opens in Milan on the 24th of September. The Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana meets the press to illustrate their industrial-commercial strategy and the one to fight against counterfeit, in collaboration and full sharing of the intents with the sister company, Fèdèration Francasie de la Couture, du Pret à Porter des Couturiers et des Createurs Mode. The President Monsieur Didier Grumbach, as well as the legal advisor Monsieur Alain Coblence will be present at the press conference for the Federation Francaise de la Couture du Pret a Porter des Couturiers et des Createurs de Mode.For the town council of Milan, the spokesman of commerce Doctor Roberto Predolin and the spokesman of fashion, events, and tourism Doctor Giovanni Bozzetti will be present, and for CNMI the President Cavalier Mario Boselli. Wide ranging international subjects will be discussed as well as the upcoming edition of Milano Moda Donna, its calendar and other related initiatives. The schedule of MMD includes more than 220 collections, divided into 92 shows and approximately 130 presentations, which will come alongside the prêt à porter high fashion shows with a rich a check book is distributed on the urban area. A large audience of buyers and journalists will be coming to Milan from all over the world; nearly 1900 representatives from the media, 1000 of which are Italian and 870 foreign, for 625 titles, 60 of which are television programs. In order to facilitate the work of the operators and to maintain the punctuality of the fashion shows, ATM e CNMI have made available a shuttle service from one show to the next, for the entire duration of fashion week. The much awaited second edition of N-U-D-E, New Upcoming Designers, will take place Saturday the 24th, dedicated to young emerging talent. Among the events that enrich the already full schedule of Milano Moda Donna, Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana presents, in collaboration with the Poldi Pezzoli Museum, a prestigious exhibition which opens Saturday October 1st, with an evening dedicated to the operators of the fashion sector: