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THE WITCHES PENDULUM FW23

SPECIAL CURATION by DIANE PERNET

Picture: @therafaeljimenez

SPECIAL GUEST

PAM HOGG

“THEY BURN WITCHES DON’T THEY”

PAM HOGG

Picture: @jakewalterstudio

March 1-8

Courtyard 226 Rue Saint Denis 75002 Paris

For immediate release March 5th, 2023

PLAN 8 presents the second edition of TOGETHER, a new salon where designers, agents, tastemakers, buyers and disrupters connect and work together.

TOGETHER by PLAN 8 SHOWROOMS Fall/Winter 2023 is 30 brands, five sales agencies in the same space. This season we asked our guest curator Diane Pernet to showcase her take on talent this season. TOGETHER FW23 special guests include British Icon Pam Hogg, new rising stars Tara Babylone from New York and Sia Arnika from Berlin. We will host the 2023 Korean Designer Program “The Selects” selection. TOGETHER is a salon, a trend observatory, a showroom, and a community all at once.

DIANE PERNET x TOGETHER:

Pam Hogg - Special Project

Chihuahua Dragon

Tara Babylone

Thomas Pierre Jean

THE SELECTS x TOGETHER

Korean Designers 2023 Selection

Cahiers

EnOr

Bmuet(te)

Doucan

D-Antidote

Julycolumn

Seokwook Yoon

Maison Nica

Vegan Tiger

MMAM

DESIGNERS x TOGETHER

Richard torry

Sia Arnika

Unisecon

Techin

Jens Laugensen

Misora Nakamori

Jung

Superoby

Milkwhite

Aureliana

Laetis

Tomme

L'Afshar

okhtein

Meltem Özbek

SALES AGENCIES X TOGETHER

Plan 8

The Selects

Francesca Chapman

Umbrella World

Likewise Agency

More Dash

Address: Courtyard 226 rue Saint Denis 75002 Paris

March 1-8 from 9am until 7pm

By appointment only

showroom@plan-8.com

This FW23 TOGETHER includes

1) Fashion Curation by Diane Pernet.
2) A partnership with The Selects from Korea.

3) A partnership with 5 sales agencies and sales directors collaborating under the same roof: Chapman Agency UK, More Dash Paris, Plan 8 Paris, Likewise Agency Paris and Frank Sanchez.

4) a cultural platform: a celebration of fashion legend from the UK: Pam Hogg.

5) A technology partnership: with Web 3 Community NEW FOUNDATION to bring our format into the next generation of tools. We will announce the details of this partnership in a separate Press Release

About TOGETHER

TOGETHER is an experiential space where buyers, press, and fashion industry key players come to discover, buy, and connect with brands that have generated a fresh and successful critique in the press.

We feel there is a need to create a new editorial setting that reflects the taste of Paris of the season. We want to create an observatory of trends and an efficient platform for brands to broadcast their message.

The fashion business has undergone profound transformations. The current business model of showrooms and tradeshows cannot effectively fulfil their role anymore in the multiplicity of deals and hybrid sub-cultures that exist. Traditional sales showrooms struggle to work with representation based on territories and exclusivities due to disruptions from e-commerce, social media, and new business models.

Social media has empowered the brands creating communities around them. They move freely. Each brand is a small universe of actors and players. Each one is extremely curated and connected to social culture. Adjacency is important. TOGETHER is a platform that capitalizes on these adjacencies and entices agents to move freely, drastically expanding the reach of a traditional marketplace.

TOGETHER is a project by Rafael Jiménez and PLAN 8.

TOGETHER is a trade show, a festival, a showroom, and a community at once. We ask tastemakers, industry players and insiders to collaborate and define a clear, edited, and authentic point of view.

About Rafael Jiménez

Rafael Jimenez is a highly accomplished consultant and entrepreneur in the fashion and tech industries, with a focus on brand image, wholesale, retail, and digital ventures. He has worked with a wide range of companies, including luxury houses, fashion designers, tech companies, and international talent support organizations. Some of the notable names he has worked with include Comme des Garçons, IMG Europe, Revillon, Yoox Group, Farfetch, Iqons.com, London Fashion Week, White Milan, WBDM Wallonie Bruxelles Design Mode, and IFM, among others. Rafael carries out most of his work through his consulting agency, PLAN 8, and has established himself as a figure in the fashion and tech industries. His extensive experience and expertise have made him a valuable asset to the companies he has worked with and have contributed to his success as a consultant and entrepreneur.

About PLAN 8

PLAN 8's focus on sales growth and business development sets it apart from other brand development agencies. The agency takes a holistic approach to brand development, working closely with clients to develop sales strategies that are tailored to their specific needs and goals. PLAN 8's expertise in industry partnerships and investment also allows it to provide valuable insights and connections to clients looking to expand their business.

The development of PLAN 8 SHOWROOMS is a testament to the agency's commitment to innovation and experimentation. By creating different formats of showrooms, PLAN 8 is able to provide clients with a unique and immersive experience that helps to build brand awareness and increase sales.

One of the key reasons why PLAN 8 is a trusted partner for companies in the fashion industry is its ability to think creatively and develop disruptive concepts. The agency's approach to image assessment and exploration of unusual opportunities allows it to create unique brand experiences that resonate with consumers and help clients stand out in a crowded market.

Rafael Jimenez's experience as the instigator of the creation of Guerrilla Stores by Comme des Garcons, when he worked for them, is a testament to his ability to think outside the box and develop innovative concepts. Since founding PLAN 8, Jimenez has continued to push the boundaries with avant-garde projects like IQONS.com, the first social media online, Bodymetrics, and digital ventures. The agency's latest project, TOGETHER, aims to bring together diverse voices and perspectives to inject fresh air into the fashion industry.

Overall, PLAN 8's reputation as a trusted partner for brand development and sales growth in the fashion industry is well-deserved. Its focus on creativity, innovation, and exploration of unusual opportunities allows it to deliver unique and effective solutions for clients looking to grow their business and brand in the fashion industry.

About NEWFOUNDATION

Newfoundation is a Federation of fashion tech start-ups that aims to be the leading WEB 3 reference in the creative economy. Since its inception in 2017, it has been featured on Dazed and PAPER. Their blockchain protocol, Newcoin.org, makes it easy for developers and creators to build and launch communities and monetize them. The team behind this includes ex-Youtube, IBM, Apple, Farfetch members and creative director Hugo Hoppmann. Rafael Jiménez, founder of TOGETHER and PLAN 8 is mentoring NEW FOUNDATION.

About Diane Pernet

Diane Pernet is a world-renowned fashion critic and video journalist based in Paris, France. Previously a photographer and fashion designer, she now acts as a documentary filmmaker, talent scout, and fashion blogger. Pernet was one of the earliest fashion journalists to embrace the power of the internet, first through a column in online editions of Elle and Vogue and later through her own site, A SHADED VIEW ON FASHION (www.asvof.com) which since its inception in 2005 has become a ‘must-read’ in fashion and creative industry circles. Pernet was recognized in 2008 for being a pioneer in digital media when she was chosen as one of three influential bloggers to take part in a panel celebrating a seminal fashion exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. As one of the most recognizable faces in fashion, she has also been captured on the other side of the movie camera through cameo appearances in Robert Altman’s film ‘Prêt- à-Porter’, Ben Stiller’s Zoolander 2, Roman Polanski’s The Ninth Gate, and in Emily in Paris and Balenciaga The Lost Tape by Harmony Korine.

Pernet launched ASVOFF in 2008. As the founder of the world’s first film festival dedicated to fashion, style, and beauty, she is widely considered to have incubated the ‘fashion film’ from its infancy to the popular genre that it has become today. “Diane has never ceased to amaze me with her amazing curiosity about things, her ability to synthesize arcane information and make it palatable for everyone else,” says Tim Blanks, editor-at-large for The Business of Fashion. “So actually, Diane is a conduit between now and what’s to come.”

About The Selects

From the heart of a significant fashion market,
The Select meets global demand with young Korean talent and fresh perspectives.

The Selects showroom, a collaborative project to promote Korean fashion designers and assist their attempts to break into the global fashion market, aims to introduce 9 up-and-coming Korean designers and expand their business overseas.

Handpicked by industry leaders and insiders, the nine designers, represent the most promising talent evolving in the Korean fashion industry:

Cahiers

EnOr

Bmuet(te)

Doucan

D-Antidote

Julycolumn

Seokwook Yoon

Maison Nica

Vegan Tiger

MMAM

The Selects will increase performance by expanding from the US market to major European fashion hubs, Paris with exposure to the significant market and accomplish much more than showcasing new talent and become a chic platform where Korean fashion and culture meet.

The Selects envisions to build on the already influential impact that K-culture is currently having on world-wide audiences and leads to attention to Korean fashion designers with fresh designs and individuality.

New exhibitions, parties, and pop-up stores are in The Selects near future.

info@the-selects.com

www.the-selects.com

About Pam Hogg

“A designer of cult status - one of the most original, innovative, creative designers in Britain” – Terry Wogan

Dr. Pam Hogg is an icon of British fashion design. A romantic, a renegade and a rockstar whose career has taken her from her Glasgow birthplace via its world-renowned School of Art to the catwalks of London Fashion Week, the cover of ID Magazine, the wardrobes of superstars from Kate Moss to Lady Gaga and the walls of the world’s top galleries, the Caledonian Queen of Cling somehow found time between to share a stage singing alongside rock and pop royalty. She is a champion of the eccentric and outlandish, the underdog and the overlooked, thriving in disorder, disruption and disarray. She is flamboyant, frantic and fearless. Pam's work always sat outside its time, seasonless and visionary, and its resonance is as clear today as ever before – perhaps even more so, as society begins to gaze inwards towards the radical beauty and chaos at its heart. She has spent almost four decades creating unconventional clothes for confident women, and her longevity as a designer is astonishing, with most of her contemporaries from that first new wave largely forgotten today.

About Sales Agencies

Plan 8 SHOWROOMS

Plan 8 Showrooms is the wholesale division of Plan 8, a company that specializes in fashion showroom management and brand development. Plan 8 Showrooms organizes multi-brand showrooms in Paris several times a year, where they present collections for men and women, as well as standalone white label showrooms upon demand. They work with a variety of designers and brands across different collections and seasons, they have significant experience in the fashion industry and a strong understanding of the market trends and demands.

MORE DASH

In 2014 More Dash Agency was founded with a mission to establish distribution for Ukrainian and Eastern-European designers worldwide. In 2017, More Dash was relaunched as a platform for international contemporary designers with the goal to establish sales and distribution worldwide. Natalia and Daria are currently working on expanding More Dash. More Dash works with established international retailers from more than 25 countries.

Today, More Dash is proud to represent 15 contemporary designers from different regions: Aka Nanita (GE), Chakshyn (UA), Dalood (GE), Daniele Carlotta (IT), Individi (GE), Ingorokva (GE), Kobi Halperin (US), JING YU (IT), MARAM (CA), Marianna Senchina (UA), MIRHA (KR), Nana Jacqueline (US), NUE (UA), T-dress (UA), W11 Studio (UK).

LIKEWISE AGENCY

Likewise Agency, through the expertise of Imad Fradj and Cindy Gout, provides commercial representation for emerging fashion brands and has experience working with a diverse range of clients. They represent The Selects from Korea.

FRANK SANCHEZ

Frank Sanchez is a highly skilled professional in the fashion industry with a successful career spanning over several decades. He began his journey as a sales director for Dirk Bikkemberg in the 1990s and later co-founded Kris Van Asche, where he served as the sales director for over a decade. He continued to excel in his career by joining Ralph Lauren as a director until 2020. His expertise in the industry has made him an influential figure, and his contributions have helped shape the fashion industry over the years. Frank Sanchez's achievements in the fashion world are a testament to his skills and dedication to the industry, making him a role model for aspiring professionals.

LARISSA ALLAN

Larissa Allan is a fashion industry professional with a wealth of experience in fashion wholesale. She was an early collaborator with Plan 8, a fashion and lifestyle PR agency, and has since built long-term relationships with international buyers in the luxury markets, including designer, contemporary, and resortwear. She previously worked at Rainbow Wave Showroom and is currently a consultant to Studio Thirteen Showroom and Monochrome Showroom.

In her current role at Plan8, she is responsible for the Resort section and maintains relationships with buyers. Her expertise in the industry has made her a valuable asset to the companies she has worked with and has helped her establish herself as a respected figure in the fashion wholesale sector.

CHAPMAN AGENCY

CHAPMAN is a London based fashion sales agency that represents luxury and independent brands globally. They have a deep understanding of the retail and consumer landscape and have a worldwide network that allows them to create and develop sustainable businesses. Their services include wholesale distribution, brand development, retail merchandising, and social media management.

Overall, CHAPMAN seems to offer a comprehensive set of services for fashion brands looking to establish themselves in the market and expand their reach globally.

TOGETHER BY PLAN 8

Information and contact

Louise Rouanne press@plan-8.com +33610766063

FW23 MARCH 1-8 COURTYARD 226 RUE SAINT DENIS 75002 PARIS

Download Press kit and hi Res images :

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/f5ups0fmjrhhr1snhxtly/h?dl=0&rlkey=p1qvly1v24ftv1tk8lbqo6ecf

Women’s FW23

1-8 March 2023
Courtyard
131, bd de Sébastopol and/or 226 rue Saint Denis 75002 Paris

TOGETHER

by PLAN 8 SHOWROOMS

Women’s FW23

1-8 March 2023 Courtyard 131, bd de Sébastopol and/or 226 rue Saint Denis 75002 Paris

TOGETHER

by PLAN 8 SHOWROOMS

1-8 March 2023
Courtyard
131, bd de Sébastopol and/or 226 rue Saint Denis 75002 Paris