About - IFCO

IFCO, Istanbul Fashion Connection; is an online platform that connects Turkey’s high quality and versatile apparel collections to buyers from all around the world.

As a platform; it displays the collections of Turkish fashion brands, designers and suppliers 24/7 and lets buyers connect with them. It is an IHKIB brand that enables buyers and brands from all over the world to discover Turkish fashion both digitally and physically.

At the same time, IFCO is an international fair where Turkey, one of the most important countries of the world's apparel industry, will present its power in design, production and service to the whole world. The participants will exhibit their collections under their own brands to potential buyers and partners. It is an event that will bring together hundreds of local and foreign participants with thousands of buyers from all over the world in Istanbul, one of the most accessible cities.

THE IFCO BRAND

IFCO's brand journey started during the pandemic, with the idea of bringing the power of many events organized by IHKIB to introduce Turkish exporters to the world, to a digital platform. The intention is to build and grow this platform both with physical fairs to be held regularly twice a year in Istanbul and digitally where it will stay open constantly.

Istanbul, the fashion capital of Turkey, is the ideal center to bring together trends, fashion, design, brands, trade and collaborations together. IHKIB aims to open a new era in the apparel industry with a groundbreaking international fair that will introduce this vibrant center to the whole world.

The clothing industry, of which IHKIB is the representative, unites all product groups from women's and men's wear to baby and children's wear, from evening dresses and wedding dresses to leather apparel, from denim to sportswear, from underwear to socks, from shoes to bags, all under one roof.

WHEN AND WHERE?

IFCO Virtual Exhibition will be at ifco.com.tr between December 6-9 2021.

Istanbul Apparel and Fashion Fair will be held at Istanbul Expo Center between February 9-11, 2022.

The IFCO platform, where designers’ collections can be viewed regardless of the time and location, will be available from January 1, 2022.

IHKIB

IFCO is a brand of IHKIB

İstanbul Apparel Exporters’ Association (IHKIB) is one of the most important associations of apparel sectors, which leads Turkey’s export.

IHKIB aims to look after industry’s interests both on national and international platforms and on government’s side. Within this scope, IHKIB supports its members’ activities about commerce.

IHKIB performs a lot of activities in order to develop sectoral export;

Organizing national participation in international fairs,

Organizing trade missions,

Organizing young designer contests for young talents each year since 1992 in order to improve the design capacity of industry (For this aim, İstanbul Fashion Academy was established by IHKIB in 2005).

“İstanbul Fashion Week” has been started by IHKIB,

Related to training activities there are four vocational schools supported by IHKIB,

IHKIB has an international accredited laboratory named Ekoteks.

IHKIB, which has taken part in numerous domestic and international fairs both as a participant and as an organizer, aims to meet the needs of exporters and importers by establishing a new platform that fully encompasses the Turkish apparel industry.

ABOUT IFCO