{"id":13126,"date":"2026-03-10T04:28:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/?p=13126"},"modified":"2026-03-10T04:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:28:57","slug":"wsn-to-launch-new-experiential-trade-show-jill-in-octobers-paris-fashion-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/?p=13126","title":{"rendered":"WSN to Launch New Experiential Trade Show Jill in October&#8217;s Paris Fashion Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Jill of All Trade Shows: <\/strong>Trade show organizer WSN is bolstering its offer with a new event dedicated to collaborations, unique pieces and limited editions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSet to hold its first edition from Oct. 2 to 5, coinciding with the spring 2027 Paris Fashion Week, \u201cJill\u201d is billed as an experiential trade show that will be hosted within the Premiere Classe, with an off-site cultural circuit to boot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe first two days will be dedicated to professionals and the final two will also be open to the public, who will be able to make purchases from exhibitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI am delighted with the launch of Jill, which provides a new gateway to creativity within Premiere Classe,\u201d said Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Maus, chief executive officer of WSN, in a statement shared first with WWD. \u201cWe make it a point of honor to explore new territories and bring different communities together. Jill will offer visitors new creative ideas in line with consumer desires.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOver a dozen brands are slated to take part in the inaugural edition, including Rabih Kayrouz, Belgian designer Jean-Paul Lespagnard and Christine Phung.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMeanwhile, Jill\u2019s cultural program will unfurl across locations such as the Pierre Passebon gallery, which will host a fashion exhibition; the spaces of French Iranian designer and architect\u00a0India Mahdavi; The Pill, an art gallery near the Palais Royal, and the Ofr library.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe event, which owes its name to a magazine launched in the 1980s by Babeth Djian, is under the artistic direction of Jean-Pierre Blanc, the founder of the International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Accessories of Hy\u00e8res.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe called Jill \u201can extraordinary adventure in Paris, within WSN, after 40 years of festivals, supporting young designers and a total passion for fashion\u201d and \u201ca time of creativity dedicated to buyers, professionals, collectors, journalists, fashion enthusiasts, students, artisans, artists and the public \u2014 who are all welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBlanc, a vocal supporter of emerging design, stepped down last year as managing director and subsequently left the Villa Noailles association that organizes the festival, after it became embroiled in controversy over spending and outstanding invoices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWSN organizes trade shows Premiere Classe and Matter &amp; Shape, which coincide with Paris Fashion Week, as well as Who\u2019s Next, Bijorhca, Curve Paris and Interfili\u00e8re Paris later in the year.\u00a0It added the Run hybrid model, in partnership with ANDAM, for young brands which will be part wholesale showroom and part runway fashion show space.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jill of All Trade Shows: Trade show organizer WSN is bolstering its offer with a new event dedicated to collaborations, unique pieces and limited editions. Set to hold its first edition from Oct. 2 to 5, coinciding with the spring 2027 Paris Fashion Week, \u201cJill\u201d is billed as an experiential trade show that will be hosted within the Premiere Classe, with an off-site cultural circuit to boot. The first two days will be dedicated to professionals and the final two will also be open to the public, who will be able to make purchases from exhibitors. \u201cI am delighted with the launch of Jill, which provides a new gateway to creativity within Premiere Classe,\u201d said Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Maus, chief executive officer of WSN, in a statement shared first with WWD. \u201cWe make it a point of honor to explore new territories and bring different communities together. Jill will offer visitors new creative ideas in line with consumer desires.\u201d Over a dozen brands are slated to take part in the inaugural edition, including Rabih Kayrouz, Belgian designer Jean-Paul Lespagnard and Christine Phung. Meanwhile, Jill\u2019s cultural program will unfurl across locations such as the Pierre Passebon gallery, which will host a fashion exhibition; the spaces of French Iranian designer and architect\u00a0India Mahdavi; The Pill, an art gallery near the Palais Royal, and the Ofr library. The event, which owes its name to a magazine launched in the 1980s by Babeth Djian, is under the artistic direction of Jean-Pierre Blanc, the founder of the International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Accessories of Hy\u00e8res. He called Jill \u201can extraordinary adventure in Paris, within WSN, after 40 years of festivals, supporting young designers and a total passion for fashion\u201d and \u201ca time of creativity dedicated to buyers, professionals, collectors, journalists, fashion enthusiasts, students, artisans, artists and the public \u2014 who are all welcome.\u201d Blanc, a vocal supporter of emerging design, stepped down last year as managing directo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}