Description
The Spanish Fair of Children s Fashion started out in 1964 as a show within the Toy Fair. Three years later, in 1967, it became an independent monographic fair in its own right. It acquired its international status as the International Fair of Children s Fashion in 1976, and then in 1978 it incorporated men s and women s fashion becoming the International Fashion Fair.
Finally, in 1982 the fair changed to its present day status, incorporating young people s fashion and taking on its current title International Fair of Children s and Young People s Fashion (FIMI).
The fair grew rapidly from one year to the next, and ever since 1984 it was been held twice a year with an Autumn/Winter season show and a Spring/Summer season show.
Responding to its continuing success, and as part of its ongoing concern to meet the needs of the children s fashion industry, FIMI changed the dates of the fair in 1987 bringing forward the Autumn-Winter season from February to January and the Spring-Summer season from September to June. This made the fair compatible with the international fashion calendar, a further sign of the fact that FIMI was no longer a showcase just for Spanish Children s Fashion, and was now considered a key element in the children s fashion industry worldwide.
