Elie Tag

MILAN — The primary Elie Saab bridal collection to be paraded on the runway headlined a robust edition of the five-day Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week, which closed on April 23 within the Spanish city. The brisk business within the bridal market and the easing of COVID-19 restrictions globally helped the fair return to pre-pandemic attendance, which totaled 21,500 visitors, up 15 percent in comparison with 2022 when the trade show staged its first physical fair in two years. Organizer Fira de Barcelona said Asian buyers, notably absent last 12 months as reported, were back in force, with key retailers from China, Japan, South Korea and other countries within the Southeast Asia region among the many 1,500 buyers who browsed through the fair’s...