Cnmi : 86 billion euros (+ 3%) .. Milan warms engines for an 'extralarge' fashion week. Cnmi-Italian National Fashion House unveiled this morning at a press conference held at Palazzo Marino for details of the upcoming edition, scheduled from September 20 to 25. And the extralarge is no coincidence: to strengthen the calendar, in fact, Milan XL - The Festival of Italian Creativity, the initiative born of the system agreement between the Ministry of Economic Development and the Municipality of Milan, with Confindustria and Foundation Altagamma as a director, thanks to the support of Ice Agency. This initiative will result in 7 installations that will animate the city between 16 and 26 September.

Claim of Milan Fashion Woman will be "Follow the Green", to underline the commitment to sustainability undertaken by Cnmi. A theme at the center of Green Carpet fashion awards, the maxi event dedicated to sustainable fashion that will be on stage Saturday, September 24, at La Scala Theater. "They will be Oscars of Sustainable Fashion, during which we will be returning major brands that have undertaken this route with energy, but also craftsmen, producers and young people," said Cnmi President Carlo Capasa. "We wanted to be an event between fashion and show, with great international guests engaged in social and sustainability." Among the presences, confirm the statements by Minister for Economic Development Carlo Calenda and Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto.

The September edition aims to be the "zero number" of a new fashion week course, with the ambition of transforming Milan into the neural network of the fashion system thanks to the presence of these new events, both Cnmi and the City of Milan aim to make annual. An important showcase for a sector that, according to Cnmi estimates, should record this year a growth of 3% of turnover at 86 billion euros.

Returning to the fashion week, there will be 159 summer-2018 collections that will be presented in Milan, including 64 parades, 81 presentations and 20 events between exhibitions, opening and inaugurations. Spotlight on Paul Surridge's debut by Roberto Cavalli and Lucie and Luke Metier by Jil Sander, while Albino Teodoro, Brognano, The-Sirius and Ssheena will be playing for the first time in the capital city of Lombardy. Testimonials of the new Italian and international creativity will once again be the fashion hub market, which in the spaces of the Unicredit Pavillion will show the collections of 14 brands. New in this edition, the Young DHL designer award.