Our busy trade show season continues next week – we’re showing 2012 Men’s and Women’s Accessory Collections at Moda, at the NEC in Birmingham, UK, from 19 to 21 February. You’ll find our Men’s Collection at Stand MA30, and our Women’s Collection at Stand M11. We’re expecting a busy show, so contact us for an appointment.

We’re launching our 2012 Women’s glove Collection in the USA at Coterie, which runs from 21 to 23 February at the Javits Centre in New York City. We have some fabulous new styles to show you, and you’ll find us at Booth 5526, which we are sharing with our sister company, Corgi Hosiery. For appointments contact our US representatives Jim Seaman or Jan Mehalick, of A Kuehnert & Co., Inc., 845-781-8185

After the successful launch of our 2012 Glove Collection in Florence and New York, our next stop is MrKet, Las Vegas, at the Venetian Hotel, from 12 to 14 February. You’ll find us at booth 264. New this year are fantastic new colours in contrast stitching and luxurious cashmere linings, apple, purple, tangerine, yellow, to name a few, as well as a greatly expanded range of casual gloves.

For an appointment, contact our US representative, Jim McKenry, at 212.757.4664, email Jmckenry@birddoggroup.net

Dents 2012 Collections will be presented at the world’s top accessory trade shows over the next two months:

Europe: For Men - Pitti Uomo, Fortezza da Basso nel padiglione Centrale, Florence – January 10,11,12 and 13 – Stand 20-57 * Moda Menswear, NEC, Birmingham – February 19, 20 and 21 – Stand MA30 * For Women - Premiere Classe, Tuileries, Paris – January 21, 22, 23 and 24 – Stand TBA Moda UK, NEC, Birmingham – February 19, 20 and 21, Stand M11

North America: For Men - Mrket NY, Javits Center, New York City – January 22,23 and 24 – Booth 861 Mrket LV, The Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas – February 12, 13 and 14 – Booth TBA For Women - CoterieNY, Javits Center, New York City – February 21, 22 and 23 – Booth TBA *

* We will be sharing our stand / booth with our sister company, Corgi Hosiery.

Some mixed feelings, maybe, as we see the bulldozers arrive at our old building in Fairfield Road – as the BBC has reported, demolition day is finally here.  Sally’s personal report, marking this important day in Dents’ history, with pictures and interviews, will follow…

In the meantime – it’s back to business, with Dents exhibiting at Moda at the NEC in Birmingham from August 14 to 16. You can see our spring / summer 2012 men’s collection on stand MA30, and women’s collection on M11

Finally, a note for those of you who can’t wait to fill your shopping trolleys – I hear Waitrose won’t be up and running until the New Year after all…

The Elle Style Awards is always one of the most glamorous parties of the year and this year’s event, held on Monday (Feb 14th) was one of the best ever. So many A-list guests turned up that the photographers didn’t know who to turn to first – Emma Watson, Cheryl Cole, Helena Christensen – the list of top celeb names just went on and everyone of course looked totally stunning. Vivienne Westwood seemed a little uncertain as she presented Emma with the Style Icon award; she admitted she was a little unsure who Emma was as she hadn’t seen any of the Harry Potter films!

But the highlight for us of course was seeing our lovely Dents gloves up on stage for the presentations. Gok Wan co-presenter Brix Smith Start showed our long black leather gloves to full advantage during the awards and she wasn’t the only person who glammed up her look with Dents gloves. A really excellent evening all round.

Brix loved our gloves so much, she went to our Warminster factory to see them being made – you can see her visit, shown on Gok Wan’s Fashion Fix,  by clicking here.

Wow, what a busy month it has been already! Last week I was in Florence for the men’s trade show, Pitti Uomo. I had a fabulous time meeting our Dents customers from around the world – including Italy, Belgium, Spain, Norway, the Netherlands and Japan, to name but a few. It is so great to get out of the office to meet our buyers and show them our winter 2011 men’s glove collection. The collection was very well received – especially the Men’s Made In England gloves, made just along the corridor from the design office! We have some wondeful new designs, with bright cashmere linings, and contrast stitching, which add an understated elegance to the classic styles. They’ll be in the shops next winter so I won’t show them here – instead the image alongside is of “Il Porcellino” (the little pig), from near the Florence market – you are supposed to rub his nose for good luck, and to ensure you come back and visit him! Florence is a stunningly beautiful city! I spent many an evening after the exhibition sightseeing – the Duomo (the city’s cathedral), the Ponte Vecchio (old bridge), the Uffizi art gallery and the impressively tall town hall tower. With stunning architecture, gorgeous restaurants and great shops, it is definitely a city I want to return to! It has been even busier back in the office this week, as we are fast approaching our winter 2011 sales conference to launch all of the new accessories. Wish us luck – it’s going to be a busy couple of months! Laura x

Dents will be showcasing their new 2011 glove collections at the world’s top fashion accessory trade shows for men and women.

January 11 -14 Pitti Uomo, Italy – Fortezza da Basso, Florence, stand location Padiglione centrale|Salone m p.inferiore|stand :20-57

January 17 -19 MRKet NY, USA – Javits Center, New York City, booth number 436

January 22 -25 Premiere Classe, France – Tuileries, Paris, stand location TBA

February 14 – 16 MRKet LV, USA – Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, booth number TBA

February 20 -22 Moda, UK – NEC, Birmingham, stand number TBA

February 20 -22 Coterie, USA – Javits Center / Show Piers, New York City, booth number TBA

For further information, or to make an appointment, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We had a very successful men’s show in January at MRketNY, so we’ll be there again in July. The show is at the Javits Center, New York, July 18th - 20th. You’ll find us where we were last time, boothnumber 434 .

We’ll be adopting the same format we used last time. Dentswill be sharing the booth with Corgi Hosiery of Wales, Breuermenswear of France, and Codis Maya cufflinks of England. All four of us share the same US sales agent, Jim McKenry of theBird Dog Group.

It’s your last chance to fill in your Dents glove fall offerings after a very cold winter last year – as it is production on many styles is already sold out. Our sister company, Corgi Hosiery, has a new offering – a fine gauge version of their colourful cotton socks, made in Wales and complete with hand linked toe!

Contact Jim or ourselves for an appointment.

Our last trade show of this very busy season is the Accessorie Circuitshow at Pier 94, the Show Piers, New York City, May 3 -6. Our booth number is 2234.

We’ve had a fantastic response to our fall collections so far, so much so that in many cases delivery dates are getting pushed further and further back. On the other hand we have a good idea of what to expect from the upcoming season, which we’ll be happy to share with you.

If you can’t make the show, and you have plans to visit New York in the future, you can arrange to see Jim McKenry, US agent for Dents, at our New York showroom at 130 West 57th Street, Suite 5E, to view our collections.

If you have any questions or want to make an appointment, please send us an email. Advance registration is availablehere.

After a run of extremely successful trade shows, we thought we’d share some pictures with you…..

First of all Moda Accessories at the NEC, Birmingham.

Often, there was no room to move…

Next over to New York: the picture on the left is the MRket menswear show in January, where we shared a stand with Breuer of France, Corgi Hosiery of Wales, and Codis Maya of England…

and the picture on the right is from the Coterie, where Dents and its sister company Corgi Hosiery had a joint stand.