It all
started
with a
passion.
From
vision to
impact
Launch of a PR firm
Hortensia de Hutten launches a PR firm in Paris that promotes a new generation of women’s fashion designers.
Launch of Workshop Paris
The first professional trade fair in Paris where a new generation of designers can show their collections in a selective, high-end environment. It’s the first of a kind in Paris and an immediate success!
Launch of Workshop Deco
Marie Czapska extends the concept to home and design with the launch of 'Workshop Déco', another groundbreaking international trade fair taking place once a year in Paris. Workshop expands and launches a new edition in NY, the first of its kind in the big apple!
Launch of LePreview.com
The world’s first B2B platform for women’s fashion and lifestyle designers is launched.
Creation of Playtime Paris
With the rise of a strong new market dedicated to children's fashion and design, Playtime Paris is launched with a new concept mixing for the first time ever: fashion, lifestyle and decor. It grows in two years from 44 exhibitors to 200, and to 400 a few years later!
Launch of Playtime Tokyo
An event that quickly becomes Japan’s largest event in this market category.
Launch of Playtime NY
Playtime New York is launched and soon meets success, growing year after year to the point of becoming in 2024 the largest kid’s fashion and lifestyle trade show in the United States.
New editions around the world
Playtime continues to travel and opens new editions in Berlin, Las Vegas and Shanghai.
Launch of OrderWizz
Sébastien de Hutten launches the world's first ordering platform fully dedicated to independent children’s fashion and lifestyle brands.
What makes us different?
We are a group of professionals who know the fashion industry inside out, having worked in most of its areas: from design to brand sales, from buying to selling in stores, from marketing to communications and press, from art direction to scenography, from manufacturing and logistics to merchandising.
We know exactly what brands and buyers around the globe need, because we’re constantly exchanging with them. We are every brand’s and buyer’s collaborator.
We’re a no bullshit team, and we’re all about action!
Our vision
for the
future
Our vision is of a world where creativity has the upper hand, where independent professionals with a passion for fashion and design find their place, despite the pressure from the large groups, with an ever wider audience. We cater to those with a taste for work well done, for quality and fairness. Our vision is also that of a world where we take our share of responsibility by supporting projects that are not always aimed at profit, but rather at the tangible evolution of professional relations and the improvement of working conditions for everyone.
Innovation
as a flagship
Every day, our operational teams work in close collaboration with an exceptional team of developers at the cutting edge of their profession, to offer brands and buyers the very best in digital technology. We put all our industry experience into the development of interfaces that effectively advance relationships towards greater simplicity, speed and efficiency.
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