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EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
Pasarela International Fashion Festival is an integrated fashion and cultural platform that connects creativity, business, and diplomacy. Based in Bucharest, it brings together designers, institutions, brands, and embassies to promote innovation, sustainability, and cultural identity in fashion.
Pasarela operates as a 360° ecosystem, merging creativity with commerce through: – Design Competition – promoting emerging and established designers; – Exhibitions – connecting creators with the public through curated retail experiences; – Concept Store – transforming creative visibility into long-term commercial success; – Institutional Partnerships – linking embassies, universities, and cultural organizations in a shared creative network.
Each edition positions Bucharest as a new hub for fashion diplomacy and creative innovation, turning Pasarela into one of the most influential platforms in Eastern Europe for design, culture, and sustainable growth.
ARE YOU A BRAND INTERESTED IN FASHION EXPERIENCES?
MISSION & VISION
The mission of Pasarela International Fashion Festival is to connect national creative identity with global markets, transforming creativity into a sustainable economic force. The festival empowers designers, brands, and institutions to expand internationally while preserving authenticity and cultural roots.
At the same time, Pasarela actively works to connect local manufacturers with talented designers — both Romanian and international — supporting them in creating new fashion brands and developing production-ready collections that are distributed and sold through the Pasarela Concept Store network, both online and in partner retail spaces.
Through strategic collaboration and cultural diplomacy, Pasarela aims to:
– Promote creative visibility – offering designers a credible and influential international platform;
– Drive economic development – linking design to sustainable business opportunities and industrial capacity;
– Encourage responsible innovation – integrating sustainability and ethical values into modern production models;
– Foster international dialogue – positioning fashion as a bridge between nations, economies, and ideas.
The vision of Pasarela is to build a sustainable European fashion ecosystem, where design, education, production, and entrepreneurship coexist to generate long-term artistic, cultural, and economic impact.
BRING THE WORLD TOGETHER THROUGH FASHION
PASARELA 2025 SHOW
WHERE CREATIVITY MEETS CULTURE