The opening of the B2B stand area of the traditional “9th Laleli Fashion Shopping Festival” was hosted by LASİAD President Giyasettin Eyyüpkoca and LASİAD Festival Committee Chairman Muhammed Sancaktar, Fatih Mayor M. Ergün Turan, İTO President Şekib Avdagiç, TİM and İHKİB President Mustafa Gültepe and NGO Presidents. It took place on Laleli Street with the participation of
Laleli Fashion Shopping Festival’i gerçekleştiren LASİAD Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı Giyasettin Eyyüpkoca, “6 aydır aralıksız bu festival için hazırlanıyoruz. Festival ekibi defalarca bir araya geldi, daha güzeli, daha iyisi nasıl olur diye çabaladı. Ve güzel bir açılışla festivale merhaba dedik. Laleli esnafına ve özellikle Rusya – Ukrayna savaşı dolayısıyla mağdur olan Ukraynalı misafirlerimize kapılarını açan Laleli Otellerine teşekkür etmek istiyorum. Çok güzel bir defile oldu. Emeği geçen herkese teşekkür ederim” dedi.
Giyasettin Eyyüpkoca, Chairman of the Board of Directors of LASİAD, which organizes the Laleli Fashion Shopping Festival, said, “We have been preparing for this festival non-stop for 6 months. The festival team came together many times and tried to find out what could be more beautiful and better. And we said hello to the festival with a beautiful opening. I would like to thank Laleli tradesmen and especially Laleli Hotels for opening their doors to our Ukrainian guests who were victims of the Russia-Ukraine war. It was a very nice fashion show. “I would like to thank everyone who contributed,” he said.
The opening fashion show of the traditional 9th Laleli Fashion Shopping Festival organized by LASİAD took place on Laleli Ordu Street, which was closed to traffic for the first time in the history of the republic.
In the opening fashion show, 50 models accompanied famous names such as supermodel Tülin Şahin and Didem Soydan, actress & model Jessica May and Alona Kral, Miss Turkey Ecem Çırpan and Buse İskenderoğlu.
50 models took part in the 200-meter fashion show area with a total of 100 combinations. The fashion show, produced by Öner Evez and creative director by designer Yakup Biçer, and featuring products selected from 50 LASİAD member brands, was hosted by Seda Akbay and Alona Kral.
Supermodel Tülin Şahin; “It was very special to stand on the podium on the historical street. Laleli is Turkey’s textile gateway to the world. That’s why Laleli Fashion Shopping Festival is so valuable.
Famous model Didem Soydan; “Since my family is in the textile business, I find such festivals valuable both culturally and economically.”
Actress and model Jessica May; “My first fashion show as a Turkish citizen was at the 9th Laleli Fashion Shopping Festival. That’s why this fashion show has a special meaning for me.”
Miss Türkiye Buse İskenderoğlu; “It was a pleasure to walk the approximately 200-meter fashion show area.”
Laleli, Turkey’s largest open-air shopping mall, witnessed colorful scenes.
