BAFWEEK

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BAFWEEK
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Genreclothing and fashion exhibitions
Frequencysemi-annually
Location(s) Buenos Aires
Inaugurated2001 [1]
Attendance40,000 people [2]
Organised by La Nación , La Rural, APSA Centros Comerciales [3]
Website bafweek.com.ar

BAFWEEK (abbreviation for Buenos Aires Fashion Week, also stylized as BAFWeek) is a biannual clothing trade show held mainly in La Rural fairgrounds, Buenos Aires. Argentina's most important fashion event, [4] [5] BAFWEEK showcases both leading brands and emerging designers. [6] [7] In addition, the Semillero UBA BAFWEEK (UBA BAFWEEK) competition is held, where fashion design students from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) are chosen by a panel of experts to present their collections at the event with financial support from Paseo Alcorta. [8] [9] [10]

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  1. ↑ Blanco, George (17 February 2011). "BAFweek celebra en grande". Vos (in Spanish). La Voz del Interior . Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Lanus, Catalina (21 February 2014). "Moda: BAFWeek ya anticipa lo que se usará este otoño-invierno". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Gacetilla: Información general" (PDF) (in Spanish). BAFWEEK. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "BAF Week 2014". Buenos Aires Herald . 25 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "BAFWeek inaugura el Otoño/Invierno 2014". Entremujeres (in Spanish). Clarín . Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Vales, Aldana (26 February 2014). "La Bafweek augura una Argentina muy femenina" (in Spanish). Republica.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Designers Incorporate Art into Creations at Buenos Aires Fashion Week". Latin American Herald Tribune . Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Los nuevos talentos del Semillero UBA BAFWEEK se lucirán en pasarela" (PDF) (in Spanish). BAFWEEK. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Semillero UBA BAFWeek: pasarela de vanguardia". Entremujeres (in Spanish). Clarín . Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "El Semillero UBA-BAFWEEK ya tiene nuevos nombres" (in Spanish). La Rural. February 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.


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