Our answers to your questions
For 30 years, parent company WSN Developpement has been organising leading international fashion trade shows in Paris: Who’s Next and Premiere Classe and recently IMPACT and Traffic.
Who’s Next is the leading international women’s and unisex fashion trade show that showcases the best of ready-to-wear, fashion accessories, beauty and lifestyle trends.
Each year in January and September, Who’s Next welcomes around 1,300 French and International brands to Porte de Versailles in Paris. Over four days, around 45,000 visitors from all over the world come to meet, exchange and develop their business through a programme filled with conferences, entertainment and celebrations.
More about Who’s Next: here
Premiere Classe is the unmissable fashion accessory event during Paris Fashion Week. For 30 years, the event has been unveiling the accessory trends of the coming season and the young designers who will make tomorrow's fashion. Recognized for its high-end selection, the event presents designers of jewelry, shoes, leather goods, textile accessories and other accessories specially chosen for their creativity, originality and style. A ready-to-wear selection completes the Premiere Classe premium offer.
The event presents nearly 450 brands and designers specially chosen for their creativity, originality and style. 10,000 visitors expected for each edition.
Premiere Classe is held twice a year in the heart of the parisian fashion week at the jardin des tuileries in March and in late September/early October.
More about Premiere Classe: here
IMPACT is the new sustainable fashion event, open to professionals who want to be part of this positive change. This hybrid event brings together the sustainable fashion industry for 4 days of meetings, sharing, collaboration, experiences and commitment.
IMPACT will take place at Who’s Next, Porte de Versailles, Paris, in January and September.
More about IMPACT: here
The Traffic event is dedicated to solutions and innovations for fashion retailers and brands. From September 2020, Traffic will be joining Who’s Next at Porte de Versailles. Talks, workshops, experts, masterclasses and innovations - the Traffic area offers a hybrid experience: mixing experiences and talks.
More about Traffic: here
For the Who’s Next, IMPACT, Traffic & Premiere Classe exhibition at the Jardin des Tuileries: from 9:30am to 7pm from Friday to Saturday and from 9:30 am to 5pm on Sunday.
The trade shows are for fashion industry professionals only.
Badges can be purchased from the “Visit” section of our website
There are 2 types of badges:
▪ Who’s Next Pass: €45 online until the day before the trade show, €60 on site. This badge gives you access to the Who’s Next - IMPACT - Traffic trade shows.
▪ Premiere Classe: 45€ in pre-registration until the day before the show, 60€ on site.
We apologise that badges cannot be exchanged or refunded.
Who’s Next and Premiere Classe do not offer free invitations.
Invitations must be obtained through our exhibitors, who are each given a certain number of free invitations.
Until the day before the trade shows on the website.
On the website.
Yes, only for Who’s Next exhibition. We offer discounted entrance for groups of 15 students with at least 1 guide (obligatory).
Price: Students €10/Guides €45
Please send an email to [email protected] with an Excel document listing the full names of the students attending.
Who’s Next, IMPACT, Traffic, Bijorhca à Paris:
▪ 2-5 September 2022
▪ 20-23 January 2023
Premiere Classe, at the Jardin des Tuileries:
▪ 30 Sept. - 3rd Oct. 2023
▪ 3-6 mars 2023
Public transport
Metro: Line 12, Porte de Versailles station
Bus: Lines 39 - 49 - PC1 - 80, Porte de Versailles station
Tram: Lines T1 & T3, Porte de Versailles station
Your travel itinerary: www.RATP.fr
Taxis: Pick up & drop off: in front of the Palais des Sports, Place de la Porte de Versailles, 75015 Paris
By car : Hall 5.2: P6 (Parking 6) – Access via the place des Insurgés de Varsovie, Paris. (maximum height 1.90m)
Carpark parking P6: disabled access via lifts. Exhibition bridge: access via wheelchair lift. Electric and manual wheelchairs available at the Parc des Expositions information point.
Parking rates can be found here :
Hall 5.2: P6 (Parking 6) – Access via the place des Insurgés de Varsovie, Paris. (maximum height 1.90m)
Public transport
Metro: Concorde station: Lines 1, 8 & 12. Tuileries station: Line 1
Bus: Line 72 stops Concorde, Castiglione or Pyramides/Tuileries Lines 73 - 84 - 94: Stop Concorde
Taxis: Drop off between 194 and 244 rue de Rivoli, 75001, Paris. Taxis : Place André Malraux & place de la Madeleine.
Your travel itinerary: www.RATP.fr
There is a ramp for PMR entrance "Staircase 29 July", rue de Rivoli.
To apply as an exhibitor at Who’s Next, simply visit the “Exhibit” section of our website or send an email to [email protected].
We’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
Stand prices depend on the m2 allocated.
Cloakrooms are located in halls.
Price per item of clothing (per day): 2€
Price per bag/luggage (per day): 4€
Pendant le salon, si vous avez perdu ou trouvé un objet ou un vêtement, n’hésitez pas à venir nous voir au commissariat général de votre hall.
One the website WSN Community (About 1 month before the event)
The following security measures have been in place at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre (VIPARIS):
▪ A general reinforcement of the control teams at all exhibition sites and outdoor common areas during the setting up, opening and dismantling of the events
▪ Searching of all bags and systematic full-body searching of all visitors and exhibitors at each entrance of the events
▪ Random vehicle searches in the exhibition parking zones Dog handlers and supervision agents in the outside communal areas of the exhibition area
▪ Security guards situated at the entrances of, and inside the exhibition halls
▪ Permanent surveillance by VIPARIS’ Vigipirate team, in direct contact with the public security authorities
We have established a health charter, you can consult it here
Call the HOTLINE visitors
Feel free to contact us by email: [email protected]
By phone: +33(0)1 80 18 20 73