COLLECTIVE IDEAS; EVEN THOUGH IT'S A TIGHTLY EDITED SHOW, THE COLLECTIVE STILL HAS A DAUNTING 400-PLUS EXHIBITORS. HERE ARE THE 10 YOU NEED TO SEE FIRST.

Daily News Record, July, 2003 by Gavenas, Marilise

Word has spread: The Collective is keeper of the gate to the better U.S. stores -- and it seems as though the entire world wants in.

This show grows more international each season. When The Collective comes back to Pier 94 in New York City next week, at least 15 percent of the 401 exhibitors will be Italian. Yet more new labels will be coming from Turkey. A couple of famous French marques will be making their first forays here. Plus the usual complement of Canadians. Plus the Spaniards and the Brits. All of which equal more competition for the Americans, who are responding with ...