Buyers focused on fall trends, including velvet, real and faux fur, frayed/hacked denim, and metallics.

Jovani will anchor the new 70,000-square-foot space.

Showrooms reported a record number of appointments and buyers with strong open-to-buys.

Key spring fashion trends included stripes and florals, ruffles and embroidery, black-and-white prints, and flowing and lightweight fabrics.

Construction in Atlanta is booming, with new homes, condominiums and town houses sprouting up, as well as office space.

Next up is a solo exhibition devoted to Chinese couturier Guo Pei.

The VOW New World of Bridal market held at AmericasMart in Atlanta showed off the latest trends.

The event included a fashion show with brands such as Saint Laurent Paris, Balenciaga, Brandon Maxwell, Vetements, Manolo Blahnik, Gucci, Lanvin and Céline.

Prom designs are more elegant with limited beading, while social-occasion dresses are adopting the high slits, cropped tops and floral prints found in prom.

Jeffrey Fashion Cares returns to Phipps Plaza on Aug. 29 for the second year in a row.

Trends cited by retailers included bohemian looks, distressed jeans, textured fabrics, men’s wear influences and layering.

The Savannah School of Art & Design’s “Refined Irreverence” exhibits feature more than 130 of the designer’s creations.

Buyers searched for summer immediates, as well as fall looks.

This is the first time the college has asked students to design a capsule apparel collection.

Most retailers shopped for spring and summer and began to explore fall.