Criteria for Acceptance into The Collections at WSA

The Collections at WSA is the world's most comprehensive premier luxury footwear and accessories event held under one roof.

The most important retailers and buyers in the luxury sector attend this event because the criteria by which exhibitors are accepted ensure the assortment presented offers a valuable show experience ─ efficiency in seeing the brands they already know as well as finding exciting new designers to offer their discerning customers.

The following guidelines govern the acceptance of new companies into The Collections at WSA:

1. Opening price point requires a minimum retail of $250.
2. Product must have a high quality of construction.
3. Product must be of the cache and niche, “exclusive air,” that would attract /appeal to a high-fashion retailer.
4. Product sets trends and reflects the pulse of the marketplace.
5. The company must be designer-driven.
6. Product cannot be mass-merchandised.
7. New talent entering this market niche.