Moda spring 19: Drapers' pick of the brands

Framiore: Womenswear label Framiore showed its debut collection at Moda. With a focus on sustainability, clothes are made from fabrics including Tencel, cotton, hemp and bamboo, and the brand’s Austrian designer, Darina Elder, describes it as an “alternative to fast fashion”. This season, designs take inspiration from traditional Vietnamese dress with a modern spin, such as high-neck collars and wrap dresses. Prices range from £24 for a T-shirt to £79 for trousers. +380 67 734 11 10 framiore.com

Bombay Hemp Co: Sustainable brand Bombay Hemp Co is based in Mumbai and is entering the UK market with its new collection of men’s and women’s hemp clothing. Run as a social enterprise, designs are handwoven by women in the Indian Himalayas, whose communities have been devastated by heavy flooding. The styles themselves are simple, relaxed and super-soft to the touch. Highlights include softly tailored hemp suiting and shirting for men, and casual shift dresses for women. Prices range from £15 for a cotton and hemp mix shirt to £21 for 100% hemp jacket. +91 99209 60333 boheco.org

Mat Fashion: Mat Fashion focuses on size-inclusive, bold, bright and colourful designs. Offering sizes up to a UK 24, styles are boho-inspired and elegant, with strong prints and colours clashing on tactile fabrics such as silk. Alongside maxi-dresses and shirting, the denim offer of styles designed to flatter larger sizes is particularly strong. The brand’s main market is currently Greece, where it runs several stores, and in Europe it is stocked by plus-size retailer Navabi. Prices range from €24 (£21.38) for a T-shirt to €35.50 (£31.63) for a maxi dress. 07770 210406 matfashion.com

Jazzy Babe: Jazzy Babe is the new label from Snapper – a Hong Kong-based manufacturer that creates private-label collections for high street retailers including Asos and Miss Selfridge. The line launches for spring 19 and focuses on dramatic, highly embellished cocktail dresses and eveningwear. Highlights include 1930s-inspired flapper dresses, as well as an emerald ombré mini-dress and a feathered, long-sleeved party dress. Prices range from £35 for an unembellished style to £54 for a sequin-encrusted dress. +852 23667980

Origa: Origa is a Ukrainian women’s outerwear brand and family business that creates cosy, woollen coats in elegant, classic cuts. Showing at Moda as part of the “Woman are Power” Ukrainian showcase, the styles are formal and create a dramatic, sophisticated outline. Fabrics are predominantly Italian, but the coats are made in Ukraine. Alongside the simple woollen styles, the brand also offers patchwork and embroidered pieces, as well as caped silhouettes. Prices range from £251 for a short coat to £412 for a full-length style. +380 68 343 17 14 origa.ua

Expresso: Dutch contemporary womenswear brand Expresso is already established on the continent but made its debut at Moda this season as it seeks to find its first UK stockists. The brand creates high-quality, casual styles sold on a short-order basis with seven deliveries per season to its 400 European stockists. Items are geared to mix and match for a feminine, playful aesthetic: animal prints and bright colours appear on relaxed shirting and billowy blouses. For the autumn 18 short-order season, which it was showing at Moda, it has introduced heavy knits for the first time – a longline, hot pink cardigan is a highlight. Prices range from €18 (£16.04) for a top to €43 (£38.31) for a blazer. +31 6 12 455 706 expresso.nl

Rito: Women’s knitwear brand Rito is new to the UK market for spring 19, founded in 2015 in Ukraine and based around the idea of creating eye-catching, feminine knitwear. Colour pops, ditsy patterning and shimmer form the core of the spring 19 collection. The offer aims to provide a series of mix-and-match separates appropriate for day and evening, with sparkling knit dresses alongside fair isle cardigans in bright greens, blues and yellow. Prices range from €25 (£22.27) for a knit T-shirt to €60 (£53.45) for a dress. +380 44 425 25 00 rito.com.ua

TwentyFour: Womenswear brand Twenty Four began a renewed wholesale push at Moda, after launching in 2016. Inspired by the concept of “mood” dressing and choosing outfits to match emotions rather than fashion trends, the collection revolves around minimal separates with a focus on cuts, colours and fabrics rather than prints or patterns. The brand is entirely manufactured in London. A pastel pink woven silk suit was notable, as was a neoprene jumpsuit. Prices range from £20 for a top to £90 for a full, silk suit. 0333 577 9766 twentyfourfashion.com

Ginza Mode: Men’s and women’s T-shirt brand Ginza Mode launched its debut collection at Moda. The offer comprises unique, brightly coloured T-shirts featuring Japanese-inspired graphics and embroidery. Manufactured in Turkey, each design features the signature of the craftsman who created the piece. Pitching itself as a “brand of the world", its designs are eye-catching and fuse Japanese influences with European styling. Prices range from €30 (£26.73) for a T-shirt to €40 (£35.64) for a polo shirt. +359 2 962 6157 ginzamode.com

Gunz N Pozez: The trend for gym clothing is booming in the menswear market, and Gunz N Pozez hopes to ride the wave, making its Moda debut as starts to wholesale for the first time. The Nottingham-based brand has traded on its own website since 2014 and sells a range of brightly coloured activewear. Highlights in the collection include a series on neon T-shirts in lime, fuchsia and turquoise, which are bold alternatives to typically muted menswear styles. The fit of styles is specifically designed for gym-honed bodies with a tapered waistline and wider shoulders. Prices range from £12.30 for a T-shirt to £20 for a hoodie. 07903 782039 gunznpozez.com

Adrianna Papell: Women’s occasionwear brand Adrianna Papell showed at Moda for the first time this season. Alongside its established eveningwear offer, which features heavily embellished and opulent red-carpet styles, the brand also showcased its sophisticated and more casual daywear offering. Highlights within this collection included a white tie-waisted jumpsuit, pale blue “Meghan Markle-worthy” shift dress and relaxed summer dresses. Prices range from £130 for daywear to £350 for embellished evening styles. 020 3696 2160 adriannapapell.co.uk