· The 17 brands were selected through a process specialized curatorship and received mentoring to adapt their collections to each market.

· This is the first institutional participation of the CCB at Dubai Fashion Week and in the “Welcome to Paris” program that took place develops within the framework of Paris Fashion Week.

Bogotá, September 2026. In the next sixty days, seventeen brands from Bogota—fourteen of clothing clothing and three of footwear and leather goods—will parade on three of the platforms most demanding in world fashion: New York, Paris and Dubai. Most of These brands had not left the country just three years ago; today they are ready to compete in markets in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.

Participation is framed in [BRIDGE] International, the initiative of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce (CCB) that connects emerging, high-potential fashion entrepreneurs with main international markets. This edition marks a milestone for the program: it is the first time that the CCB has an institutional presence in Paris Fashion Week —within the Welcome to Paris program of the Federation of Alta Couture and Fashion (FHCM)—and at Dubai Fashion Week, organized by the Arab Fashion Council together with Dubai Design District.

Ovidio Claros Polanco, president of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, assured "behind these catwalks there is an economic bet. We want entrepreneurs from sectors popular, emerging designers and young creatives reach markets international and show the world innovative, sustainable and full fashion. city-region identity. We are talking about projects with enormous potential that, we are sure, will become great fashion references worldwide.”

He added that the fashion system is not a minor sector for Bogota. There are more than 34,000 companies registered in the city-region, mostly micro and small, and it is one of the sectors with the greatest capacity to generate formal employment, especially for women.

Claros assured that the work of the CCB does not end in the catwalk: “Our job at the Chamber is not to bring designers to a catwalk, is to prepare them to sell. That's why [BRIDGE] International doesn't start at the airport: it starts much earlier, with curation, with mentoring, with structuring of export costs, with lookbook, with agenda buyers. The gateway is the result, not the objective.”

The 17 brands of this edition participated in a mentoring process by Albania Rosario, founder and president of FDLA (Fashion Designers of Latin America); José Forteza, fashion and lifestyle editor with experience in Vogue Mexico and Latin America; Luis Sánchez, co-founder of Ideas Publishing Group; and Jorge Duque, Colombian designer, winner of the first Project Runway Latin America. Through these mentorships, the Chamber accompanied brands in the construction of commercial proposals adapted to each market, in the development of collections that dialogue with trends global without losing its local seal, and in strengthening its model of business.

International agenda and brands participants

Participation in the three circuits will display a diverse offer of designer design, sustainable fashion, accessories and footwear.

New York — FDLA / New York Fashion Week (September 11 to 15)

The North American circuit, led by FDLA (Fashion Designers of Latin America), will feature the participation of eight local brands: Franchi e Punto (knitted fabric), Day Moda Sostenible (garments sustainable from recovered textiles), OVAT (contemporary tailoring feminine), Ciento Cinco Lunares (artisanal and sustainable design), Clarissa Rosania (Latin luxury women's clothing), Tan Basicx (circular fashion in hemp), Kernel Leather and Liza Herrera (footwear and leather goods natural).

Paris Fashion Week — Welcome to Paris / FHCM (October 1 to 5)

In the French capital - and in the first presence institutional of the CCB in this scenario—the Divina Collection brands (denim), Wanaawaa by UANA (ready-to-wear), El Maletero (custom leather) and Cannabis (sustainable streetwear) will present 15 looks each in the showroom of the Jardin des Tuileries and in the collective parade of the Palais de Tokyo, accompanied by the footwear proposal from Lisantny and Kernel Leather, in a comprehensive sample of Colombian design in the most traditional setting of the world fashion.

Dubai Fashion Week (October 20 to 24)

The Middle East market—also a debut institutional for the CCB, at the invitation of the Arab Fashion Council—will be strategic projection platform for Adriana Capasso, ODA Store, Laura Aparicio and Mónica Schuster by Sermetex, brands focused on second-hand fashion, timeless proposals and haute couture with potential for insertion in the segment luxury, as well as for Liza Herrera, a footwear brand with a differentiated design and projection towards markets that value exclusivity and high added value.

About [ PUENTE ] Internacional

A bridge that grows: from 2023, [BRIDGE] Internacional has accompanied 41 brands and taken them to 7 stages international events, including New York, Bogotá Fashion Week and, last May, SIMA 41 in Madrid. Many of the brands in this edition come from the fabric local business and the emerging creative ecosystem: they were born in workshops led by women heads of family or in family businesses with several generations dedicated to clothing.

“[PUENTE] Internacional is called that for a reason: a Bridge is not a destination, it is the infrastructure that allows you to reach one. Bogota He has the talent; Our task is to build the bridge. And today that bridge arrives to three continents,” concluded Claros Polanco.

With this action, the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce promotes a vision of internationalization with purpose, which recognizes the diversity, sustainability and creativity as pillars of business transformation and positions New York, Paris and Dubai as complementary destinations of the same comprehensive strategy for the fashion system of Bogotá–Region.