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The 73rd edition of Pitti Bimbo closed at the Fortezza da Basso launching signs of optimism and confidence in children's fashion for future seasons. The final attendance figures showed that the fair was visited by just under 7,000 buyers, with a total of over 11 thousand visitors traveling to the Fortezza da Basso. The number of foreign buyers grew (+ 2.5%, bringing the total to more than 2,600 buyers), whilst the Italian buyers (over 4,300) basically confirmed the figures recorded at the last summer edition. With regard to the foreign markets, there were excellent performances from Russia (+ 30%), the United Kingdom (+ 12.6%), and Turkey (+ 42.5%). The number of buyers from Brazil doubled and there were substantial increases from China -- which is increasingly becoming an important market for children's fashion as well - Portugal, Canada and the former Soviet Union markets. The most important European markets confirmed their buyer attendance figures, as did Japan and the United States. The top 17 foreign countries were once again led by Spain (297 buyers), followed by Russia (261), Germany (212), France (152), Belgium (146), the United Kingdom (134), Turkey (114), Greece (113), Holland (113), the Ukraine (68), Brazil (63), China (57), Japan (56), Switzerland (55), Portugal (51), the United States (50) and South Korea (46). "Pitti Bimbo basically confirmed the results that emerged during Pitti Uomo", says Raffaello Napoleone, CEO of Pitti Immagine. "There was an atm