Designers & Agents , the three-day contemporary trade show that ended Sunday, drew retailers to the Starrett-Lehigh Building who were searching for a highly curated selection of apparel and accessories.

Meryl Mandelbaum, the show’s creative director, said the exhibition featured 200 exhibitors, the same as last year. “The show’s been healthy, and traffic has been great. Yesterday [Friday] was really busy. People are buying and enthusiastic and relieved to be back,” she said. She said that 53 percent of the exhibitors are from the European Union and Japan.

Exhibitors were excited by the quality of the retailers and the traffic they were seeing.

Tracy Reese , designer and owner of the Detroit-based sustainable brand Hope for Flowers , said she opened up a lot of new stores on Friday a

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