On 23 October 2017, the Fashionlink is officialy open. During recent years, Fashionlink has been become a bridge that connect the designers, people on the fashion industry, and consumers of fashion, both local and international. Built into Fashionlink Showroom and Fashionlink Market, this initiative has an objectives to develop infrastructures of the industry, especially to provide a commercial vessel that would help broaden the access for the designers as well as local fashion labels to reach the global market. The international buyers that visit from overseas are beneficial as the starting point to introduce locals designer creations to world retail agents.

This year, Fashionlink is open from 23 to 26 October 2017, at The Hall on 8th floor Senayan City Mall. For the first two days, the Fashionlink Showroom is dedicatedly open to only professional fashion buyer or retailer, while the Fashionlink Market is open for public. With the support of Indonesian Ministry of Trade, Fashionlink sets forth a line of hand picked fashion labels, including foreign designer, as well as members of Indonesia Fashion Forward. After that, the JFW and Senayan City visitors could visit, shop and watch the latest creations Indonesian designers and labels has to offer.

As part of the opening, Fashionlink make a trunkshow to introduce some of the designer pieces that are available to buy in the showroom. Not only acting as a marketplace, Fashionlink also hosted various special talk shows from official partners.