- Weixin Zha |
Shanghai - While China is on course to surpass the US as the world’s biggest clothing market this year, the future of the country’s fashion industry is still uncertain. Chinese fashion companies have yet to figure out how to appeal to millennials and succeeding generations as labor costs increase the […]
- Huw Hughes |
Rotterdam - This year’s MaterialDistrict event held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, showcased the latest innovative materials both in the fashion industry and further afield. Fur coats made from hemp, bags made of bananas and shoe soles made of chewing gum were just a few of the exhibits displayed in […]
- Danielle Wightman-Stone |
Menswear trade show Pitti Uomo has announced that LVMH-owned fashion house Givenchy will be the guest designer at the 96th edition in Florence this June. In a statement, Pitti Uomo, which will run from June 11-14, stated that British designer Clare Waight Keller, who is artistic director of Givenchy […]
- Regina Henkel |
How can brick and mortar stores benefit from digitisation? This was the dominating question at the Eurocis trade fair for retail technology in Düsseldorf, which took place in February. More than ever, new solutions focus on the benefits for customers and retail. Implementation is the new motto In recent […]
- Simone Preuss |
The organisers of apparel and textile trade fair Gartex India, MEX Exhibitions, have entered into a strategic alliance with Texprocess India, Messe Frankfurt’s international trade fair for processing textiles and flexible materials. The resulting unified industry platform Gartex Texprocess India will […]
- Danielle Wightman-Stone |
White Milano has closed its February edition will an increase in visitors, with the trade show hitting over 25,000 visitors, up 4.8 precent compared to last year’s edition. The strong visitor numbers was helped by an increase in buyers attending, up 2.3 percent, as well as a rise of 6.8 percent from […]
- AFP |
London Fashion Week mourned Karl Lagerfeld on Tuesday, with designers paying tribute to the "irreplaceable" German icon who helped define the industry. "It's such a loss. I know he wasn't that young, but I didn't expect it," said fashion student Edson Toniato, dressed in a black suit and burgundy turtleneck. […]
- FashionUnited |
IN DEPTHFrom plastic we get polyester, from mushroom roots we get leather, and from dialogue we get inspiration to reinvent the textile industry. A panel discussion during Texworld trade fair provides a status report on the fields of recycling and upcycling, both of which seem to be having their moment […]
- Regina Henkel |
One thing was made clear at this month’s Ispo Munich 2019 fair: The sportswear industry is getting serious about sustainability, and more and more brands are pushing the hot topic to the top of their agenda. Snow chaos at the beginning of the fair Taking place between 3-6 February, Ispo Munich offered […]
- Jan Schroder |
Berlin’s fashion fairs had just closed their doors at the end of January when Jörg Wichmann opened the debate about their future. The CEO of Panorama trade fair announced plans that sounded almost revolutionary: Wichmann said in a statement that Panorama was going "on the offensive to meet the industry's […]