Avantex, the trade fair for high-tech fashion fabrics, will open its doors with around 30 exhibitors from September 14, 2015. The fair would welcome exhibitors from Germany, Austria, Belgium, China, France, Switzerland, Taiwan and Thailand, to its first event in Paris Le Bourget. The two days will see seminars dedicated to technology for fashion, Avantex fashion show

Visitors will be able view an assortment of intelligent fabrics developed using nanotechnology, cosmetic or luminous textiles and connected fabrics. They will also be able to develop customised finishes and special coatings with weavers, embroiderers and start-up businesses.

Commenting on the show, Michael Scherpe, CEO of Messe Frankfurt France said, “With Avantex, we are bringing something new to Paris, which will be able to boast a trade fair dedicated to products for tomorrow’s fashion. We have always been responsive to market development and are delighted to have been able to establish this event to promote technological textiles, which even the professionals don’t know much about.”

Each exhibitor is offering added value and developments which should be of interest to fashion labels and designers, many of which want to integrate technology into their creations. The selection committee is relying on experts from the Taiwan Textile Federation for its choice of exhibitors. Taiwan, the country with the majority of exhibitors, will be represented by 18 companies, six of which will be in the Taiwan Textile Federation’s pavilion. Europe will be represented by six companies.

Visitors will be able to begin their discovery of the fair at the dedicated Avantex Forum, where Louis Gérin and Grégory Lamaud, the artistic directors, will highlight a selection of the exhibitors’ themes and developments. The complexity of the added technological value influences the price of the fabrics. A series of seminars featuring speakers, exhibitors and experts from start-ups and European and Taiwanese organisations will highlight the future of fashion and how technology will have an impact on the textiles.

Visitors will also be able to experience the application of technical fabrics to fashion at four scheduled fashion shows. They will highlight creations made by French designers using fabrics from the exhibitors and collections assembled by the exhibitors themselves.

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