The second World Linen Forum will be held in Paris from February 09-10, 2020. The event, to be organised by European Confederation of Flax and Hemp (CELC), expects more than 200 international decision-makers from 15 different countries. It will be the occasion to officially acquire ISO Standard 320706-1 certification for the sector. This certification will provide brands with a guarantee of the fiber composition in their collections, avoiding any risk of counterfeiting.
As a matter of fact, the CELC plans to launch a platform that would bring together all the tools and scientific publications related to the material. The Linen Matrix 2019, a long-awaited publication with a global cartography of the sector, is also awaited at the Forum. Carried out by the Gherzi expert firm, the publication will provide informational guidelines and common foundations to guide the linen industry’s ambitious future.
In addition to the publication of the "One Fiber, 10 positive impacts" manifesto, the World Linen Forum also intends to reveal the results of a study conducted by Tagwalk, the fashion-specialized search engine, during the Paris, Milan, London and New York fashion weeks, whose goal was to identify the role of linen in the collections.
