From 2 to 4 September 2014, the textile and clothing industry meets in Munich for Munich Fabric Start as kick-off event for the Autumn.Winter 15/16 season. For three full days, everything revolves around the entire spectrum of the latest fabric and accessories innovations, equipment, findings and technologies in the completely sold-out MOC and the neighbouring Zenith Halle.
Once again, approximately 20,000 international trade visitors are expected, who all utilize the ranges at Munich Fabric Start – from exclusive premium basics to high-fashion items in women’s and menswear – for the creation of their collections. “We offer around 950 suppliers from 35 countries an ideal platform for the presentation of a total of 1,500 collections,” states Munich Fabric Start Managing Director Wolfgang Klinder. “We see the compilation of this selective portfolio as one of our most important responsibilities, which enables us to serve the demands of the market and the most important segments in the currently best possible manner.”
The innovations in the denim and sportswear sectors will be presented on 2 and 3 September in the BLUEZONE in the neighbouring Zenith Halle, which is entirely sold out once again. Among the roughly 75 international weaving mills, finishers and laundries, there are several new participants, such as US Group, Denimco, Sartex and others. Simultaneously, we are experiencing a stronger demand and a desire for increased stand and presentation area – as illustrated by BLUEZONE as the most important presentation date in the denim community’s international trade fair calendar.
FASHION IN A DANCE BETWEEN CLARITY AND COMPLEXITY
With EXTRAandORDINARY, the coming season unites the usual with the unusual. After several extremely varied and expressive fashion seasons, the flood of creativity around styles, colours, cuts, themes, and their combination, is settling down somewhat. Visions and inspirations are coming increasingly from a space of clarity. Nonetheless, the fashion landscape is still quite complex – the combination of individual elements remains decisive for a trendy look. Oversize, skin and fur, 3-dimensionality and patching are the progressive set screws on today’s fashion pulse. BLUEZONE will be carrying the slogan “RACE and ZEN” – two life philosophies collide here to create a composition of contradictions that will serve as a stage for the presentation of the stylish and trendy range of denims and flats for the 2015/2016 Autumn/Winter season. The tendencies here come from two directions: one is more technical and functional, featuring jeans with woven-in Kevlar and integrated protectors, while the other is more meditative, OM-oriented and peaceful.
The 2015/2016 Autumn/Winter trends will be presented in the elaborately arranged Trend and Sample areas, and in the Colour Forum in the foyer. We work to identify the essences from approximately 10,000 fabric submissions for this bundled information.
MUNICH FABRIC START Areas
COLLECTIONS offers the latest developments from around 600 international suppliers of woven and knit fabrics of wool, cotton, silk, silk-like and functional materials in two trade fair halls, and additionally on two stories.
ADDITIONALS represents a further major focus of the trade fair, with roughly 180 of the world’s leading suppliers of findings and accessories for the clothing industry.
In the ASIA SALON, approximately 100 key players present developments from China and Korea.
The DESIGN STUDIOS offer individual design solutions and progressive ideas from around the globe – in prints, patterns and designs. Meanwhile this area has established itself as a creative platform, and enjoys continuous development through the cooperative input of the represented studios and design agencies.
The organicselection – which, together with the ECO VILLAGE, continues to form the sustainability forum at MUNICH FABRIC START – will once again show a selection of 500 trendy, certified, sustainably produced fabrics. This is enhanced by roughly 100 certified accessories, which are identified by trade fair-proprietary labelling, and fulfil the standards for sustainably produced products. Experts and scientists from international organisations will be available at ECO VILLAGE with services and information about the latest developments in sustainability.
DESIGNER’S WALK – Exclusive Trade Fair Tour for the Press
After the premiere and the overwhelming media response in January 2013, we are delighted to announce a new edition of the highly successful and much requested Designer’s Walk. Ali Ansari, Head of Design at Campus (Marc O’Polo), will invite an exclusive circle of journalists and trade press representatives to a trade fair tour, devised to create a vivid visualization of the sourcing and origination process of a collection.
