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70,000 participants expected at

Intertextile Shanghai Apparel

Fabrics Autumn Edition

At the Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics-Autumn machinery fair.
Edition, over 4,000 suppliers and approx. 70
thousand trade buyers will gather for the biggest In this technological era, innovation and technology
exhibition of 2018. merge to a point where personalities and online
personas become two different beings.
Birla, DuPont, Hyosung, Invista and Lenzing will
return with their Group Pavilions, while ECOCERT / Intertextile Directions Autumn/Winter 2019 Trend
GOTS and OEKO-TEX will have their own pavilions. Forum
Aquafil, Nilit, Toray and Unifi will feature again in the Three transformative world trends Fairy Tech, Classic
functional lab area being the leading players of the Plus and Crossworld will be presented by Milan, New
market. The international promotional bodies include York, Paris and Tokyo.
Cotton Council International, The Woolmark
Company, Bros Eastern and Huafu Fashion will be Fairy Tech: The A/W Fairy Tech trend balances soft
among the participants as well. Among the and hard colors. Clean pastels harmonize with cool
Japanese participants will be Komatsu Seiren and tinted neutrals. The playful colors match the delicate
Stylem, while Dormeuil and Malhia Kent from France silky aspects and superlight blends to more
participate again this year. technical sport qualities.

This platform presents opportunity to the product Classic Plus: The rapidly increasing sustainability
group including cotton, wool, man-made, silk, movement inspired Classic Plus trend takes warm
linen/ramie, denim and knitted fabrics as well as lace natural fabrics on precious textured fabrics which
& embroidery, fibers & yarns, garment and fashion include warm cashmere, brushed mohair, alpaca
accessories, original pattern designs, sustainability blends that are enhanced with glazed lacquered
products and services and digital printing materials and protective, resistant technologies.
technologies.to demonstrate their product range to
thousands of local and international traders. Crossworld: Fabric technology defends the individual
Application areas for these products include with reflective surfaces, chameleon effects,
ladies-wear, menswear, suiting, shirting, casual wear, spectacular holographics and a myriad of protective
functional wear / sportswear, denim-wear, lingerie & coatings. Rich and dark, at this trend forum visitors
swimwear, children's wear and more. are encouraged to allow their dreams to run wild.
As well as the international trend showcase, the
Fabrics China Trend Forums will present more insight
Yarn Expo Autumn moves to mid-October into the latest fabric trends in China. They will feature
The unavailability of halls has necessitated a change ladies-wear, menswear fashion, techno and
for Yarn Expo Autumn Edition which will now happen functions, accessories, sustainable fashions and
concurrently with biennial ITM ASIA + CITME textile fashion focus.

July/August 2018