Keyhouse

Discover the latest trends from KEYHOUSE 2023

KEYHOUSE

Innovation hub for the fashion of tomorrow

11. June 2023

In the atmospheric industrial charm of KEYHOUSE, Hall 5, progressive suppliers and global players from cross-industry sectors will show their latest new developments and innovations. On more than 1,000 square metres you will find trend-setting smart textiles, future fabrics and new technologies – be it in terms of sustainability, circular economy, digitalisation, traceability, technology or finishing. Staged as an interactive think tank, forward-looking show cases will be in the spotlight alongside sustainable innovations.

The KEYHOUSE is also home to the main lecture forum of MUNICH FABRIC START with exclusive keynotes, panel discussions, trend presentations, Q&A sessions and expert talks from international industry insiders. These are some of the innovative brands that presented their new products during the last KEYHOUSE Edition in July 2023.

TO THE LECTURES

ALGA – LIFE

Algaeing™ is all about proactively addressing apparel and textile supply chain practices, combating climate change, and capitalizing on the growing market demand for sustainable and healthy products. With an innovation that converts algae into bio-fiber and eco-friendly dye, Algaeing™ is redesigning the world of fashion and other industries for future generations. Let’s detoxify the fashion industry with Algaeing™ textile solutions!

CLO Virtual Fashion

CLO Virtual Fashion, established in 2009, is a multinational technology company revolutionizing the garment industry. Utilizing their cutting-edge 3D Cloth Simulation Algorithm, they seamlessly integrate digital and physical garment components, leading the market. The transformative CLO Fabric Digitization Service converts physical fabrics into digital assets, enabling limitless design possibilities and fostering collaboration with suppliers. This service reduces costs and unlocks unparalleled creativity. With a comprehensive suite of interconnected products, including 3D garment design software, digital asset management, and consumer-facing services like virtual fitting, CLO Virtual Fashion offers users a consolidated and innovative way of designing.

EYAND

Ecological yarn and 100% natural dying: Eyand is a registered Brand that represents the technical know-how used in the knitting and preparing of the fabrics and garment dying process using natural colors assuring the absence of chemical products. With a family tradition in textiles and more than 30 years of experience, Marti Puignou, General Manager of TIS Group and creator of the brand Eyand has invested all his efforts to offer fabrics with the maximum quality and with an ecological focus. Eyand® holds certifications such as OEKO-TEX® Standard 100, GOTS and GRS.

MONTEGA CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS

Montega Chemical Solutions from Italy is the leader in the production of chemicals and focuses its new research on its responsibility for a cleaner chemistry without penalize the fashion look that always inspires its new collections. Montega gives the input to continuously use the fantasy, to express the creativity without bounds realizing a sustainable art on the garment with Italian flavour.

NEW (RE)SOLUTIONS by Naveena Denim Mills

NEW (RE)SOLUTIONS is a collaborative collection exploring new solutions to design future-fit sustainable denim crafted by Naveena Denim Mills using the latest LYCRA® innovations. The collection is designed by Jac Cameron, and sustainably finished by Chantuque, the first pure sustainable laundry of Turkey. Established in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2005, Naveena Denim Mills specializes in manufacturing premium yarn and denim fabrics, constantly seeking the ultimate union of form and function through creative engineering.

SORONA

Sorona® is a breakthrough bio-based, high-performance polymer offering unique benefits for the textile industry. It contains 37% renewable plant-based ingredients by weight and minimizes the impact on the environment without sacrificing quality and performance. Sorona® can be used in a wide range of textile applications and offers unique performance benefits, including incredible softness, long lasting stretch and recovery properties, UV and chlorine resistance, a quick dry ability, excellent resilience, color fastness, and inherent stain resistance without the need for toxical treatments. Sorona® is a USDA certified bio-based product and has received the OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 Certification and blue sign certification.

TAILORLUX

Tailorlux supports companies in realizing transparency in supply chains, circularity and product protection. IntegriTEX® is an innovative traceability system designed to ensure the authenticity, identity and blending ratios of fibers and textile products. The system is based on tracer fibers that contain inorganic luminescent pigments and can be read out by Tailorlux sensors. The patented Chopcot® Dosing Device creates the entry point for integriTEX® tracer fibers. The unit crimps and cuts filaments to staple fiber, and then doses the fiber into the material flow. Visit Tailorlux at their KEYHOUSE booth H5 | 13 to learn more about textile traceability and how it can be connected to digital solutions!

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by Chantal Graeff

Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 VIII

Fabrics Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part VIII

30. May 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:

SICTESS

PURITY is the new S/S 24 collection by Sictess, a high-end brand of Tessitura Monti, a celebration of the essential and purity, represented by high quality products. Fine double twisted cottons, lightweight linens, GOTS certified organic cottons and shiny silks, give life to fabrics that embody the purity of perfection. Luxury is the exclusive workmanship made in Italy. Skilled weavers create works of art expressed in jacquard, leno weave, plissé and ajour.

SICTESS

TEKSTINA

Tekstina’s approach is to play with design and creativity to create novelties. For SS24 the story is all about Bazar. Imagine to walk through a bazar with all its creative colours and shapes. The new collection features colourful micro, geometrical designs on one side and organic, abstract shapes on the other. It takes you through Tekstina ́s traditional designs, a summer harvest mood or tribal gathering club in Miami.

TEKSTINA

ZEYNAR MENSUCAT

Zeynar’s new SS24 collection stands for healing with the power of nature. The Cyber Lime, blended with natural and digital elements, calm and futuristic pastels, peaceful blue tones, green tones of nature luminous red and pinks, and high contrast digital colors to highlight the Metaverse. Respecting to nature, our sustainable fabrics and special processes are at the forefront.

ZEYNAR MENSUCAT

TESSITURA MONTI

BLOOMING S/S24 – The theme of colors develops around new textile bases with surprising textures, releasing a contemporary and sophisticated taste. Seersucker embossed effects, ajour micro-transparency, floral prints give life to a collection that is a “bloom” of good mood and lightness. Cotton and last generation polyamide with a “crispy” and hyper-technical hand, perfect for overshirt and functional shirt. Presented pure or with blend (cotton or tencel), their linen has a light and sophisticated hand.

TESSITURA MONTI

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DMI FASHION DAY LIVE in Munich

DMI FASHION DAY LIVE in Munich

25. May 2023

How do we package people? DMI FASHION DAY LIVE A/W 24/25
The Business Opportunities To Come

The physical FASHION DAYs have always been the place and occasion for networking, information and inspiration for the industry. After a discontinuance due to corona, DMI is finally organizing such a physical FASHION DAY again. The date (July 17, 2023) and the location (MOC Munich) offer guests the opportunity to “kill two birds with one stone”, namely, to visit MUNICH FABRIC START and the DMI FASHION DAY LIVE on the afternoon before.

Numerous colleagues from the leading companies in our industry who have already registered embrace the initiative because they would like to go back to having more contact with each other again. Because many of them are currently facing challenges that they cannot overcome on their own, but only in coordination with others. Against the background of inflation, for example, one such challenge is pricing, especially with regard to price points established with customers. In this respect, we need to come to new agreements among each other.

“Fashion companies are currently facing numerous challenges that they cannot overcome on their own, but only in coordination with other companies. That’s why, after the long phase of forced contactlessness, we have to come to new agreements among each other – in personal exchange, at a joint event.“

Gerd Müller-Thomkins, CEO

As the central kick-off event for working on a new season, the DMI FASHION DAY program offers decision-makers the information they need to set the right course for winter 24, both strategically and creatively, and also the opportunity to network with decision-makers from other companies over coffee and dinner.

“If we hold the DMI FASHION DAY the day before the most important fabric fair in Munich, it is because it makes sense not only logistically but also in terms of content. It’s about making the information available exactly where it is needed, namely at the moment when, with the selection of the fabrics, the key directions for the season are set.“

Carl Tillessen, CEO

July 17, 2023

2.00 – 9.00 pm

MOC Munich

Schedule DMI FASHION DAY LIVE:

2:00 until 2:30 pm

arrival, networking

 

2:30 until 4:00 pm

welcome

WHOLESALE OR D2C? – A QUESTION OF LIFE AND DEATH

TOWARDS THE SYMBIOCENE – IMPULSES FOR AN ERA OF NON-DOMINATION

HOW DO WE PACKAGE PEOPLE? – A RESET IN FASHION

,

4:00 until 4:45 pm

coffee, networking

 

4:45 until 6:15 pm

trend #1 SOLITAIRE

trend #2 FEMINTUITION

GENDER SHIFT – EQUALITY INSTEAD TRAVESTY

trend #3 COEXISTENCE

trend #4 QUIET MEETS LOUD

 

6:15 until 6:30 pm

break

 

6:30 until 7:00 pm

Q&A with anaylsts and trend setters from the industry

 

7:00 until 9:00 pm

dinner together, networking

Participation costs € 320 per person. Secure your ticket here:

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Outlook on the content:

HOW DO WE PACKAGE PEOPLE? – A RESET IN FASHION

 

We were so looking forward to the time after the pandemic, and then this: war in Europe, bottlenecks in the energy supply and the highest inflation in 71 years. It feels like we’re down on luck and bad luck is following us.

And so, in recent months, a great deal of nostalgia has spread throughout our society. We reminisce about happier times, when our news feeds weren’t full of live broadcasts of the world’s crises and wars from dawn to dusk, times when we could face those crises and wars as calmly as the news presenter who briefly mentioned them before he got to football and the weather. We long for the carefree days when the earth’s resources seemed endless and not every pleasure was overshadowed by the guilty conscience of wasting those resources. We miss the unalloyed joy you used to feel when you used your hard-earned cash to treat yourself to a car gleaming in the sun, a flight to New York, or just a juicy fillet steak. Back when making and buying fashion was still something to be proud of.

In retrospect, this past life seems like paradise. A paradise we were kicked out of because we did something wrong. Apparently we took a wrong turn somewhere. And now we want nothing more than to get a second chance, to go back to the start and start over.

Ludovic de Saint Sernin expresses this longing for a completely new beginning with his debut at Ann Demeulemeester. He resets the world to factory settings, literally starting all over with Adam and Eve—before they were expelled from Paradise, before they knew good and evil, and before “they realized they were naked.” JW Anderson’s men’s wear show also begins with a model in a birthday suit. A naked body and a fresh roll of fabric – this is how Anderson creates the tabula rasa, the blank slate on which fashion can reinvent itself once again. “How do we package people?” he asks himself and us. As if that were completely open again. Tim Blanks also observes that fashion is currently really putting everything up for discussion: “‘What is fashion?’ was a question that people were asking themselves.” Demna Gvasalia also asks this very fundamental question and, like Anderson, comes to the conclusion that when creating fashion, only one thing is really set: “We create relationships between body and fabric”. In the beginning there was the fabric  – this is especially true for Etro. They take us to this beginning and show their men’s collection in the fabric warehouse, between rolls and industrial pallets.

DMI is one of the oldest and leading trend offices in the world. The online and offline events of DMI with their richly illustrated lectures are probably the liveliest and most intensive way to fill up on knowledge and ideas. Please find further information on the DMI website.

Participation costs € 320 per person. Secure your ticket here:

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Discover more industry-changing innovations at our upcoming trade shows:

BLUEZONE

18/07 – 19/07/2023

www.bluezone.show

MUNICH FABRIC START

18/07 – 20/07/2023

www.munichfabricstart.com

THE SOURCE

18/07 – 19/07/2023

www.thesource.show

by Chantal Graeff

Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 VII

Fabrics Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part VII

18. May 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:

GRATEX

Textiles are the fabric from which our passion is woven: Gratex is a reliable family business with 50 years of international experience and always on the pulse of the fashion world. Since 2021, they have also been a partner of BETTER COTTON (BCI), the world’s largest initiative for sustainable cotton production. For their customers, Gratex spans the spectrum from fashionable fabric design to yard goods for the coming season. Our Spring/Summer 2024 collection includes traditional and fashion prints, jacquard fabrics, lace, shirting and much more. Fresh pastel shades, bright pink and elegant greens whet the appetite for summer.

GRATEX

MARIA MADALENA DA ROCHA AZEVEDO

MMRA is a Portuguese family business with 40 years of experience in circular knitting. It exports to several international markets, presents a wide range of natural, organic, recycled and synthetic products. MMRA is committed to Oeko-Tex, Gots, GRS and OCS certifications. Among the innovations, the use of materials such as textile paper and banana thread with a pineapple mixture stand out.

LEMAR

Lemar offers a responsible sourcing and fiber choice, eco labels, and fiber-to-fiber technologies in their new Spring.Summer 24 collection. These developments have improved positively the features of the yarns selected, helping to create fabrics with better performance from an environmental perspective. Find value-added fabrics offering advantages across all areas of sustainability, like: Seaqual™, Newlife™, AmniSoulEco™, Yarnaway™, Q-Nova™ and their brand-new fabrics woven with EVO by Fulgar, Sensil™ BioCare and Sensil™ byNature – because we care.

LEMAR

Cody

MEHLER – LODENFABRIK

Since 1644 the woollen mill Mehler guarantees development, quality and service. Due to full integration of their production with their own spinning, weaving, dye-works and finishing, they offer everything from fibre to fabric: everything they do is 100% made in Germany. Apart from main articles such as classic woollen fabrics from carded and worsted yarn, they also develop new products. „Shine“ is unique by its sparkling effect. In addition the composite „Cody“ is a fabric made for apparel with a smooth fabric on the one side and a woollen fleece on the other side. Both made from 100% wool – for quality and sustainability.

MEHLER - LODENFABRIK

Shine

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Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 VI

Fabrics Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part VI

11. May 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:

SERIDE

Seride developed 4 macro themes for Spring/Summer 24 collection:

Summer Haus which includes seaside stripes, painterly patterns, time-honored shapes, simple checks, puckered knits & seersucker, cream or natural linen grounds.

Sea Life is about Tie-dye, abstract, floral & herbal patterns mixed with shades of aquamarine, teal, baby blue, royal & cobalt which bring soothing yet sophisticated harmonies to apparel.

Euphoria is inspired by brilliant colors, fluorescent touches, fantasy and exotic florals, iridescent effect and sequins and
Blossom Dearie includes delicate florals, chiffons & organzas, powdery & pastel tints, fresh petals.

SERIDE

TROFICOLOR DENIM MAKERS

The new Troficolor collection promotes reuse, giving new life to timeless fabrics from previous collections, avoiding textile waste and new productions. Sustainable fibres such as BCI cotton, GOTS / OCS organic cotton, GRS / RCS recycled cotton and polyester, Tencel TM , Linen and Hemp are offered. A range of Tencel TM articles, light and fluid as Linen/Hemp articles, fresh and versatile, and ECRU fabrics comes in natural colour without dyeing. Complemented by a line of quilted and jacquard look items with designs suitable for different styles.

TROFICOLOR DENIM MAKERS

ÜNLÜ GROUP

Ünlü Group Textiles is a Turkish fabric mill focusing on creative and fancy fabrics for innovative brands. Having textile designers, surface designers and
trend analysts in house, they follow the macro and micro trends in the world closely and create new perspectives for our customers by synthesizing different types of fabrics, printing techniques and designs.

ÜNLÜ GROUP

WKS CIFRA

WarpKnitSeamless Knitwear goes Fashion: Milan based warp knit seamless (WKS) specialist Cifra will be presenting its exclusive Urban Panorama Project which matches the performance and comfort of sports derived from WKS technology to daily wear style. Clothing is increasingly shifting towards sportswear by absorbing its technicality and versatility and WKS projects originates from a deep expertise in the sports and athleisure world supported by a high design content. Discover the WKS CIFRA innovations at the Hellmann Textiles booth.

WKS CIFRA

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Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 V

Fabrics Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part

9. May 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:

PROFILO SRL

Under the flag of Made in Italy, PROFILO SRL is constantly researching new trends to offer material solutions for global tendencies. Their collections offer sustainable qualities such as GOTS, OCS and recycled fibres as cotton and linen mixes of functional yarns. The selection of raw materials is the first step in obtaining the best quality fabrics that are transformed into beautiful collections for mens- & womenswear.

PROFILO SRL

PROFILO TESSILE

The new Profilo Tessile SS24 collection takes a distance from the dogmas of the past. The longing for light-heartedness, novelty, and change is yearning. Soft shades and pastel colors are combined together with a more linear appeal and aesthetics. Light ground fabrics and textured stripes meets modern fibers and a pleasant-to-touch hand feel. The slub looks play down the more rigorous graphics.

PROFILIO TESSILE

PROJECT SRL

A combination of bright, neutral, pastel and intense colors inspired by the digital world: the new PROJECT SRL collection is defined by the use of organic and recycled fibers which create essential and sinuous designs. Fluidity and soft lines, technology and craftsmanship, the natural that blends with the active giving space to comfort and elegant casual styles are brought together in the new Spring. Summer 24 collection from PROJECT SRL.

PROJECT

RESOTEX

Resotex stands for upcycling with style and competence! For over 30 years, they have been the leading B2B wholesaler for overproduction. They buy up remnants of well-known brands and currently offer over 8,000 fabrics that are immediately available from stock. Approximately 30 new ones are added daily. Available from just 1 metre and 50€ net per order are coat fabrics, virgin wool, jerseys, jacquards, boucles, denim, viscose and cotton fabrics, bridal and evening fabrics, silk and many more.

RESOTEX

ROTA TEKSTIL

With top-notch natural cottons, flashy viscons, outstanding lyocell developments and warm designs with jacquards and foil prints, Rota presents the SS24 collection, which brings the woven fabrics to the top level with a significant focus on sustainability.

ROTA TEKSTIL

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Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 IV

Fabrics Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part IV

2. May 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:

MANIFUTURA

Manifutura of Ege Organics Group, by its commitment to sustainability, has taken action in Regenerative organic cotton and Hemp farms projects to give the buzzwords of fashion brands “SUSTAINABLE, TRANSPARENT & FAIR” meaning. Check out our Turkish organic cotton-hemp blends for Spring and Summer 2024 season and simply get the chance to actively create a transparent supply chain.

MANIFUTURA

MERT IPEK

Since the very beginning, Mert Ipek uses only natural fibres, mainly: silk, linen/hemp and wool. Not only in terms of materials, but the way it’s produced is important to have a sustainable production line. And with this taken in its full implications comes around to one of the major issues of our time, global warming or climate change. The promotion of the use of natural fibres as CO2 neutral resource contributes to a greener planet.

MERT IPEK

MUEHLMEIER

MUEHLMEIER offers a toolbox of eco-optimized and circular M-BraCups which is now fully certified to GRS Standard. Recent additions are NOS BraCups – readily available – with 100% recycled GRS certified PES cover fabric or 100% recycled SPACER cups. Under the motto „Next Generation SPACER“, MUEHLMEIER has develop a new versatile collection of M-SPACER BraCups withbreathtakingnew material and design compositions. To serve the trend-setting potential „Statement Shoulders“, the specialist offers accentuated M-ShoulderPads for every style and in eco-optimized versions.

MUEHLMEIER

PICCHI

The new summer collection of Picchi was born with the spirit of the old craftmanship that made Prato and Picchi, in particular, great. Their finishing plant is equipped with mechanical machinery to achieve the luxury of Picchi’s craftmanship and handmade works for the best quality and designs that are available as a mix of fibers from linen, viscose and cotton. Discover the new collection at the KLAAS + HESSE booth,

PRINTSTORMING

Excavators and construction vehicles are very much in demand again, the combination of warm and cool shades, sand, beige, green and blue makes the Work Zone theme refreshing and new.

PRINTSTORMING

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Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 III

Fabrics Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part III

20. April 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:

EGR TEKSTIL

EGR Tekstil is a pioneering jacquard fabric manufacturer from Turkey with production plant in Bursa and showroom at the heart of Istanbul. They own high-technology textile machinery with high capacity production and are a proud to be known as eco-responsible manufacturer. With the vision of providing quality service that exceeds the expectations of our customers, EGR Tekstil manufactures value-added fabrics that are unique in appearance, quality and performance.

ERG TEKSTIL

FORZA TEKSTIL

Forza focuses on sustainable fabrics and eco-friendly production, combined with timeless as well as trendy prints. Discover their vast range of qualities, including shiny satins, natural looking, structured fabrics with elegant, calm black/white and soft coloured prints, as well as bold coloured energising, cheerful designs. Highlights include watercolour florals, tie dye, patchworks, ethnic inspired, geometric and tropical designs.

FORZA TEKSTIL

ETIGROUP

Sustainable Concept = Must Have: Etigroup, a Made in Italy manufacturing company of jacquard woven labels and ribbons, patches and tags, creates sustainable products with recycled and/or organic yarns. The ecological nature of the company is also confirmed by the ownership of GOTS and GRS certifications.

ETIGROUP

GOTTSTEIN

Since 1926, Gottstein has been producing high-quality Walk fabrics in Austria, Tyrol. In addition to conventional virgin sheep’s wool, the range also includes fabrics made from merino, shetland and alpaca wool. In addition, Gottstein offers Walk fabrics made of undyed European wool in limited colours. For the SS 24 season, in addition to lightweight Walk fabrics made of Merino Extra Fine Wool, blends with Merino/Cotton and Merino/Bamboo are also available, which captivate with their melange look. Discover the pre-order collection as well as fabrics in stock in many trend colours – directly and also available in small quantities – at the Gottstein stand. 

GOTTSTEIN

KUMASH

Kumash is specialized in casualwear woven fabrics made from cotton, cotton blends, viscose, tencel and linen yarns. Their company is Oeko-Tex and GOTS certified and they can offer BCI Cotton as well. Kumash produces fancy innovative fabrics both plain, printed and embroidered.

KUMASH

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NEW DATES VIEW and MUNICH FABRIC START

MUNICH FABRIC START, BLUEZONE & VIEW: FULL FLEXIBILITY

18. April 2023

A strong start to the season in July, order decisions at short notice in September

MUNICH FABRIC START Exhibitions GmbH offers one thing above all with the positioning of its trade show formats in terms of dates and content for sourcing for Autumn.Winter 24/25: full flexibility.

In future, the July date will be used by the international fabric trade show MUNICH FABRIC START with KEYHOUSE, THE SOURCE and BLUEZONE as an impulse generator; the September date will remain an important time for follow-ups and for picking up on new and short-term market developments with reVIEW, the new concept of the VIEW PREMIUM SELECTION.

With a current booking level of almost 90% for the international fabric trade show MUNICH FABRIC START, KEYHOUSE, THE SOURCE and BLUEZONE, Munich Fabric Start Exhibitions GmbH is starting the new season for Autumn.Winter 24/25 on a strong footing. From the organisers’ point of view, the main reason for the high level of acceptance from internationally important fabric and trim exhibitors, renowned agencies, top European weavers and textile designers is the rebalancing of the July dates.

Previously, the VIEW PREMIUM SELECTION had taken place at the end of June/beginning of July with a selective choice of high-quality fabric and accessories collections. From 18 to 20 July 2023, the Munich-based trade show organiser will now successfully occupy the early date for the first time with the full power as one of Europe’s leading fabric trade shows: the international fabric trade show MUNICH FABRIC START (18 to 20 July), the innovation hub KEYHOUSE, the one-stop sourcing platform THE SOURCE and the international denim trade show BLUEZONE (18 and 19 July) will move ahead and at the same time increase their relevance in the international trade show scene.

For a large part of the visitors, the earlier date is closer to the collection rhythms and offers more time for further developments. Same goes for the BLUEZONE community and the denim business anyway – the approval for the July date could hardly be greater, which makes the organisers particularly happy on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of BLUEZONE as the first denim dedicated trade show.

Important exhibitors – including returnees – such as Ballesio, Cadica, Discovery Denim, East & Silk, Fauck, Lanificio Campore, Mapel, Naveena Denim, Pricoh’s, Sintopel, Sourcetextile, Studio 9, Taiwan Textile Federation and YKK as well as new entries like Esdigital, IBERIS Lda, Jeanius, Jersey Print Factory, Lucky Textile Group, Marjomotex, Neelams Itl, Splash by Lo, Victor Texteis or Wouters have already confirmed their participation along with many others.

“The strongest and most professional trade show for our segment clearly accommodates our development traits with its date. This date is much closer to our rhythms and, with its strong exhibitor portfolio, MFS has considerably more influence on the creation of our collections.

Especially for Bluezone – a unique, creative and inspiring space for us every time – the date is very convenient as it offers more time for washing developments and creative elaborations. With their ideas and implementations, the MFS & Bluezone team always has its finger on the pulse of time which enables us to incorporate additional inspirations into our work”

Michael Seiter, Head of Product Division Denim & Chino, HOLY FASHION GROUP

What’s new?

Due to the early date of MUNICH FABRIC START and BLUEZONE, the Munich trade show duo with KEYHOUSE and THE SOURCE formats will function even more strongly as an impulse generator and leading international event. The Munich location will also be strengthened by the relocation of the DMI Fashion Day from Düsseldorf to the Bavarian capital. In order to create maximum synergies in terms of travel times and travel costs, the first DMI FASHION DAY LIVE after the pandemic-related interruption will take place the day before the next MUNICH FABRIC START at the MOC.

The course will also be set anew in September: The date, which remains important for the industry, will in future be occupied by reVIEW – the new format of the VIEW PREMIUM SELECTION for follow-ups and highly topical, short-term trends as well as new market developments. On an area of around 2,500 square metres, the first reVIEW Autumn.Winter 24/25 will be held on 13 and 14 September 2023 on the Zenith grounds in Motorworld. With its gigantic dimensions and spectacular architecture, the listed location is one of the largest cantilevered historic steel halls in Europe.

“Trends are short-term and more fast-moving than ever. The presentation and ordering rhythms are constantly shifting. There is no one right time. With two highly relevant dates in July and September, we offer the market security and reliability on the one hand and full flexibility on the other”

Sebastian Klinder, Managing Director MUNICH FABRIC START Exhibitions GmbH

“The feedback from the textile industry as well as from international brands confirms that we have placed the right offer. Both events have great potential and complement each other perfectly. We support the market by offering the right platform at the right time to bring the relevant players together. And we do this without overlapping with other international trade show formats of the fashion business.”

Frank Junker, Creative Director der Munich Fabric Start Exhibitions GmbH

Strong encouragement from the fashion industry

The response is extremely positive, not only from exhibitors but also from international designers, product managers and buyers. In a tense market situation, MUNICH FABRIC START shows strength, forwardlookingness and reliability. MUNICH FABRIC START is the start of the new season and the most important show for early trend information.

“The MUNICH FABRIC START is of great importance for our work – to be more precise, it is indispensable!
The earlier the deadline, the first input for the new collection, the more precise and pointed the result.
The reVIEW also remains relevant at the new, later date and supports our dynamic design process.”

Katerina Grigoriadis, Head of Design DayDream, MAC Mode GmbH & Co KGaA

“For our team, the new season starts with the MFS. We always take our inspiration from the colours, the forum and the exhibitors and work out our concepts for the collections accordingly. The exchange with producers and exhibitors is also indispensable and both,
MFS and View are a great platform to do so.

We discuss new themes but also previous orders. Meeting everyone at the same time and place in person is a great added value for our cooperation. In the past, we did this in Paris at PV, however this has been completely replaced by MFS.”

Tülay Önder, Head of Product Design, HALLHUBER

“For us, Munich Fabric Start is the most important trade show for preliminary information, for aligning the collection and for matching materials. Next to Milano Unica, it is the most important sourcing show. We welcome the earlier date of Munich Fabric Start very much. Instead of View, it will now be the most important show for us to get information early. We are excited about the process and are looking forward to it.”

Gerhard Kränzle, CEO, HILTL Hosen-Manufaktur GmbH

“The Munich Fabric Start is always an important milestone in our collection development. We are particularly interested in the trend themes and colours, which we compare with our developments to confirm or adapt them accordingly.

We are very keen to attend lectures on relevant topics such as sustainability, CAD, fair labour standards and always look forward to meeting your stars like Li Edelkoort.

The earlier date suits us very well. As knitters we already start with the new colours mid-May so the new date actually fits better into our schedule. A visit to the VIEW is a must in any development process. Since it will now take place in September, we will definitely visit this small and fine.”

Melanie Geyer, Senior Designer Knitwear, MAERZ München

“In my point of view, the early date is a meaningful step. I am pleased about the early overview & choice of collections. I also welcome the fact that flat weave and denim suppliers are brought together at this time. The September event has to prove itself and depends on the new & further developments of the collections. We appreciate both events to date and will continue to use them in the future.”

Michael Willems, Produktmanager, ALBERTO GmbH & Co. KG

OVERVIEW OF ALL UPCOMING DATES

AUTUMN.WINTER 24/25

MUNICH FABRIC START
(18. – 20.07.2023)

BLUEZONE, KEYHOUSE, THESOURCE
(18. – 19.07.2023)

AUTUMN.WINTER 24/25

reVIEW
(13. & 14.09.2023)

SPRING.SUMMER 25

preVIEW
(28. & 29.11.2023)

SPRING.SUMMER 25

MUNICH FABRIC START | THE SOURCE Studios
(23. – 25.01.2024)

BLUEZONE | KEYHOUSE
(23. – 24.01.2024)

Discover more industry-changing innovations at our upcoming trade shows:

BLUEZONE

18/07 – 19/07/2023

www.bluezone.show

MUNICH FABRIC START

18/07 – 20/07/2023

www.munichfabricstart.com

THE SOURCE

18/07 – 19/07/2023

www.thesource.show

by Chantal Graeff

Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 II

Fabric Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part II

30. March 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts.

BEZ TEKSTIL

Since 1992, Bez Tekstil has been providing high quality fabrics and services for underwear and outerwear in Denizli, Turkey.

The new summer collection offers a diverse range of yarn-dyed designs and prints. The new collection is a mix of different inspirations with a common theme: NATURE. Natural Surfaces, nature-inspired surfaces and structures score with soft colourings in bright and soft colours.

Elegant minimalism offers balance and tranquillity and meets the life and energy of flowers and colours. Discover a range of high quality fabrics in PIMA Cotton USA and Egypt in our new collection for Spring.Summer 24 at their boot. 

BEZ TEKSTIL

BLOOMATI

Bloomati is a Carvema brand, which seeks quality and sustainability. Each fabric in the spring/summer collection has a variety of fibers in its composition: Linen, Seacell Pure, Hemp, Nettle. They also provide finishes that offer several benefits like antibacterial, UVA+UVB rays blocker, among others. Bloomati focuses on the expansion of their brand, betting on ecological, high-quality products and bringing innovation in fabrics.

BLOOMATI

CANCLINI1925 – PER LEI – BLUE1925

COLLECTION S24: SUPER STRIPES. This collection craves positivity, renewed graphics, colours and weights. Canclini proposes a new use of stripes: in barrè. A change of perspective to enhance this graphic. Summer is the perfect time to dare, to have character, to give visibility to the shirt. Coloured stripes also create a summer mood and lend fantasy to outfits. Discover the new collection in the KLAAS + HESSE studio.

CANCLINI1925

DRESDNER SPITZEN

As a traditional family business with a spirit of innovation, Dresdner Spitzenmanufaktur develops sophisticated and sustainable lace galloons, lace fabrics and functional warp knit fabrics, produced in our fully integrated production facility. Our collection features lace made from both conventional and recycled yarns as well as other innovative materials. The designs include filigree floral elements, patterns in a clear, classic design language, and modern structured details. 

DRESDNER SPITZEN

DUCA VISCONTI

Duca Visconti is the master of corduroy, moleskin, cotton and linen. A global fashion icon with a long history of tradition and innovation by entrepreneurs who have challenged the market by focusing on uniqueness and creativity.

Duca Visconti guarantees the highest quality standards, fast processing times and 100% made in Vaprio d’Adda, Italy. Check out the unique qualities of their new collection.

DUCA VISCONTI

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by Chantal Graeff