ASBCI lingerie seminar

To tackle key supplier and consumer issues in the lingerie and swimwear sector, ASBCI is hosting a joint seminar in partnership with De Montfort University and Lingerie Buyer. Entitled ‘Shaping up for lingerie & swimwear - Defining the challenges, exploring the solutions’, the seminar is held on 27th April.

Speakers from the medical, contour fashion, sizing, design, brand, retail and technology sectors will address issues relating to lingerie and swimwear design. These will include breast health, sizing and fit, contour design for fuller figures, online selling and self measuring, staff training and the role of new technologies. The day will conclude with an open discussion with an expert panel of lingerie and swimwear retailers and brands including Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Lingerie Buyer magazine and Di Murini the mastectomy bra specialist.

Formed in 1992 the Association of Suppliers to the British Clothing Industry, ASBCI, plays a key technical role within the garment and textile sectors. In addition to technical conferences, forums and seminars, it organises regular technical/educational visits to companies across the supply chain and produces technical handbooks.