Textile Forum news and archive

Pure Origin joins forces with the Textile Forum

London - Pure London, the UK's leading fashion and sourcing trade show, is set to host a curated fabric pavilion from fabric fair Textile Forum within its new sourcing sector, Pure Origin next month. The Textile Forum pavilion is set to showcase luxury fabric suppliers´ latest collection while demonstrating their bespoke and customization...

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Textile Forum: awareness for property right in fashion

Marylebone was the backdrop for the yearly Textile Forum: a luxury fashion fabric show which attracts designers and buyers alike. In addition to professionals from the fashion industry, this year´s edition of the event was also attended by lawyers from the international firm Bird & Bird. The reason? Raising awareness for the subject of...

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Textile Forum expands for autumn edition

Textile Forum, London’s fabric and sourcing show, is set to host its biggest exhibition for its autumn edition in October. Running from October 14 to 15, the autumn issue will feature 20 percent more brands, across two floors at its One Marylebone location, making it the event’s largest exhibition in 13 years. The increase in space will be used...

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Textile fair

The London Textile Forum is the leading biannual British fabric fair. Whilst it doesn't have the cachet of the Parisian fair Premiere Vision, the small-scale event exhibits several leading British fabric and trim companies for those designers who wish to keep their production close to home. From bridal fabrics to shirting to buttons and labels,...

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Textile Forum expands for autumn show

The Textile Forum, London’s fashion fabric event, is to host 40 percent more exhibitors on its spring 14 edition for its autumn show taking place this week. Running from October 16 to 17, the autumn issue will take place in a larger venue, One Marylebone, to accommodate the additional exhibitors, who will present around 45 different collections,...

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10th Textile Forum anniversary huge success

FashionUnited previously brought you a main story on the successful Textile Forum, this year in its 10th anniversary year. The event, just gone, was as expected a resounding success with the highest percentage of first-time visitors since the event was launched in 2002. Among the diverse designers and brands that attended were Christopher Kane,...

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Textile Forum celebrates 10th anniversary

Textile Forum is celebrating a decade of delivering fashion fabrics, this autumn. As designers look to select their fabrics closer to home, the 10th anniversary edition of Textile Forum running from 17-18 October 2012 at The Music Room, London, will be presenting its largest selection of UK and Continental produced collections since the...

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Looking back at an anniversary Textile Forum

The Textile Forum exhibit, which took place earlier this month, marked the 20th show for the exhibition that brings together a panoply of fabrics from leading British and Continental suppliers aimed at the designer market. Across daywear, eveningwear and bridalwear, buyers have religiously returned for the great selection of high quality fabrics...

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Textile Forum records best show since 2002

Textile Forum, London’s fabric sourcing event for leading fashion retailers as well as independents designers, specialising in menswear, womenswear, bridalwear and lingerie, has recorded its highest visitor numbers for a spring show since the exhibition was launched in autumn 2002. The spring show took place earlier this month at The Music Room...

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Natural fabrics at Textile Forum

From 19-20th October, fashion fabrics show Textile Forum will zoom in on woven and knitted fabrics from natural fibres. This will be more evident with the debut of several exhibitors. Known for its cashmere, Johnstons of Elgin, The Merino Company will present its blended jerseys and intricate jacquards, and British Alpaca fashion. Filtex will...

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Textile Forum expands

Fabric buyers are confident about business for 2011. According to a survey by fabric fair Textile Forum among visitors 85% were positive going in to 2011. Textile Forum is taking place at the Music Room from 9-10th March in London. During Textile Forum buyers will be able to choose of fabrics from over 30 collections. For March, the fabric...

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Good orders at Textile Forum

There was an optimistic vibe at last week’s Textile Forum exhibition. The fashion fabric fair matched the record figure of the October 2009 show, with more visitors placing good orders as well as sampling. Overseas buyers were attracted to the show’s focus on stock lines as well as forward order fabrics. Large export orders went to the...