Germany’s leading international textile trade show, Munich Fabric Start, 44th edition which was held from January 30 to February 1, 2018, set another new milestone with its display of latest innovations and collections. More than 1800 collections from international fabrics and accessories suppliers lured the textile and fashion industry to the expo.

New technologies, innovative sustainable materials, special dyeing and finishing processes, shine, colour, and prints were presented at the trade show.

Its continual rise in popularity among international buyers, designers and product managers as well as three very well attended days at the fair underline the significance of Munich Fabric Start as one of the most important tradefairs in the international textile industry.

Going down particularly well were the Trend and Colour forums that offered sound insights into new fabric and accessory highlights and impressively staged the colour themes for the new season. The extended seminar programmes on topics like Smart Textiles, AI in Fashion, Sustainability, and Fashion Trends also offered lots of input and insights that went down very well with trade visitors.

One of the special highlights at the expo was the exclusive private lecture given by Li Edelkoort in the impressive backdrop and architecture of BMW World. Some 200 guests avidly followed the trend researcher’s comments delivered here for the first time on the Autumn.Winter 19/20 season.

The current BLUEZONE, which was held on January 30 and 31, 2018, closed after two days as the best denim show since its inception. The growing interest from international brands in product innovations, modified finishes, and new production processes was very apparent.

Key house developed its very own special dynamics as an innovation and technology centre at the expo. As a platform for the fusion of fashion, innovation and technology Key house posted three intense days with high visitor footfall. This makes it clear how intense the search for smart process solutions is, how important and prestigious the topic of sustainability is and how extensively smart textiles, biotech and digitalisation have been integrated. The interest in interactions, seminars, and guided tours was also huge, for instance the ones carried out exclusively by Sourcebook and FashNerd.