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Neelam Shami Rao: “We must develop products better suited to the European market”

With the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), India has gained a significant tariff advantage to strengthen its presence in the European textile market. How does the country plan to transform its industry and offering to capitalise on this? FashionUnited spoke exclusively with Neelam Shami Rao, secretary of the Indian Ministry of Textiles, during her...

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Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris: India prepares for its expansion into the European market

Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris, which runs from August 31 to September 2, 2026, at Paris-Le Bourget, is expanding its scope with new departments. These include Outdoor and Fashion Accessories. The trade show is also opening up to new sourcing destinations: Armenia; Kyrgyzstan; Uzbekistan; and Bulgaria. Within this new landscape, India emerges...

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Texworld: China’s Role in US Fashion Sourcing Is Evolving, Not Disappearing

As buyers continue to amplify their sourcing portfolios, Chinese suppliers are increasingly competing to keep their share in the US market. The direction, however, is not simply “China versus the rest,” Messe Frankfurt Inc.’s show manager Caner Ozkan told FashionUnited. “It is China plus a more diversified network of strategic sourcing partners,...

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Texworld: China’s Role in US Fashion Sourcing Is Evolving, Not Disappearing

As buyers continue to amplify their sourcing portfolios, Chinese suppliers are increasingly competing to keep their share in the US market. The direction, however, is not simply “China versus the rest,” Messe Frankfurt Inc.’s show manager Caner Ozkan told FashionUnited. “It is China plus a more diversified network of strategic sourcing partners,...

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Texworld: How Chinese manufacturers are adding value through textile innovation and CSR

Chinese manufacturers at the Texworld Apparel Sourcing trade show, held from February 2 to 4, 2026, are no longer positioning themselves solely as high-volume suppliers. Instead, they are key players capable of integrating Western demands for technological innovation and CSR. Oracle, Huaren Linen and Healcell are prime examples of this shift....

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Texworld and Apparel Sourcing New York physical winter shows cancelled

The physical winter editions of trade fairs Texworld New York City and Apparel Sourcing New York City have been cancelled due to the pandemic. Organisers of the event said on LinkedIn that after “careful consideration” they have called off the in-person events because of “increased concerns surrounding Covid-19 as well as New York State...

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Texworld Evolution Paris schedules physical format for February

Textile fair Texworld Evolution Paris has announced it will be taking place from February 7 to 9, in a relaunch edition that will welcome back exhibitors at the Parc des Expositions. In consideration of sanitary restrictions, the three-day event will feature a format of four main sourcing sectors within the industry: Apparel Sourcing Paris for...

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In Pictures: Texworld Evolution Paris - Le Showroom

Texworld Evolution - Le Showroom returned to Paris for its second edition, following the first one in February 2021. Set from July 5 to 9, the event took place in two different locations, Rue du Mail and Atelier Richelieu. It presented the collections of French and international companies, chief among them leaders from China, South Korea and...

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Messe Frankfurt France cancels September shows

Messe Frankfurt France has announced that the September editions of the Apparel Sourcing, Avantex, Leatherworld, Shawls & Scarves, Texworld and Texworld Denim Paris shows will not be taking place in light of the coronavirus pandemic. This decision was made due to a lack of information on health requirements for big international events planned...

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How technology will impact the future of fashion design

Fashion is technology, one of the oldest examples of it. In an anthropological sense, making textiles by weaving materials together is a prehistoric technology, which we have since built upon over thousands over years, as fashion innovators continually future-gaze. To enlighten us on what’s currently up ahead, Texworld assembled a panel of...

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Fairs|IN DEPTH

We recycle, we upcycle, we downcycle, is it working?

From plastic we get polyester, from mushroom roots we get leather, and from dialogue we get inspiration to reinvent the textile industry. A panel discussion during Texworld trade fair provides a status report on the fields of recycling and upcycling, both of which seem to be having their moment in the sun, are at the center of circularity...

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