Première Vision Paris announced that its September 2016 edition
welcomed a total of 56,475 international trade visitors to view the latest on offer from 1,898 exhibiting companies. The fair was held at Parc des Expositions, north Paris in Villepinte, September 13 - 16 2016.
(September 2016) There are discussions often among members of the fashion and textiles industry on whether trade fairs are still relevant in today's ever challenging global economic environment.
Yet it is through strategic trade fairs that the industry leaders, influencers, movers and shakers can meet and exchange ideas, and such 'meeting of minds' would be instrumental in helping various members of the industry to cope and tackle the challenges that they face in their everyday business life.
Thus it is very encouraging that international trade fairs events continue to draw great numbers as it is crucial for great minds to meet and get a first-hand feel of the state of the affairs, and give support and contribution to each other's business.
Première Vision Paris Organisers were pleased with the success of the fair, saying the overall visitor figures remained unrivalled in the sector, thus confirming the dominant influence and leadership of the unique PV brand among the global players of professional fashion-industry events.
The released figures represented an improvement over the February 2016 edition, with growth in both attendance (+ 2.7%) and the number of exhibitors (+ 10%). Some 73% of the trade visitors came from 126 countries outside France.
While compared with the September 2015 edition, the September event this year showed a slight decline in exhibitors' number (- 1.3%) and in attendance (- 8.8%), the positioning of PV Paris is still solid, taking into account the political tension and security concerns impacted on the French, and with the challenge of weaker market growth in emerging markets such as China and also in Russia and Brazil, and a downturn in global textile-clothing and leather consumption (- 0.3% in 2015).
Première Vision Paris prides itself on its ability to bring together the full diversity of the fashion industry, from decision makers to creatives, journalists, buyers and suppliers, independent designers, small fashion houses to international groups and retailers, chain stores and luxury houses, medium to high-end fashion and accessory brands.
TOP 10 VISITING COUNTRIES
The top four European visitor countries are United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and France.
Germany has been overtaken by China and showed a slight decline in visitor numbers as compared to September 2015, while the United States, sent more visitors than in September 2015 and remain the 7th largest visitor country, marking a significant rise in their attendance over the February 2016 edition. At 8th place is Turkey, followed nu Belgium and Japan.
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| Leather materials featring surface textures and supple handles as shown in PV Leather. |
Here are some of the comments collected by PV Paris from visitors at the September fair:-
"It's the perfect event for a "mixing of minds". A place where minds can connect despite the variety of cultures and languages. Here, the language of creation is the same everywhere. People understand each other."Zeynep Tosun, designer of the eponymous label (Turkey)
"I spend two full days at Première Vision and my schedule is super busy! Beyond meeting withsuppliers, it's also a chance to load up on newstyles and trends in the forums." Avalanche Collections (Belgium)
"The consolidation of universes - especially in hall 6 — has made things easier for me. I find it more readable and more intelligent. I also liked the signage, with the colour codes. Traffic is more fluid than before." A designer at Ghislain Fine Arts
"For the past several years, we've noticed areal evolution at Première Vision Paris. Thesegmentation of its different textile universes ismuch improved, and we have a lot of upstreaminformation. (…) It would be very foolish not tovisit the trend forums; their samples are so tied to what's happening at the show and in the market." Peter Trainor, creative director of Max’n Chester(USA)
"There is nothing better than Première Vision Paris to meet everyone who counts in fashion. It's a key event to share inspiration and information for both the UK and Europe."David Madaher, Print Designer, Sainsbury’s Tu(UK)
The new products were displayed and showcased in informative and inspirational forums erected throughout the six key segments: Fabrics, Yarns, Accessories, Designs, Leather, and Manufacturing.
For the Autumn/Winter 2017 - 18 season, the key developments are generally divided into the following themes:- In the shadows; A longing for comfort; Think Big; Being Rational; A New Skin; Heaps of Shine and Welcome Irony. All new trends and the best of the season can be seen on the dedicated web-page - Fashion Live covering all disciplines.
In terms of patterns, there is a play on fantasy, from darkly romantic flowers and large-scale motifs to distorted checks and offbeat, new scales and colourways to give fabrics a new twist. Along with checks - for jackets and coats - mills take a step away from tradition, and there are jacquards and lace for feminine takes, as well as camouflage patterns in unexpected colourways.
A real surprise for the next winter season are multi-coloured aspects for both the men’s and women’s markets. PV fashion team reported that buyers like dark and multicolour fabrics, far removed from gaily-coloured looks. They enjoyed this different way of working tone-on-tones, and the secret richness brought by colour depth. The autumn winter 1718 colour range is based on delicate, austere, airy tones, arising to a concentrate of irreverent multicolour. The two main themes open complementary directions where colours meet without neutralizing each other.
A LINE OF SILENT ENERGIES
A line rooted in air, an atmosphere inhabited by synthetic lights, deep shadows, enigmatic substances and digital flesh. Colours initiate a sensitive dialogue between pragmatism and poetry, the abstract and the human, technology and the senses.
A CONCENTRATION OF IMPERTINENT INTENSITIES
Effusive, happy colours in playful and compact constructions brush up against deliberately dingy shades. Cheerfully insolent frictions multiply between paleness and intensity, between dusty tones and saturated hues, between deceptively complementary colours.The Trends Gallery (Première Vision Leather) showcased material and colour directions for leathers and furs.
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| A selection of Indigo-dyed leather on show at the Rantan Japan stand. |
The Première Vision Designs Forum for decorative and textile design highlighted key prints and
designs for autumn winter 2017-18. This is where textile designs break out of the existing framework and plunge into the universe to interpret and re-invent patterns and prints for a wide range of uses. A wide range of possibilities is opened up to accommodate geometric patterns - squares, diamonds and circles - as well as fantastical florals, pictorial references, stylised letters and extravagant, surreal patterns.
A key pavilion was Texprint from the UK which as in previous September events, brought 24 design graduates from some of the most sought-after universities and institutions. The textile designers brought their innovative works that were applicable for all sectors of the industry, covering fashion, interiors, furniture, product and automotive designs, and visual merchandising.
Read about this year's top Texprint prize winners by clicking here.
The Display Forum (Première VisionAccessories) highlighted haberdashery items, accessories and technical components for ready-to-wear fashion, jewellery, shoes, leather goods, sportswear and sporting goods. For Autumn Winter 1718, what was essential and influential in the past are studied and updated for the present and interpreted for the future.
Timelessly audacious and fanciful, whether it produces a gentle transformation or an extravagant renaissance, this season is fascinated by bold polarisations, with accessories undergoing far-reaching changes.
In the Yarns & Knitwear Forum, a new fashion information area was shared by Première Vision Yarns and Knitwear Solutions: Highlights and inspirations covered fibres, yarns for weaving, yarns for flatbed knits, and knits, as well as finished luxury knits.Starting from the yarns, the thematic season heads off in a new direction full of motion and lively textures, visuals and behaviours. Spinners’ fancy products increase the visual impact of stitch plays. Highlights include extreme and combined contrasting twists, S and Z duos, fine and springy crêpe yarns in natural and artificial fibres, synthetics with a mechanical elasticity, to open the way to lively, springy, constantly moving fabrics.
For knitwear, the season is full of motion and lively textures, visual impacts and behaviours. featuring generous shapes to revolve around the body – wrap it, leave it in a spin and celebrate the bias. Look for knits with a gabardine or herringbone look, imitation weaves with macro yarns slipped in the weft, tucking, cables and openwork drawn on the diagonal, decorative knit narrowing and pronounced partial knitting, intarsias and jacquards with motifs on the bias.
Elsewhere there were also Forums designated to different focus to cater for visitors with special interests, including:-
The Tops & Shirts Forum (Première Vision Fabrics):Highlights for tops and Shirts, blouses, tunics, dresses, T-shirts, polos and under-garments. The season's plains, prints and fancies, in wovens, knits, lace or embroidery.
The highlights include wool with an airy feel, warm handles, cotton flannels, micro emerisings, rigid, compact as well as fluid constructions. Look for ultra voluptuous sweats and sponge-like materials as well as voiles and transparent interpretations, velour, elasticated jerseys, dense lace and jacquards.
Meanwhile, the Outer & Over Forum featured highlights selected for outer-garments: Jackets, suits, women’s suits, trousers, jeans, coats, parkas, blousons and other items.
In the Evening Focus Forum (Première Vision Fabrics)
featured highlights for dressy fashions: evening, cocktail, bridal or ceremony. The most exceptional designs include embroideries, ribbons and special tweeds in silks, while the most outstanding offerings include sparkly party tweeds, stretch silks, satins and twills, synthetic, opulent and minimum, double-sided fabrics and uniquely rich jacquards, and tone-on-tone relief patterns.
Particularly for Athleisure / fitness fashion which is now a thriving sector, there are power stretch mesh: more thin and more extensible, a stretch associated membranes for adding functionalities, bi or tri-layered super light weights, net and matt surfaces, and discrete drapery impressions, along with cottons for outdoor market with a plush side, authentic, UV resistant options. ultra thermo, bi-stretch hyper performance. Also featured are accessories dedicated to the sports sector. Look for brilliant plastics, waterproof options, zips and silicone patches, reflecting strips, thermo and urban designs.
The Style Focus Forum (Première Vision Fabrics / Première Vision Accessories) showcased the season's key silhouettes illustrated by new fabrics and components.
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| Glamour is one of the key themes from Swarovski of Austria |
Meanwhile the Incube area (Première Vision Leather) area was dedicated to innovation in the field of leather.
And Upper Jeanswear Exhibition (Première Vision Fabrics) showed a collaborative exhibition between 2 exhibitors in the specialised space dedicated to fashion denim - Japanese weaver SHOWA and French maker of metallic accessories DORLET and students in textile and fashion design from the DUPERRÉ School (Paris).
New in this edition included the Smart Creation Square dedicated to responsible creation and production, with a focus on a water-management theme (Première Vision Fabrics), and a transversal, multi-media and informational area dedicated to the Smart Creation Première Vision programme, including an informative space to guide visitors in search of more responsible suppliers from among those who responded to the Smart Facts study conducted by Première Vision; an area for discussion, through a programme of Smart Talks; and an area of discovery thanks to the Smart Library presenting a selection of products - fabrics, leathers, accessories - illustrating the rich know-hows of exhibitors active in Smart Creation who have undertaken initiatives related to water management.
A collaborative space via the Smart Care area presented by Procter & Gamble, a partner of Smart Creation Première Vision. This space showcased the importance of garment aftercare in a comprehensive approach to responsible fashion, and explore this field's latest innovations.
The next Premiere Vision Paris will take place from 7th February to the 9th February 2017 in Paris, France. This event will showcase products from across the industry - from Fabrics to Yarns, Accessories, Leather, Textile Designs and Finished Garments.
All Photos: © Lucia Carpio 2016 for My Fashion Connect Global
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