Texworld will host an exhibition of collections by the winners of the latest Dinard International Festival of Young Fashion Designers.

It will also feature two shows by the couturier Eymeric François, and by winners of the Dinard Festival and third-year students majoring in knits at the ESMOD fashion design and business school.

Poetically-inspired creations

Maël Larcher and Marie-Morgane Dumont, the respective winners of the Grand Prix Création Homme and the Prix d’encouragement at the most recent Dinard Festival, will showcase their collections in a specially staged production.

Visitors will experience the Maël Larcher collection of monochrome streetwear, dominated by an infinite range of blacks, and Marie-Morgane Dumont’s poetically-inspired creations in natural fabrics.

Series of shows

Starting Tuesday, visitors will be able to experience a series of shows: Eymeric François will unveil his Vampires collection. His voluptuous, diaphanous creations sealed in black will electrify the senses.

Collections by third-year ESMOD students majoring in knits is a must-see - a wealth of creativity, colours and shapes. Three past winners from the last five Dinard Festivals will be taking part together for the first time.

They are Manix Wong from 2010, the duo Kyuho Lee and Cécile Dallançon from 2013, and Maël Larcher and Marie- Morgane Dumont from 2014. Manix Wong will have a second one-man show featuring his Laclos Paris label.

Lectures

These events will complement the Impulse lectures, highlighting show trends for winter 2015, by two artistic directors Louis Gérin and Grégory Lamaud. They will interpret influences, codes and colours, providing impetus for stylists, style directors and weavers.

The two Pantone lectures will cover trends inspiring the textile industry. Whilst the first entitled Psychology of colours will be more of a social and psychological study, the second, Colour trends winter 2015-16 will address the direction and development of the palettes which will have an impact on what the textile industry has to offer.

Spotlight on Thailand’s expertise

At this event, Thailand will promote the richness of its textile heritage, exhibiting more than one hundred silk and cotton fabrics produced by twenty rural communities as part of the OTOP (One Tambon One Product) project launched in 2001 by the Thai government.

The aim is to identify and promote unique local skills, benefit from local resources and develop quality products which meet the demands of domestic and international markets.

Sustainability days

For the first time, the Sustainability Days at this event will cover two days, as there are more lectures on sustainability than in previous years. The Africa en Vogue, opportunities and challenges of textile & apparel sourcing markets in East Africa GOTS conference, chaired by Ariane Biemond from Solidaridad, will mark the kick-off of the Sustainability Days.

Then, GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) will introduce a series of lectures with the subjects Can sustainable development be certified? and Ecological, social and economic criteria according to GOTS, illustrated by specific examples of textile companies. They will be followed by a workshop with WellMade, about trends in sustainable development.

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