Organisers of Interfilière have released details of exhibitors, trends and what designers and buyers can expect from this July's show in Paris.

For its second edition, Interfilière Paris will be occupying Pavilion 1 at Porte de Versailles, alongside Mode City from 7-9 July this year. This is the third show of the year for the Interfilière brand, following Interfilière Paris in January and Interfilière Hong Kong in March.

The world's leading trade fair for intimates and beachwear fabrics, Interfilière Paris is the only international-scale event that brings together two key markets with Mode City - both the upstream and downstream industry sectors.

300 exhibitors are expected for a comprehensive product range showcase, covering intimates (100% of exhibitors in 2011), beachwear (56%), loungewear/home wear and wellbeing markets (25% of exhibitors) with a combination of creativity and innovation.

Organisers say all the latest products are launched at Interfilière Paris, under the watchful eye of buyers, representing the most important brands and international labels.

"This season, Interfilière Paris is placing the accent on beauty for the body with cosmetic textiles (slimming, skincare, etc.) going from strength to strength every year, from both a technological point of view and in volume terms within fabric collections," organisers say. A guided tour and conference by La Fédération, with an accompanying study, will enable designers and buyers to get to grips with the new fabrics.

Exhibitors in 7 sectors

Exhibitors are split into 7 sectors with the following of particular interest to those interested in knits:

Lace It (lace)  - with Chanty lace, Codentel, Desseilles laces, Dresdner spitzen, Encajes, Femina lace international, Iluna group, Indesmalla, Johnson lace, Kuroda lace, Natex spitzen, Noyon dentelle, Pizval, Siva, Solstiss, Takeda lace, Tess. Colombo Antonio, Tianhai lace, Vee ho industrial, Wu tong industrial.

Neoskin -  (knits, wovens, print, embellishment) with Be Be Cotton Knitting, Billon Crea'lys, Boselli, Bouvelle, Brugnoli Giovanni, Carvico, Charming fabrics, Dogi international fabrics, Elastic textile Europe, Emmegi - Ferrario, Eurojersey, Eurostick, Feinjersey, Grupo moda estilmar, Händel + Diller, Inplet pletiva, Jabouley, Jersey Lomellina, Les tissages Perrin, Liebaert, Lior, Louis Vidon, Penn textile solutions, Piave Maitex, Ritex 2002, Rocle by Isabella, Sitip, Sofileta, Taubert textil, Tessitura Rossi, Tessitura Taiana Virgilio, Tvb, Willy Herman.

Hi'Tech (fibres, yarns and machines) with Asahi Kasei Fibers corp (Cupro, Roica, Dorlastan), Bemis, Fitor, Hyosung Europe, Lenzing Fibers, Lok's Group, Mitsui Bussan Techno Products, Nilit, Ruey Tay Fibre Industry.

And the new Créative lab area, initiated in January, which brings together Textile Designers (studios, textile designers) and Trend Forecasting Agencies with Concepts Paris, Nelly Rodi - Trendlab, Promostyl, A Peagreen Company, A-Quer, Atelier Calisti, Atmosphere Studio, Atom Design, Bernini Studio, Blue Studio, Bony Dessins, Créations Robert Vernet, Garreau Designs, Gibson Design Studio, Idc Studio, Kalarav, Longina Phillips Designs, Marc Terrier, New Âge, Studio Ilyzia, Susanna Samson Design, The Collection Design.

Sourcing Intimates & Beachwear by fatex

Created in January 2012, this area was a hit with buyers interested in proximity-based sourcing, organisers say. Intimates & Beachwear by fatex will see its exhibitor numbers doubled in July, with around twenty lingerie and beachwear participants from the Euromed zone. It will be situated between Interfilière Paris and Mode City.

New exhibitors

Former exhibitors from previous sessions (2008 - 2011) have announced their return:

Access Folies - LUETTGES (Germany), STRETCHLINE HOLDINGS (Sri Lanka),

Lace it - CORVETT-SPITZEN (Germany), DECORINE LACE & TEXTILE (Hong Kong)

Neoskin - BEL MAILLE (France)

Exhibitors participating for the first time in July are:

Textile Designers - BROWNE DOG STUDIO (USA), ATOM DESIGNS (UK), SUSANNA SAMSON DESIGN (UK), THE COLLECTION DESIGN STUDIO LIMITED (UK)

Lace it - SALAMTEX (Egypt)

Neoskin - JIN YOUNG (Republic of Korea), SANKO TEKSTIL ISLT. SAN. VE TIC. (Turkey).

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