Italy

As the denim community of manufacturers, designers and buyers make a rush for Milan to attend the Denim Première Vision edition, texfash speaks to Julieta Mercerat (Denim Expert – Première Vision) and Fabio Adami Dalla Val (Show Manager – Denim Première Vision) to get a feel of what it is like on the ground.

A just-published report by Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) has presented the unique characteristics of Italian fashion manufacturing, while exploring the current perceptions and challenges regarding pay equity within one of Europe’s most influential fashion industries.

If denim is so much about finishing, Italian machinery major Tonello has remained a leader with its array— from washing to dyeing machines— and unique range of garment finishing technologies. Alice Tonello, the Marketing and R&D Director at the family-owned business, tells texfash.com the role that technology is set to play in denim manufacturing in the days ahead.

A start-up straddling two continents is spinning an all-new yarn from a 100% biodegradable and 100% recyclable, regenerative but sadly forgotten tree that since time immemorial has been growing unabashed in the wild.

A celebration night, some historical stakeholders, more than 1k exhibitors and brands from 39 countries, and a whole lot more will mark the 4-day 100th anniversary celebrations of Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabag beginning 13 January at the Riva del Garda. 

Biella, located in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, is home to Italy’s wool textile industry. This traditional and iconic city now hosts the annual Natural Fibres Connect conference, from where texfash.com gets this report.

As Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags gears up for its 100th edition in January 2024, texfash.com talks to Roberto Pellegrini, President of the Riva del Garda Fierecongressi Spa, the trade fair’s organising company to learn about its focus on sustainability, innovation and more. Joining in are his colleagues Enrico Cietta, Matteo Pasca, William Wong, and Alberto Mattiello.

The 99th edition of the Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags at the Riva del Garda was opportunity for 1,300 exhibitors and 9,000 attendees from the footwear and bags industry to discuss business and showcase trends for Spring/Summer 2024.

The just released 2023 Circular Fashion Index (CFX) by Kearney rues that the needle has barely moved since last year's report, with the 200 global brands analysed barely reaching an average of 2.97 on a circularity scale of 10.

Israel’s Sonovia is ready to install the revolutionary 100% reusable and hydrosulfite free dyeing technology at the industrial indigo dyeing line of Italy’s PureDenim.