The UK’s luxury fashion fabric show, Textile Forum, is back, taking place at One Marylebone, London on 13-14 October 2021. After an 18-month hiatus, Textile Forum exhibitors will once again be offering quality fabrics with low minimum order and speedy delivery, with many collections available from stock.
“The response to Textile Forum’s return has been extremely positive,” says event director, Amy Packham. “Both suppliers and buyers are excited about being able to make contact in person. As well as fabrics, there will accessories, trimmings, buttons, linings and a group of garment manufacturers supported by UKFT, all in one place.”
Exhibitors at the October show will include Litmans, which is now also selling the Knipidee range; Michael’s Bridal Fabrics; Pongees; The London Embroidery Company; Graham Smith; Carrington Fabrics; Partap; Bridal Fabrics; The National Weaving Company; Laurent Garigue; Henry Bertrand and James Hare.
Collection highlights
New fabrics from Pongees include a larger selection of colours within its tulle range. It has also updated its shade cards to include a large feeler. While most of its sales are within the women’s, bridal, lingerie and interiors sectors, Pongees is seeing increased interest from tailors and menswear designers. For this reason, it will be launching a specialist catalogue covering this sector at Textile Forum.
Sustainability is topmost in mind for Michael’s Bridal Fabrics, resulting in a new book for fabrics that are available in an eco-friendly version. There are qualities that are exact replicas of fabrics it already runs, such as crepes, satins, mikados, organzas and tulles, with some or all the yarns replaced with recycled versions.
Fabrics in natural products such as organic bamboo, oranges, bananas, milk and rose petals can also be found in the collection. This is alongside organic cottons and viscose designs, where the trees that are cut down to be turned into wood pulp are replaced with new ones. Also new are fancy tulles featuring organic cotton or recycled polyester yarn for the embroideries.
New from Bernstein & Banleys, meanwhile, is the Suffolk Collection; a pure silk jacquard woven exclusively in the UK. It works as an outer fabric for waistcoats and period style frock coats for instance, as well as a lining.
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