Cashmere World Broadens Its Scope to Embrace Fine Fibres

Cashmere World 2014 25 - 27 September 2014  Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

Cashmere World Broadens Its Scope to Embrace Fine Fibres -  It is now "The only trade event dedicated to cashmere and fine fibres"

Strategically located in Asia’s fashion hub in Hong Kong, the trade fair Cashmere World - which will next take place 25-27 September - will be held concurrently alongside Asia’s leading fair for head-to-toe fashion, Fashion Access. According to organisers at UBM Asia in association with the China Chamber of Commerce of Foodstuffs and Native Produce (CFNA) , exhibitors and visitors to Cashmere World in the last couple of years have given immense support to the event, and their feedback has informed that today cashmere is often combined with other luxurious fibres such as silk and superfine merino wool to create hybrid garments and fashion apparel. In addition, there is a whole industry of fine fibres prospering in the heights of the Andean mountains in places such as Puno located in the Peruvian Andes. Hundreds of thousands of alpaca mountain goats are bred for the fine fibres they produce in cold conditions similar to those in Outer Mongolia and in the foothills of the Himalayas. These fine Andean fibres eventually reach the shelves of department stores and western boutiques in the form of alpaca sweaters manufactured by leading corporations with international reputations such as Incotops and Michell. Along with vicuna which is the finest, most expensive and the rarest of fine fibre from the Andes, alpaca garments are part of the luxury range of fine fibres that compete with cashmere and baby yak but hail from the opposite side of the planet itself. List of fine fibres for luxury garments  Vicuna, Alpaca, Muskox (Qivlut), Merino, Angora Rabbit, Cashmere, Baby Yak Down, Camel Down, Guanaco, Llama, Chinchilla and Mohair. All the above fine fibres have their place in the world of luxury and it is a sector that has expanded dramatically in the last decade with the burgeoning middle classes in China and the BRICS looking for luxury products of all kinds - including sweaters and garments made from the finest and rarest fibres on earth. Bearing in mind the importance and qualities of all fine fibres Cashmere World, from its next edition due to be held from September 25 - 27 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai will carry the tag line:"The only trade event dedicated to cashmere and fine fibres" By broadening its scope to cover the whole gamut of fine fibres, cashmere oriented exhibitors will also benefit from the increased diversity of fashion buyers coming to the trade event as there will be a wider range of products manufactured from the world’s fine fibres on display to attract them.Also planned at this year’s fair is the Cashmere World Forum which will provide a platform for industry leaders and experts to exchange ideas on the latest topics in the Cashmere and Fine Fibres industry. Industry leaders such as Karl Spilhauss, President of Cashmere and Camel Hair Manufacturers Institute (CCMI), USA, and Seyed Abbas Rafat, Associate Professor of the Animal Science Department at the University of Tabriz, Iran, will be presenting at the forum. For further details and to read the latest updates go to http://www.cashmereworldfair.com/  or contact My Fashion Connect.