Première Vision Group to launch PV Awards Next Gen in 2020.

Première Vision Group has  confirmed it will launch the PV Awards Next Gen in September 2020,  a new event incorporated into its annual PV Awards, a prestigious competition that is held annually for 11 years as an important programme of the September edition of Premiere Vision Paris to recognise exceptional creativity from various sectors of established international textile industry.

Giles Lasbordes, Managing Directoir of Premiere Vision Group at TexSelect's 2019 prize-giving 

ceremony on September 8 2019 during Premiere Vision Paris.

Photo by Lucia Carpio.

Giles Lasbordes, Managing Director of PV Group, organisers of the international Première Vision trade shows in Paris and around the world, made the announcement at the TexSelect 2019 awards  prize-giving ceremony (held during the September 2019 edition of the Premiere Vision Paris trade show) that his organisation will take over the legacy of TexSelect which completed its voluntary winding up at the end of September. .

“The most important thing is that it will continue to be a textile competition.  We have decided that it will be an international event as we are an international player,” Mr Lasbordes told My Fashion Connect Global. “We will welcome all universities from around the world, a selection will be made and a group of finalists will be announced.  Perhaps there will be 4 - 5 prizes and will be integrated into the annual PV Awards, which we have organised for 11 years recognising innovative developments and creativity from international professional textile companies and designers.”

He said the Première Vision Group being a longstanding sponsor of UK-based TexSelect, share a common objective of supporting creativity in textile design and the two organisations have run in parallel for nearly 50 years.

September 2019 saw TexSelect’s final participation in the international PV Paris trade show, which habitually was the highlight of its annual programme when a group of 24 finalists who had been selected through a rigorous selection process conducted by design professionals would showcase their design creativity to industry experts at PV Design.  

For over 50 years, the annual TexSelect programme had championed the most creative graduate textile designers of all nationalities from the UK’s BA and MA courses, guiding their first steps into professional practice. During its history, TexSelect had  interviewed more than 10,000 young textile designers and supported more than 1,250 of them to develop their careers and launch into the industry. But, in its 50th year, the team behind TexSelect had announced its closure.due to industry changes, shrinking sponsorship budgets, and a long-serving management team reaching retirement, and faced with increasingly challenging efforts in recent years to raise the funds required. In the era of social media, designers have also evolved new ways to promote their talents and develop themselves. 

Weave Designer Jaeyong Kim, a graduate of Central Saint Martins, won

The Woolmark Company TexSelect Award in Paris on September 18 2019.

Photo by Lucia Carpio.

For more information on other winners of TexSelect 2019 awards, please go to their website.

Textile and leather companies won top prizes from the industry they serve

Italian wool mill Marini Industrie has won the PV Fabrics Grand Jury Prize 2018 at this September’s PV Awards held during the prestigious Premiere Vision group of trade fair in Paris specifically for global experts and professionals from the textile, garment and fashion industries.

Head judge – the talented Belgian designer Olivier Theyskens – commanded the Prato-based Marini for producing “the most outstanding, symbolic and pertinent fabric of the season.”

In the same event, the PV Leather Grand Jury Prize 2018 went to FC Creacio I Innovacio of Spain, for offering “the most exceptional, symbolic and pertinent leather of the season.”
The Spanish company also won the PV Leather Fashion Smart Creation Prize 2018.

The prize presentation ceremony celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the awards which were created in 2008 to highlight the most creative and innovative work of companies exhibiting at Première Vision Paris from the leather and fabric industries.

Witnessing the event held on 19th September at Parc des Exposition were influencers, movers and shakers of the whole fashion industry -weavers, tanners, designers, buyers, as well as international journalists, who congregated at the Forum PV Perspectives (Hall 5) observing eagerly to discover the winners of the 8 prizes of the 10th PV Awards, and to celebrate textile and leather excellence.

To select the products to be awarded, influential personalities from the international fashion scene responded to Première Vision's invitation and submitted their new developments to an exceptional jury headed by Olivier Theyskens who, after having successfully shaped the destinies of Rochas, Nina Ricci and Theory, has made his re-entry on the Paris stage with his own eponymous label in 2016.

Here is the full list of the 2018 WINNERS:

THE 4 PRIZES FOR PREMIÈRE VISION FABRICS

• The PV Fabrics Grand Jury Prize 2018 goes to Marini Industrie (Italy) for the most outstanding, symbolic and pertinent fabric of the season.

• The PV Fabrics Handle Prize 2018 goes to Texlover (Italy) for the fabric allying the most astonishing tactile and behavioural qualities, the fabric that touches the emotions.

• The PV Fabrics Imagination Prize 2018 goes to Stylem – Zen Kiwami (Japan) for the boldest, most original, most amazing fabric in terms of decoration, technique, finishing, innovation or technology.

• The PV Fabrics Fashion Smart Creation Prize 2018 goes to Toray Industrie (Japan) for the most creative responsible fabric.

The 4 PRIZES FOR PREMIÈRE VISION LEATHER

• The PV Leather Grand Jury Prize 2018 goes to FC Creacio I Innovacio (Spain) for the most exceptional, symbolic and pertinent leather of the season.

• The PV Leather Handle Prize 2018 goes to Naturca By Aysen Butik (Turkey) for the leather combining the most amazing tactile and behavioural qualities, the leather that touches the emotions.

• The PV Leather Imagination Prize 2018 goes to Ckd Cetinkaya (Turkey) for the most daring, original and amazing leather in terms of decoration, technique, finishing, innovation or technology.

• The PV Leather Fashion Smart Creation Prize 2018 goes to FC Creacio I Innovacio (Spain) for the most creative responsible leather

All photos © Lucia Carpio 2018

PREMIÈRE VISION PARIS recorded 7.5% growth in visitor numbers

Fabrics and materials are the building blocks of fashion.  And if apparel fabric fairs that cater to influencers in the business of fashion record healthy attendance, it is a positive sign for the industry, which has been marked by a complex and changing global economic environment.

Giant size balloons covered the ceiling of the main Forum at Première Vision Paris to emulate this season's
theme: Cloud of Fashion.

Thus when organisers of Première Vision Paris has reported that attendance to their September show topped the 60,000 visitors mark, it was welcome news for all in the apparel and fashion trade,

The show encompassing textiles, leather, yarns, fabric design, haberdashery and accessories,  knits finished goods and manufacturing.  demonstrated an attendance growth of +7.5%, against +3% more exhibitors this September.

 The number of exhibitors also grew (+3.0% - i.e. 1,954 exhibitors vs. 1,898 in Sept. 2016), due to the addition of  new areas: The Sourcing Connection and the Bag & Shoe Manufacturing sections.

The number of international buyers, coming from 129 different countries, increased by 8.5%, and accounted for a 73% share of the event's visitors. The top five most represented countries were France (+5%) was followed by Italy (+3%), the UK (+4.7%), Spain (+4.6%) and China. Turkey, with 2,845 visitors, overtook both Germany and the USA, while Japan snatched ninth place from Belgium, with 1,791 visitors.

The organisers headed by Gilles Lasbordes, General Manager of Première Vision (in photo at right), acknowledged that the success of this edition attests to the attractiveness and strength of Première Vision Paris, and to the effectiveness of its transversal and creative positioning. The results confirmed the show's status as a strategic vector of differentiation and growth for the industry, as evidenced by the results of the Première Vision Barometer, prepared by the IFM Première Vision Chair and unveiled at a press conference at the start of the fair.

The organisers' ability to bring focus with a full programme of events, exhibitions, conferences and social activities, including a concert on the first evening for visitors to dance and have fun had created a vibrant atmosphere to the fair.

John Malkovich, centre, with members of the PV Awards jury and the winners on the day of prize presentation duringn
the September edition of Première Vision Paris.

One of the key highlights of the September edition of Première Vision Paris was the ceremony for the annual PV Awards, whose jury was headed this year by an international star, the actor-director turned designer John Malkovich.

Gilles Lasbordes, General Manager of Première Vision, also announced the launch in 2018 of the Première Vision marketplace for upstream trade shows specialising in the creative fashion sector, a virtual extension of the event's various different sessions, initially offering access to exhibitor samples. 

Recognising the fact that in an ever more connected and technological world, Première Vision saw the need to position itself to meet future market developments.

"This is a project of a highly technological nature and we want to take advantage of the best solutions on the market, thus we will be using technologies developed buy MIRAKL, the leading French publisher of marketplaces which have conquered the B to C markets by integrating e-commerce sites. This technology offers new business opportunities to professional markets as well," said M. Lasbordes.

The next edition of Première Vision Paris is scheduled on 13th-15th February 2018.
In the mean time, the following events by the show organisers will take place:- Première Vision Istanbul on 18th-20th October, Denim Première Vision in Paris on 14th-15th November, and Première Vision New York on 16th-17th January 2018.

All photos © Lucia Carpio 2017 .

Congratulations to Winners of PV Awards for Fabric and Leather developments announced in Paris.

AND THE 6 PV AWARDS PRIZES FOR 2015 GO TO…

           

On September 15^th, the opening day of the prestigious Première Vision Paris trade fair, Philippe Pasquet, the CEO of Première Vision along with a jury of 12 influential international fashion and textile industry professionals announced the six winners of the PV Awards 2015.  Three of the prizes were for outstanding fabric developments and three were for creativity in leather for the first time.

PV Awards with judges. Photo by Premiere Vision Paris.

The award ceremony of this seventh edition took place at the Première Vision Fabrics Forum (Hall 6) in the presence of the global industry as well as international press and media. 

Alongside Presidents Livia Stoianova and Yassen Samouilov, founders of the Haute Couture brand ON AURA TOUT VU, the prestigious jury members made their choices from the autumn winter 2016-17 fabrics and leathers selected among exhibitors’ collections for the shows’ forums.

For the first time this year, the PV Awards was opened to leather developments presented by the tanners at Première Vision Leather, one of the six specialised sub-shows under Première Vision Paris.

This showcase of modern textile and leather creativity had led to a reorganisation of the event itself. In total six different awards have been awarded: 3 in the fabrics category and 3 in the leathers category.

The 2015 winners are:-

PV Awards Grand Jury Prize

For the most outstanding and pertinent development of the season.

Fabrics category - Eusebio

Leather category - Megisserie Alric

PV Awards Handle Prize

The development for the most distinguished fabric for its tactile and behavioural qualities.

Fabrics category - Fabrica Tessuti

Leather category - Russo Di Casandrino

PV Awards Imagination Prize

The most original development in terms of decoration, finishing, innovation or technology.

Fabrics category - Fedrico Aspesi Srl

Leather category - Fedi Silvano

Watch out for the full results and report of Premiere Vision Paris next week.
Photos by Lucia Carpio unless otherwise noted.