Sustainability the focus of Smart Creations during Première Vision Paris trade fair September 17 - 19

At the upcoming edition of the Première Vision Paris trade fair for professionals in the textile and fibres industries, which is due to take place September 17-19 at Parc des Expositions in north Paris, sustainability, interweaving creativity with technology will be a major focus at the Smart Creation Area.

Clothing with "smart" qualities featured at  Première Vision Paris

February 2019 edition.

Photo by Lucia Carpio.

Among the exhibitors this September, premium stretch fibre company ROICA™, by leading material innovator Asahi Kasei of Japan, will be showcasing their ultimate hyper-performative yarns such as the certified ROICA Eco-Smart™ Family.


“The ROICA Eco-Smart™ Family is the result of the innovation process marrying the company’s  inquiring mind of innovativeness and sustainability with brands and designers’ growing demand for responsible materials.” Comments Shinichiro Haga, Senior Executive Manager - ROICA™ Division. 
“The new premium stretch is synonymous of transformation: from standard to speciality, from basic to special, from ordinary to clever and from standard to Smart.”

"Closed" jeans made with

Candiani ReLast

containing sustainable  Roica (TM)

Today ROICA™, and especially ROICA EcoSmart™, is the premium secret ingredient enhancing fashion-led collections, including the German denim brand Closed, founded in 1978, which is totally handmade in Italy.

Closed selected the new amazing Candiani ReLast line, the range of market fresh responsible denim products whose objective is to introduce a 100% transformed innovative solution. The partnership between ROICA™ and Candiani generated uses a very special ROICA™ yarn realized only for Candiani. A premium stretch yarn that is boasting a GRS (Global Recycled Standard) version 4 certification, thanks to its high percentage of recycled content and appropriated process of transformation.

Another brand using Roica's sustainable yarns is un-sanctioned™, an innovation-driven performance running apparel brand newly launched in September, 2019; founded on the belief that it’s time for running to give back to the environment all runners take so much joy from.  In partnership with Miti-Spa, un-sanctioned™ has developed and launched with two initial sustainable performance running fabrics called [ BottleKnit™ ] — a 100% recycled polyester made from plastic bottles. And [ WasteKnit™] — a 100% upcycled polyamide made from industrial waste blended with ROICA™ EF yarn for uncompromising smart stretch performance. 

The ROICA Eco-Smart™ family offers two responsibly-made yarns with outstanding stretch performances that give free rein to designers’ creativity and guarantees the highest quality while complying to the most-cutting edge sustainable standards: • Yarns that are ROICA™ EF– GRS (Global Recycled Standard) certified - is made with 58% of pre-consumer recycled content.  GRS guarantees its sustainable mission with a certification by the influential Textile Exchange*, one of the most known and recognized global players in the market. 

• Meanwhile the ROICA™ V550   which breaks down without releasing harmful substance under the testing environment according to Hohenstein Environmental Compatibility certification. Made and engineered by Asahi Kasei R&D team, and produced in ROICA™'s German plant only, the yarn offers additional and relevant circular economy advantages linked to material health as proved by a Gold Level Material Health Certificate by the Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Institute for a safe and biological end of life cycle.  

New area - Wearable Lab - launching at Premiere Vision Paris in February

The February 2017 edition of Premiere Vision Paris, the prestigious trade fair for professionals in the textile and fashion industries, will be launching a new section called Wearable Lab - an area dedicated to exploring creative developments interlinking fashion and technology.

Innovation and technology among the highlights of Premiere Vision Paris.
Picture above:© Lucia Carpio. - February 2016 PV Paris 

The programme features participation of leaders in the fashion and technology field from around the world, an exhibition of experimental works from the fashion-tech scene and presentations on related topics.

Photo above: © Lucia Carpio, Premiere Vision Paris September 2016.

Besides the new Wearable Lab area, Premiere Vision Paris will continue to offer the industries' best and most innovative developments featured under specialised industry segments, from fabrics and yarns to leather, accessories, garment manufacturing and textile designs.

During the three-day trade show which will take place between February 7 and 9 at the Parc des Expositions Paris Nord Villepinte, the focus will be primarily on the Spring/Summer 2018 season.  Among notable events will be a series of special programmes including a showcase in the Fashiontech area for 10 experimental works that exemplify fast-moving developments  over the past 10 years. There will be a conference entitled "Fashiontech future – scene or utopia?", highlighting the issues concerning fashion and technology such as trends, market factors and materials.  In the Leather section, a range of Smart Creation roundtable discussions among experts and professionals will take place to examine the opportunities for a more responsible leather industry and the issues concerning those committed to creativity and sustainability.