Première Vision Paris Digital Show is launched: 15 - 19 Febraury 2021

From 15 – 19 February, Première Vision , the most prestigious and important international trade fair for textile and fashion industry, offers a range of Digital Talks, along with the other content, to help industry professionals get to grips with new consumer behaviour trends and the challenges for the new season Spring/Summer 2022.

During the week-long event the Paris-based organisers are launching new industry-targeted services, reflecting the marked acceleration of the group's digitization. At this time, Première Vision will also be launching its new, single and integrated website, which will be rolled out in several stages over the course of 2021, bringing together all of its shows and its Marketplace.  

Throughout the last few months, Première Vision has been engaged in supporting the international fashion industry as it faces the difficult challenges posed by the Covid-19 health crisis, introducing new and innovative e-commerce features to its Marketplace, and speeding the development of its digital system, thanks to new integrated technology.

Gilles Lasbordes, Première Vision  Managing Director, said: "While the prospect of an upturn, aided by the arrival of vaccines, seems to be shifting to the second half of 2021, the digital transformation of the sector has entered a new phase thanks to the widespread adoption of digital technologies and the implementation of new services. These have helped brands to sustain and personalize their customer relationships, and assist them more closely in the purchasing process.

"At the same time, buying patterns have changed. Sustainability, transparency and traceability are increasingly central to consumer expectations, just are local manufacturing and the «Made in» phenomena. These developments all present incentives and opportunities for brands and industry professionals to develop new know-hows, innovate and adapt their 0ffer to these evolving sourcing methods.

"In addition, we remain convinced that this crisis has demonstrated the extreme necessity and vitality of physical trade shows, which are essential to ensure creative and business interactions between fashion brands and their suppliers.

"We confirm our goal of holding our trade fairs and events slated for 2021, on a course that will henceforth combine physical and digital events. The evolution of the current health situation will set the pace for this resumption.

"Our digital events are much richer now, and they will continue to grow increasingly sophisticated and performant for the market. They already allow all industry players - buyers, creative teams, decision-makers, and of course suppliers and manufacturers - to come together, continue interacting, and dicsover."

The Digital Show, from February 15 to 19, will be focused on 4 event-drivers:

● The international, creative and complementary offer of 1,500+ exhibitors presented on the Première Vision Marketplace - yarns, fibers, fabrics, accessories and components, designs, leathers and garments - with a more effective interactive digital catalog to facilitate products’ presentation, and buyers’ sourcing.

● Inspiration and creation

●  Networking via the Première Vision Marketplace, 

 ● And a program of 13 Digital Talks and Webinars 

Click HERE for the Premiere Vision website, discover and join in.

Premiere Vision Paris takes over the reins of TexSelect to support textile creation and design

Premiere Vision Paris takes over the reins of TexSelect to support textile creation and design

Première Vision Paris attracts some 60,000 trade visitors, fashion and textile professionals from around the world and international members press and media to each of their bi-annual seasonal events.
The next PV Paris will take place 17 - 19 September 2019 in Parc des Expositions, Paris.
Photo by Lucia Carpio.

A couple of  months ago news got out that the not-for-profit organisation TexSelect (previously known as TexPrint) was to  wind up after more than 40 years of nurturing, mentoring and supporting British-trained textile and design talents due to funding challenges and the retirement of long-standing management executives. 

Now industry professionals can feel a sense of relieve with the announcement that the Paris-based Premiere Vision Group, organiser of the world's leading sourcing events for fashion professionals, will continue its support for emerging textile designers through an agreement with TexSelect that will build on the talent search programme's legacy with an international perspective from 2020.

The P.V. Group will take over as champion of new graduate talent when TexSelect completes its voluntary winding up at the end of the year.  Further announcements will be made about the future structure of the talent selection scheme under Premiere Vision's auspices during the September 2019 edition at Premiere Vision Paris in Parc des Expositions.  The two organisations have run in parallel for nearly 50 years, share a common objective of supporting creativity in textile design.

"Both Premiere Vision and TexSelect view knit, print, weave and mixed media innovators as being a vital, creative force in the advancement of textile and apparel design, "says Gilles Lasbordes,  (at left) managing director of Premiere Vision Group.  "Premiere Vision is committed to giving new designers space and support between university and the launch of their professional practice."

Barbara Kennington, TexSelect's honorary chairman (at right) explains:" Over recent years, we have had a tough time raising the funds required to run the scheme.  At the same time, many of our loyal management team are retiring."

"As a major sponsor and host of the TexSelect design village, we spoke with our colleagues at Premiere Vision about our intention to windup the charity at the end of 2019.  We are delighted that Premiere Vision has been so forthcoming and will create new opportunities for young designers when TexSelect in its current form closes."

Premiere Vision Group is the global leader in upstream, creative fashion trade shows.  From 15 Lyon-based weavers in the early 1970s to more than 2,000 exhibitors at PV Paris today, the group's strategy has remained to support the development of the international fashion industry and major market evolutions through its services and 12 events per year, to which has been added a unique online sourcing tool:  Premiere Vision Marketplace, managed by the company's subsidiary, Premiere Vision Digital.

The next PV Paris will take place 17 - 19 September 2019 in Parc des Expositions, Paris.  The show encompasses textiles, leather, yarns, fabric design, haberdashery and accessories,  knits finished goods and manufacturing. 

All photos by Lucia Carpio.