Can you feel the excitement? Anticipation is in the air for the LA Textile show starting this week. This is one of the most prominent and well attended fashion events of the year. If you are starting a new fashion line, here’s why it can be important for your new brand.

Why would a fashion entrepreneur want to attend one of the most prominent fashion trade shows in the world? LA Textile, presented by the California Market Center, is the fashion industry’s preeminent destination for Textile, Design, and Production resources on the West Coast. This bi-annual event showcases premier Textile Mills, Trim Suppliers, Design Studios, Manufacturing Companies, and Supply Chain services from all around the world. 

It also hosts a program of acclaimed seminars, trend galleries, a sustainable fashion forum, and creative activations designed to inform, inspire, and help jump start your design and manufacturing goals.

It is extremely beneficial to small start-up designers as it provides worldwide textile, design, production, and educational resources. It’s essentially a one-stop shop for all your crucial fashion brand needs.

The exposure and immersion you will get in the fashion industry is a big reason to attend; however, there are many other strategic business reasons that can support your presence at the show. V.Mora will be there and I hope you will be too. Here’s why…

Why it’s so important for a fashion start-up:

LA Textile is an important show for any fashion entrepreneur who dreams of launching a new line or is getting ready to launch. You will find a broad selection of fabric collections and vendors to source from. Niche manufacturing and production resources are on display, and you’ll be able to meet top design consultants and get direction from top technical analysts and specialists who are at the forefront of fashion manufacturing technology, software, inventory control, and retail marketing automation. 

If you are interested in an Ultra-Savvy, Trend Forecasting forum, you will hear it from the best of them. The world-renowned trend consulting agency, Peclers Paris, will be presenting. They are known for their extensive color resource books. This agency helps to filter and utilize the macro-trends most relevant for their clients’ individual creative development processes. 

What to expect this year:

This year’s LA Textile extravaganza features a premium selection of textile mills, trims, design, and production resources from around the world. Simply exposing yourself to these exhibitors can inspire new ideas, offer solutions to design, supply, and manufacturing issues, and introduce you to new ideas and designs that you may never have considered.

This season also features special exhibitor pavilions including the Peruvian textile pavilion, Turkish textile pavilion, Taiwan textile federation, and a textile NYC pavilion. You can literally get ideas from around the world without ever leaving Los Angeles. 

You can also boost your fashion education with their complimentary 3-Day seminar program. They are featuring industry partners who will generously share their expertise with you. 

You may enjoy the special Sustainability Workshop presented by Material Exchange. As you know, sustainability has become an important benefit of many fashion brand stories including Patagonia, Veja, Stella McCartney, Rothy’s, and V.Mora’s most recent successful partner, Jgame.  As fast fashion seems to go out of style, how you make your fashion line and what materials you use can be as important as the overall design itself. 

One of the unique features of the LA Textile Trade Show is its focus on sustainability and eco-friendliness. Many of the exhibitors at the show specialize in sustainable and environmentally-friendly textiles and materials. This reflects a growing trend in the industry towards more sustainable practices. The focus on sustainability has helped to attract a younger, more socially-conscious demographic to the show, making it an important platform for promoting sustainable fashion.

Why is this show important to you?

The LA Textile Trade Show is an important event in the textile industry for a number of reasons. First, it provides a platform for manufacturers and designers to showcase their products and connect with buyers and retailers. The show attracts thousands of visitors every year, including representatives from major brands and retailers. It can give you the opportunity to network and build relationships with potential vendors and suppliers. You can make important connections, form critical partnerships, expose and get feedback for your designs, and earn a nearly graduate level education in the fashion industry in just 3 information packed days.  

Secondly, the show is an important source of inspiration and ideas for designers and manufacturers. You could find that “missing ingredient” to your fashion line and your business that’s been holding you back. 

The exhibitors at the show showcase the latest trends and innovations in the industry. You get a glimpse of what's new and exciting in the world of textiles and apparel. This can inspire you to create new products, find an exclusive niche, and improve your existing fashion line. 

When you can go to one single show and meet vendors and manufacturers, see fabrics and materials, learn the latest technology, and even find a strategy to help preserve the planet, you have an event that rocks. It efficiently increases your knowledge of your chosen industry. 

The information you can learn and the connections you can make at LA Textile may just be the “missing links” you have been looking for to accelerate your fashion start up to its successful launch. 

If you attend, please make sure you drop by the V.Mora booth: 212 and say hello.

Get more info HERE

Stuck on product Production? At V.Mora we can help you through the entire production process from designing, to sourcing and so on through our Production Development services. If you are in need of the following Development and Production services: 

• Sourcing 

• Technical sketches   

• Pattern Making

• Prototype making 

• Sample Making

• Fittings 

• Digitizing and Grading

• Marker Making

• Manufacturing

Please contact us at: vmorainquiry@vmora.com