New venue attracts 17,112 visitors to Texworld
Texworld’s transfer to the Paris Le Bourget exhibition centre appears to have been successful, attracting 17,112 visitors to the event in February.
The number of visitors from the UK and Belgium rose as well as the number from Eastern European countries such as Serbia and Montenegro (+14%), Romania (+35%) and Croatia (+21%). Higher numbers from
One of the main highlights of the shoe was the “7 Street Dancers”, designed by twenty students from the
The Denimworld forum also attracted many visitors and the competition winner was Vietnamese designer Duc Long. His outfit was made from denim supplied by Taiwanese group Nien Hsin and fine cotton in vibrant colours from the Pakistani Sarena Dyeing & Embroidery.
Natural fabrics, and in particular organic fibres, were highly sought after at the event including linen, organic cotton, ramie, hessian, soya protein, bamboo fibres.
