Eco fashion at Interstoff Asia

03/07/2008

Various fashion, eco and functional fabric suppliers will take part in Interstoff Asia Essential Autumn, held October 8-10 in Hong Kong.

More than 200 exhibitors will participate at the fair including: Joint Bishu, a wool making association in Ichinomiya (Nagoya, Japan); Lenzing, which will highlight the nominated fabrics and recruit jury members for its fabric competition in the booth; JFW – Japan Creation, Japanese high-end fashion textiles event; and long-standing exhibitors such as Akko, Union Knopf, Ishinco, Mozartex and Jiangsu Lianfa. A number of certification bodies and ecology experts will offer up-to-date knowledge on eco-textiles certification and eco-dyeing. A seminar addressing a dyeing system that enhances productivity and meets eco-requirements in textile manufacturing process will be held, as will a forum entitled ‘Eco-textiles: Fabrics That Care’.

All products will be marked under an eco-labelling system, showing the raw materials and processes that make the fabrics eco-friendly.