Elementi Moda has designed the forum concept based on three themes:

Make (rural – treasure): human nature awash with art-mindful inspirations. A pure devotion of beauteous universality embedded in nature. Focal thoughts on handwork and craft feel, evoking a rural nostalgia while our dreams voyage to a faraway land seeking a high-spirited bohemian mood.

Create (bespoke – lyrical): create an essential design that connects tradition and the future with a spirit awash with modernity, rationality as well as sensibility. Seek a dual elegance; a graciously disciplined manner with a classy feel while championing aestheticism adorned with lyrical, delicate and playful femininity.

Innovate (cosmos – cyber): cosmic mystique of translunar reliefs of shading and luminescence, while perpetual fantasy unfolds via intoxication and arousal. Art and technology meet for an innovative approach. Infinite possibilities fascinated with space impart bold, futuristic imaginations and cyber-inspired novelties.

To help buyers understand the trends on display in more detail, Ms Ornella Bignami, Creative Director of Elementi Moda, will conduct three Trend Tour sessions during the first two days of the fair to further demonstrate the seasonal trend stories.

In addition to the Trend Forum, various seminars in different themes will be held during the fair to offer more in-depth information about the upcoming trends. Experts from the fashion industry have been invited to share the latest update of the fashion trends, including Mr Massimo Carminati, Trend & Style Director of Peclers Paris, who will share A/W 16-17 women’s fashion trends to inspire and guide the product innovation of next season’s ladieswear. As well as the trend tours, Ms Bignami will also hold a seminar to elaborate on next season’s colour and fabric directions in more detail.

Newly added Digital Printing Forum and panel discussion equip industry with latest knowledge at Intertextile Shanghai

More than just a trade fair, Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics is often seen by the industry as a comprehensive learning platform as well. Responding to the rapidly growing demand for digital textile printing, a debut Digital Printing Forum and series of panel discussions are added to the show this edition which takes place from 13 – 15 October at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). The apparel fabrics and accessories industry’s leading trade fair will feature some 4,000 exhibitors from around 30 countries and regions.

The forum will be hosted by experts from digital printing machinery companies and digital printing fabrics suppliers such as Digital Textile Solution, Konica Minolta, Kornit Digital Ltd and more. A representative from the UK department store Liberty London will host a seminar titled ‘Liberty Style: Print and pattern in Fashion from 1875 to Modern Day’. Participants will learn about the latest technology developments, digital textile printing market trends as well as print and pattern fashion trends.

Another new feature at the fair is a series of panel discussions held by organisations from a range of industry sectors. Five speakers and topics currently confirmed include:

Americas Apparel Producers' Network: Activewear – the impact of this hot ‘fashion’ trend in the US CELC European Flax: flax & linen – the fibre of the future HKRITA: new materials for better living Redress: E-Commerce – an exciting opportunity for sustainable fashion? Textile Clothing Footwear Leather Resource Centre of West Australia: Designers Insights: Fibres, colours, inspiration and innovation

Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Autumn Edition 2015 is co-organised by Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd; the Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT; and the China Textile Information Centre.