Many textile companies developed their collections around the idea of travel, offering lightweight, stretch and resilient fabrics to respond to a request of practical and multiseasonal garments.

Italian tanneries are looking for innovative solutions to propel the suffering footwear division.

Designers cited an amped up push on sustainable fabrics, while Première Vision Paris presented an enlarged Wearable Lab Village.

Soft fabrications and modern evolutions on shine were among the other ruling fabric trends at the Première Vision Paris and Texworld Paris shows.

Propelled by the increasing cost of raw fibers, yarn makers are opting for innovative blends and treatments to beat the competition.

Yarn makers are approaching the 82nd edition of the Florence-based trade show with a renovated sensibility toward the planet, which inspires sustainable processes, earthy color palettes and multiseasonal features.

This year’s event included an Innovation award.

Targeting the spring 2019 pre-collection season, the offer reflected a shift to a softer, fresher mood.

Australia’s Pyrenees Park won for the fourth consecutive year, producing a bale that measured 10.4 microns.

The Italian textile company has digitalized half of its archive, including 800 books of samples and technical charts, plus more than 10,000 wool samples.

Washable suede and leather with copper net were among the standouts at the three-day trade show.

A non-profit project unravels the more than 80 ways to drape the sari and how to adapt it to the modern age.

Speaking at the recent edition of Première Vision Paris, Gilles Lasbordes, the show’s general manager, cited an economic dynamism indicating “a real, though still fragile, revival.”

Show organizer Messe Frankfurt said the uptick was a sign of “renewed confidence” in the global economy.

Due to launch in 2018, the digital platform will connect buyers with the group’s exhibitors and their collections.