Avantex will take place in France from February 6 to 9, 2017. This is a trade fair dedicated to high-tech fabrics for fashion and research in the field, highlighting intelligent, connected fabrics, materials which combine nanotechnology and cosmetics, and surprising finishes and coatings.

The aim is to provide a pioneering offer, starting with raw material and continuing through to sales, for each segment. It’s a source for innovative products throughout the value chain. Start-ups will present their innovations and fashion solutions. Coloreel will exhibit its instantaneous dyeing machine for embroidery and Euveka, a robotic mannequin especially for pattern-making.

Wolford from Austria will exhibit its latest biodegradable designs. In addition, four European fashion schools with high-tech fashion origins will present their perspective on the future of the clothing and materials industries. Catwalk shows will showcase innovations and set them in motion.

Avantex has a vision of uniting high-tech companies and fashion product designers and managers and presenting a wealth of new developments and insights for the future of fashion. French firms will exhibit latest innovations in technical textiles, which will serve as basis for a fashion collection dreamed up by the show’s art directors. Avantex Paris belongs to the group of related trade shows organised by Messe Frankfurt France.