Texworld to discover young talent thru 'Designers & Fashion'

19 May '09

6 min read

It is also a way of broadening their horizons since some of them have found agents to represent them in faraway countries like Japan and to help them establish themselves in these markets.

Applications should be submitted before 1st June 2009.
As far as the practical details are concerned, any young stylist, designer or pattern designer who has a strong collection and intends to develop their career on an international scale can send their application (CV + portfolio + any articles that will demonstrate the designer's work) to Texworld (1 avenue de Flandre, Paris 75019, for the attention of François Decaux – or by email: francois.decaux@france.messefrankfurt.com).

Any type of creative ideas for textiles-clothing accepted: men's, women's or children's fashion, fashion accessories, lingerie/swimwear, collections of fabrics for clothing... The jury consists of three professionals, a senior designer from the style agency Nelly Rodi, Christine Walter Bonini, director of Esmod and Julie Mangaud, journalist at Fashion Mag, will meet during the month of June to select the 10 designers who will be exhibiting at Texworld.

This selection will make up the next crop of “Designers & Fashion”, set to be discovered during the next session of Texworld from Monday, 14 to Thursday, 17 September 2009 at the Paris le Bourget Exhibition Centre.

Young graduates report:
“We really enjoyed taking part at Texworld in Paris where we were able to make quite a lot of contacts both with exhibitors and with buyers who were glad to talk to us,” reports Alexandre Pogosyan, a graduate of Hanover University of Applied Arts. In four days we had the opportunity to work very seriously side-by-side with the world of professionals.”

Ranges for the Audi sport collection
“This is how four of us contributed to development of the new collections for Audi S Line. This brand is developing three sports ranges for men, women and children...After a brief meeting where colours, target markets and feasibility dates were established, we designed eight tops for the three ranges, inspired by the new AUDI. In each collection the car has been considered with its particular characteristics: three-dimensionality, aerodynamics and elegance. This is how, for both men and women, we designed three-dimensional printing and other details evoking the car's lines, whereas the children's collection was more playful.”

School uniforms
“I had lots of opportunities taking part at Texworld,” reports Anja Boning. “I met some very interesting people there, in particular one of the designers and his boss at “World Textiles”, a major German company. I first produced a few pieces for a collection as a freelancer, for Jägermeister and for Hockenheim Ring, two of their brands. Then I had the opportunity to work on my collection for my degree with their help and for them. At the moment I am still working for them and I have just designed a collection for school uniforms that they would like to promote in the near future.”

The next Texworld show which will present the trends for autumn/winter 2010/2011 will be held at the Paris le Bourget exhibition centre from Monday, the 14th to Thursday, the 17th September 2009.

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