The Preface fabrics trade show unveils a new format focused on circular fashion

Founded in 2018, the Preface material development show will unveil a model new format on January 28 and 29 in Los Angeles at 356 S. Mission Road within the Arts District, exploring the way forward for circular design, upcycling, and sustainability.

The new version shall be produced in collaboration with Re/Assembly, an organisation co-founded by Sohyun Cho, Jodi Everding, Stina Randestad, and Ida Esteri Karkkainen and devoted to supporting artistic expertise within the transition to circularity within the fashion and textile industries; and Here/After, a construction born from the collaboration between Amy Leverton, founding father of Denim Dudes, and Erin Barajas, producer and author specialising in denim.

“This season marks a new chapter for Preface as we take a fully collaborative approach for the first time,” says Betsy Franjola, founding father of Preface. “By uniting with these innovative partners who add depth through education and trend programming, we’re shaping our largest and most inspiring event to date.”

“With the theme ‘Unraveling Circularity,’ the event will unite industry pioneers, educators, and suppliers to platform tools and insights on circular design for designers and brands interested in textiles and resources that offer a better alternative to conventional materials,” clarify the occasion organisers. “Through a curated roster of exhibitors, interactive sessions, expert panels, and networking opportunities, attendees will gain practical resources to integrate circularity and upcycling into their design and production processes.”

Specifically, the Preface show flooring will broaden to incorporate a devoted assortment of denim provide chain gamers organised by Denim Dudes, together with Orta, Iskur, Lab Denim, Desert Studio, Denimai, and Maritas. Visitors can even have the ability to uncover international denim insights and attend development forecasts, trade experiences, and panels on tradition, creativity, and the evolution of the denim panorama.

“We’ve hosted some amazing, intimate, and elevated community experiences featuring our market insights alongside non-traditional programming and unexpected speakers,” says Leverton, co-founder of Here/After. “So I’m thrilled to spread our wings a bit and bring that same focus and energy to a wider audience.”

A spotlight of this yr’s occasion, Re/Assembly’s Upcycling Fashion Design Competition will supply a real-time show that goals to problem conventional design practices. After an expert-led instructional program, chosen rising designers will face a six-hour problem on the show flooring: reworking post-consumer clothes, textile waste and recycled supplies into runway-ready clothes reside in entrance of attendees.

The competitors is focusing on third and 4th yr and lately graduated fashion college students. The jury will choose the finalists based mostly on their design language, craftsmanship, and design course of of their earlier work and dedication to sustainability in fashion design.

“Our Upcycling Design Competition is the ultimate proof of concept, demonstrating that circularity is not a restriction- it is the catalyst for the most creative, original, and interesting design in fashion today,” says Stina Randestad, award-winning fashion designer and artistic director of Re/Assembly.

The profitable staff designers will every be awarded a Juki stitching machine and a 750 euro present card from European premium recycled material producer Weturn. Additional prizes could also be introduced by the organiser at a later date.

The trade show is anticipating to deliver collectively manufacturers similar to AG Jeans, Frame, Reformation, Good American, Paige, True Religion, Staud, Buck Mason, Rails, Doen, and L’Agence, alongside rising designers, sourcing staff, and sustainability leaders.

The trade show will welcome guests from all ranges of the fashion provide chain, from founders and artistic administrators to manufacturing and sourcing managers. Attendance at Preface is freed from cost and types and designers are invited to register on-line.