FUTURE FABRICS EXPO 9½ | 22ND JUNE - 2ND JULY, 2021, LONDON, UK
FUTURE FABRICS EXPO 9½ POWERED BY THE FUTURE FABRICS VIRTUAL EXPO
From the 22nd June – 2nd July 2021, we hosted the Future Fabrics Expo 9½ in London, showcasing thousands of sustainably produced textiles and materials, all contextualised with sustainability information and open-source tools. We were delighted with the engagement and how the opportunity to physically experience materials was appreciated. The integration of the physical materials in the expo with our digital platform via QR codes, together with visitors joining from all over the world via our online platform was a success. The audience represents the scope of the industry: ranging from luxury brands and high street retailers to start-ups, academics and students. Thank you to all those who attended our Future Fabrics Expo 9½ both physically and virtually! This interim Expo was a one-stop destination of sustainable sourcing both in-person at our London showroom accompanied also with digital online panel discussions available through our online platform Future Fabrics VIRTUAL Expo. Our London showroom Expo offered the opportunity to discover thousands of best-practice, sustainably-produced materials in a diverse range of fibre categories, all accompanied with sustainability information and tools, supplier insights, enabling exploration of the latest collections and sustainability initiatives from our featured mills and suppliers. Alongside this our edited innovations display presented a curated showcase of diverse, emerging and commercially available innovations exemplifying key material themes for the year. Future Fabrics Expo 9½ is aimed at supporting fashion professionals seeking to understand sustainability impacts and source a wide range of more responsibly-produced textiles and materials for a positive and responsible fashion future. All material qualities are supported with detailed sustainability information and contextual content.
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NATURE-POSITIVE MATERIALS DISPLAY: A POSITIVE FUTURE OF FASHION
The Nature-Positive Materials display makes its debut at Future Fabrics Expo 9½ in London! The display spotlights materials that are nature-positive and grown in regenerative organic agricultural systems. Attendees were able to discover Wildlife Friendly Certified® materials, materials farmed with regenerative farming practices, and ‘forgotten’ plant and animal fibres that can play an important role in diversifying the fibre basket and work to restore our planet’s biodiversity.
Listen to the panel discussion with Julie Stein, Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network, Dr. Helen Crowley, Kering Group, and Nina Marenzi, Founder of The Sustainable Angle’s Future Fabrics Expo, on “Nature- Positive Materials: Best Practice with wildlife at the core.”
“It is the sourcing of raw materials that is the direct interface between business and nature. Through sustainable sourcing and reconfiguring supply chains, we can help drive change in agriculture, mining, and forestry, and promote regenerative, wildlife-friendly approaches to production.”
PARLEY FOR OCEANS AT THE FUTURE FABRICS EXPO
Opening remarks from Cyrill Gutsch, Founder and CEO of Parley of the Oceans:
“We are the material innovators. We are the creators. We are encouraged more than ever now to use that moment and open the door to a New Age, to a new era of materials, to call out the Material Revolution. To let all these harmful toxic ingredients go. And to start a new way of business, a new economy that is based on collaboration and eco-innovation.”
INNOVATIONS AT THE EXPO: A NEW MATERIALS LANDSCAPE
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On Friday 25th June, The Sustainable Angle’s Curator and Educational Consultant, Amanda Johnson, moderated a panel discussion on: “Demystifying New Materials Innovations” with Dr Amanda Parkes, Chief Innovation Officer at Pangaia, and Suzanne Lee, Founder and CEO of Biofabricate.
“The exciting new generation of bio based synthetics are actually sequestering carbon and inevitably will have a lower carbon footprint, so that they can make a significant contribution to climate change. Currently 45% of fabrics used in fashion products are polyester- that’s almost half of all materials are currently oil derived, so if we could flip that 45% that would be a big carbon impact for the fashion industry.”
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VISITORS WERE ABLE TO EXPLORE THOUSANDS OF MATERIALS AT OUR FUTURE FABRICS EXPO SHOWROOM….
LATEST COLLECTIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES OF FEATURED MILLS AND SUPPLIERS!
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KEY THEMES OF THE FUTURE FABRICS EXPO 9½
More mills and suppliers who are producing sustainably and responsibly
Our materials showcase continues to expand every year as an increasing number of mills and suppliers prioritise sustainable textile solutions and integrate renewable resources into production.
Are you a mill and supplier interested in exhibiting at the Future Fabrics Expo? Contact us to find out more information or sign up today!
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