Première Vision launches the Textile Excellence Awards

...and for its next edition (15-18 September 2009), dedicated to the autumn winter 2010-11 season, a series of initiatives for both exhibitors and visitors.

8 June 2009, Paris - Nearly 700 exhibitors from 31 countries have already announced their participation in the September 2009 session, thus confirming the uncontested leadership of Première Vision: the single most effective tool for the fashion textile industry, a place for both business and the discovery of new products.

Among the exhibitors are 27 newcomers. They were chosen by the Première Vision Selection Committee on the basis of rigorous criteria, applied irrespective of the firm’s country of origin or know-how: creativity of products, ability to present regularly updated collections, service qualities, and financial stability.

New exhibitors come from 9 countries (China, South Korea, France, Italy, Portugal, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the USA), enriching the 4 salon universes (Seduction, Distinction, Relax and Pulsation).

Première Vision launches the ‘PV Awards’

Promoting fashion textiles, their creativity and inventiveness, over the course of seasonal collections has been the foundation of Première Vision’s approach since its start.

Today, amidst the current global economic turmoil, it seemed essential to turn the spotlight on the work of the weavers and, more than ever, showcase the richness of textile creation. With this goal in mind, Première Vision, recognised by international fashion professionals as providing a window onto the sector’s creative excellence, is launching the «PV Awards», to reward the most outstanding fabrics created by the salon’s exhibitors.

4 prizes will be awarded:

• The Grand Jury Prize 2009

For the fabric that is the most exceptional, the most symbolic of the coming fashion zeitgeist, and the most pertinent.

• Handle Prize (2009)

For the fabric that allies the most astonishing tactile and behavioural qualities, the fabric that touches the senses and the emotions.

• Innovation Prize (2009)

For the fabric that is the most innovative, the most intelligent, the most technological and creative.

• Imagination Prize (2009)

For the most daring, the most original, the most surprising fabric in terms of fibre, technique, decoration or finishing.

The 7-member jury will be presided over by an internationally recognised designer and will include prominent buyers, specialised journalists, the representative of a major fashion design school and Première Vision’s Fashion Director. They will meet a first time in early September to select some 80 fabrics from those submitted to us by exhibitors for the autumn winter 2010-11 season.

Nominated fabrics will be showcased in the General Forum as of the first day of the show, and, after a final deliberation, the president of the jury will announce the winners Friday 18 September at noon in the General Forum (hall 5).

Be sure to note the date of this premiere in your agendas now!

Première Vision creates the ‘Pluriel trails’

A platform for business and inspiration unique in the world, bringing together 6 complementary events (Expofil, Première Vision, Le Cuir à Paris, Indigo, ModAmont and Zoom by Fatex), Première Vision Pluriel proposes a complete and selective offer of products and services to professionals in the fashion sector.

As of September 2009, to better exploit the synergy that exists between the 6 shows, and to allow buyers to work with increased efficiency, new «Pluriel trails» will be proposed. These will be re-established pathways that pass through the different events and that are defined according to a specific theme related to a product or market sector.

For the next session, 2 ‘Pluriel trails’ will be indicated:

• The ‘recycled trail’ will indicate those exhibitors who are engaged in an approach to production mindful of preserving the earth’s natural riches by reusing existing materials. This approach is shared by a growing number of companies, across very diverse sectors.

• The ‘Men’s/Outerwear trail’, part of an ongoing study of the men’s fashion market conducted by Première Vision for several sessions now, leads menswear buyers on a discovery of exhibitors who make it possible for them to treat all the aspects of their collections under one roof: patterns at Indigo, fabrics and skins and furs at Première Vision and Le Cuir à Paris, accessories at ModAmont and specialised garment manufacturers at Zoom by Fatex.

These ‘Pluriel trails’ are designed to abet the processes of discovery and inspiration, and to optimise work time. Their goal is to incite even more creative and business encounters, and to spotlight the matchless offer represented by the some 1,500 exhibitors brought together by Première Vision Pluriel.

• Première Vision

Autumn Winter 2010-11 season

Parc d’Expositions de Paris Nord Villepinte

15 > 18 September 2009

• Announcing the winners of the ‘PV Awards’:

Friday 18 September, at noon

General Forum (hall 5)