Messe Frankfurt South Africa: Allfashion Sourcing Cape Town Premium African Fashion & Textiles Event

Brought to you by Messe Frankfurt South Africa, this renowned event:
• Will be hosted at the CTICC from 26 – 28 September 2023
• Offers trend talks, special product & exhibitor fashion showcases and industry focused seminars & sustainability-focused workshops
• Will be attended by the general public and:
o Manufacturers, distributors & wholesalers
o Merchandisers, retailers & boutique owners
o Private labels, designers & agents
o Department stores, chain stores & supermarkets
• Hosts the acclaimed 2023 young designers’ competition

Registrations are now open and entry is free once registration has been confirmed.
• Time: 9 am to 4 pm
• Venue: CTICC 2, Corner of Heerengracht & Rua Bartholomeu Dias, Foreshore
• Cost: Free
• Ticket bookings & registration: 2023 AFS Event

source all fashion Bringing together African innovation, design, and manufacturing for the textile and fashion industries, Cape Town is a business-oriented marketplace with global sourcing choices.
The third largest fair-trade enterprise in the world, this German behemoth is owned by Messe Frankfurt, the world’s leading organizer of textile fairs. It operates in over 50 countries.

Allfashion Sourcing Cape Town promises to be the fashion and textile show of the year with more than 100 local and foreign exhibitors and two completely full halls at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
Once more, Cape Town will draw tens of thousands of buyers, distributors, retailers, influencers, and designers because of the city’s cutting-edge inventiveness, global fashion trends, and environmentally friendly design and materials.

The upcoming 2023 Premium African Fashion & Textiles Event will support sustainable fashion in Africa and will be proudly hosted in South Africa, which not only serves as the continent’s fashion and textile hub and the official trade and distribution hub for the SADC nations but also ranks third in terms of employment in the sector.

Leading trend talks for Fall/Winter 2024–2025, inspired by the idea of “Space Age Eclecticism,” are presented to you by allfashion sources in collaboration with industry specialists Arsutoria.
These lectures will discuss the future of sustainable fashion as developed at the nth power and are inspired by Apple’s recently released immersive, virtual, and augmented reality visors, the VisonPro. Visitors to the event are invited to the trend forum area for a sensory experience of these trends.

Arsutoria The Workshop School, with its headquarters in Milan, is a preeminent international organization for technical and design education in shoes and bags.
Notably, it creates its own fashion movements centered on leather, shoes, and bags.
The Arsutoria seminar will therefore primarily focus on current trends in both menswear and womenswear.

Exhibitors at the event stand to reap the following major benefits:
• Reach targeted buyers and extend their brand presence to a vast network of visitors
• Present at one or more of the well-attended seminars
• Explore business opportunities in Africa and internationally
• Discover the latest industry trends and forecasts.
• Launch new products or services

General visitors will be enriched by:
• A curation of cutting-edge fashion shows and trend-centric seminars focusing on industry insights
• The latest advancements in sustainability and ethical fashion
• Interaction with a diverse range of fashion and accessories
• You can also look forward to a diversity of product categories at this year’s event including:
• Menswear
• Womenswear
• Leather
• Denim
• Luggage & Bags
• Footwear
• Sports & Leisure
• Tech & Processes
• Textile Wholesalers

All visitors are welcome to attend the event’s crown jewel, the sixth annual allfashion sourcing Young Designer Competition 2023, a distinguished platform for emerging local talent within the design industry to showcase their innovative design ideas.
All those attending get to experience Africa’s best textiles, fashion, and accessories, inspiring all those involved in production, retail, and merchandising. This is sustainable and ethical fashion sourcing, exhibiting, and eventing next level.

Registration for the event is now open: 2023 AFS Event

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