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The match-making event brings together companies, R&D centres and academies in the field of textiles and fashion,  actions sports and the swimwear industry. It is a unique opportunity to generate new business, technology and research and innovation contacts and contracts.  The lifestyle industry, especially the textiles and fashion sectors are undergoing a deep reconsideration of the principles that have been guiding them so far. In France alone, the fashion industry represents 150 billion euros of turnover

The international exhibition for textiles and fashion TextailorExpo 2022 will take place from October 27-29, 2022 at the Plovdiv International Fair. For three exhibition days, companies will have the opportunity for a presentation and B2B meetings. Within the framework of the exhibition, the TexTailor Expo team, together with partner professional organizations, prepared an accompanying program of seminars and events for maximum benefit to the professional world of the textile and fashion industry, as well as

The first CLOTH ClusterXchange visit will take place in London, June 28-30, 2022, and will include a visit to the „Future Fabrics Expo 2022” Fair. The companies who want to take part in this short-term exchange in the EU supported CLOTH Project can start now to register for the event. June 2022 – Barcelona / Copenhagen / Aix-en-Provence / Ruse / Iasi : CLOTH Project, the european alliance which brings together individuals, companies and clusters

14th edition of the international and interdisciplinary FASHIONCLASH Festival in Maastricht will take place from 25 – 27 November 2022. During this three-day hybrid (on- & offline program) festival, a new generation of designers and performing artists from all over the world are given the opportunity to show their work to a broad (inter)national audience. The program with exhibitions, performances, talks, workshops and fashion film screenings, showcases projects that explore, contextualize and celebrate contemporary fashion

White Label World Expo Frankfurt is Europe’s leading online retail sourcing show with the most innovative and progressive products, services and technologies in the white label marketplace. Taking place on the 12th & 13th of October 2022, the Messe in Frankfurt, Germany, will be transformed into the ultimate destination for any forward-thinking online seller! White Label World Expo Frankfurt will bring you an exclusive platform with the world’s top suppliers in an exciting hub for

Silvia Kabaivanova, Chairman and Dean Manev, Vice Chairman of Bulgarian Fashion Association took part in the kick-off meeting of the CLOTH project in Igualada, Spain on 21st and 22nd February 2022. The CLOTH project – CLuster Alliance fOr the Transition to green and digital fasHion – aims to boost the interregional cooperation through the creation of a cluster alliance within the Fashion sector that promote the necessary conditions to create a favourable ecosystem of relevant

Silvia Kabaivanova, Chairman of Bulgarian Fashion Association, participated in the B2B meeting and info day of GALACTICA project on 9th February in Brussels. GALACTICA, which aims to demonstrate the viability of new industrial value chains regarding the textile and aerospace sectors based on advanced manufacturing across the EU, launched the second Call for proposals, with a total budget of 1.64 M€ to support European SMEs.The Call for proposals is addressed to the EU and UK SMEs

10:15Starting  CITEVE (Ana Ribeiro)10:30Fascinate journey  MODACC (David García)10:50Market study @Canada, USA and Japan  CITEVE (Maria José Carvalho )11:00Fascinate internationalization strategy  MODACC/ B.Link (Jordi Escribà )11:15Textile companies experience in internationalization Panel with Fascinate frontrunners, moderated by Mariana d’Orey (Jornal T) Lipaco, Lda (Jorge Pereira) Pedrosa & Rodrigues (Miguel Pedrosa Rodrigues) Minoar (Yoan Galabov)11:50Closing  CITEVE (Ana Ribeiro) Please register here: https://forms.gle/P7jqovALMBGJfkf96 Registration open until 01.02.2022 A MS Team link will be emailed to whom complete the registration If you

GALACTICA, which aims to demonstrate the viability of new industrial value chains regarding the textile and aerospace sectors based on advanced manufacturing across the EU, launched the second Call for proposals, with a total budget of 1.64 M€ to support European SMEs. The Call for proposals is addressed to the EU and UK SMEs and start-ups that plan to develop innovative solutions that could be part of cross-sectoral and cross-border value chains with two different

Inspiring innovation through creative connections around Europe WORTH Partnership Project is funded by the European Commission under COSME, the EU Programme for the competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. WORTH is the sole European project where designers, SMEs, manufacturers, and tech providers work together to develop innovative, design-oriented business ideas. The project focuses on lifestyle industries, including fashion and textile, footwear, leather and fur, furniture/home decoration/interior design, jewellery and accessories. The project provides companies with

On November 30, 2021, the Bulgarian Fashion Association conducted a training for the internationalization of sustainable fashion brands. The training was conducted online on the Zoom platform, hosted by Prof. Lyubomir Stoykov. The training was attended by representatives of 22 Bulgarian fashion brands and manufacturers. It was conducted within the project FASCINATE – Sustainable Fashion Alliance for International markets and was focused on the markets in the United States, Canada and Japan. Lecturers were Prof.

The training Internationalization of sustainable fashion brands is organized by Bulgarian Fashion Association and is performed in the scope of FASCINATE – Sustainable Fashion Alliance for International markets  and is oriented to SMEs within the fashion & textile sector that wish to gain knowledge on internationalization, specifically within the Japanese, American and Canadian markets. It will take place on 30th November 2021 online in the platform Zoom. What’s the role of sustainability and circular economy

The Green Fashion Tour in Porto is a specific activity of the FASCINATE project happening in the fringes of the Modtissimo exhibition in Porto, Portugal, from October 6th to 8th 2021. It brought together a delegation of 5 clusters and 15 SMEs from Bulgaria, Denmark, Portugal and Spain to visit the Modtissimo fair, network with the rest of clusters and SMEs, look for business and technological cooperation, explore international business opportunities and brainstorm joint strategies

Poland Shoes Expo fair opens on 14-16 October 2021. Ptak Warsaw Expo Centre hosts the most special event in the country’s footwear and leather industry. The deadline for companies that want to participate in the fair is 30 September 2021. Free registration is available for visitors until October 7, 2021 at www.polandshoesexpo.com Poland Shoes Expo is a platform that covers both shoes, slippers, boots, bags, accessories and leather and sub-industry sectors. In this way, both manufacturers and importers