Presenting the best selection of International and North American textile trends and trimmings in the nation, the LA Int’l Textile Show ended after three jam-packed days of seminars, sales and inspiration for Spring / Summer ’09.
A varied selection of attendees shopped the show such as ABS, American Apparel, Antik Denim, BCBG Max Azria, Bebe, Big Star, Billy Blues, C&C California, Charlotte Tarantola, Chinese Laundry, Citizens of Humanity, Disney, Ed Hardy, Fabrizio Gianni, Forever 21, Guess by Marciano, J Brand, James Jeans, Jessica McClintock, Juicy Couture, Kevan Hall, Macy’s West, Mattel, Mike & Chris, Paige Denim, Rami Kashov, Robert Rodriguez, Tadashi, Tarina Tarantino, Three Dots, Trina Turk, and many more.
The LA Int’l Textile Show was comprised of four primary exhibitions. The textile and trim booths and showrooms in Penthouse, Floor 13, the French Textile Pavilion on Penthouse, Floor 13, Korean Textile Pavilion in Penthouse Floor, 13 and the Fashion Theater in the Main Lobby. Permanent textile and trimshowrooms were featured on Floors 6B and 7A & B.
“We received very positive feedback from exhibitors this show,” said Joanne Lee, Senior Vice President of the CMC.
“The Los Angeles International Textile Show is important to the apparel industry because it is the only trade event in the U.S. that continues to cater to the needs of designers by focusing on fashion fabrics, trims, and trend forecasting.
The show offers a vast assortment of fabrics and trims from domestic and international companies, including key mills from Europe and Korea.”
"The show has been phenomenal for us,” said Sara Silverberg of Fred Howard Co. “We seem to have products that people want.
We were amazed at how busy it was Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday - everyday, we looked at our watches and couldn't believe it was 4:00pm."
"I was glad to see my biggest customers were at the show. I was also pleased with a few new customers that seem very promising.
I will absolutely be back in October,” said Eric Hagen of Junior Hagen Ltd. Simona Febbi, Export Area Manager of Mectex also had a great show.
“We have been exhibiting at the LA Int’l Textile show for many years and this was one of our best shows. We saw all of our existing customers and many new ones.
The LA Int’l Textile Show is very important to designers and a great way for our company to reach out to new designers.”
"We were very selective in the 22 exhibitors we brought to the show and it seems that the buyers agreed with our choices,” said Soo Hoon Chae, Director of the Korean Textile Trade Association (KTTA).
“The U.S. market is vital to the Korean Textile industry. Textile was once considered the number one industry in Korea, and with the help of shows like this one at the CMC, it will be number one again. We are looking forward to the October show, where we will have over 140 companies attending."
“This show was better than we expected,” said Agnes Elisabelar, Export Manager for Espace Textile.
“Our exhibitors saw a lot of new and returning accounts and overall we were rather pleased with the show. It really would have been a mistake not to exhibit.”
