UKFT launches UK responsible textiles campaign at Première Vision Paris
01/02/2023
This season at Première Vision, UKFT is showcasing the innovation, heritage and sustainability of the UK textiles industry with support from the Department for International Trade (DIT) and The Worshipful Company of Clothworkers.
The UK is on an ambitious journey towards a circular fashion and textiles system. The UK industry and researchers are co-creating innovations along the entire supply chain, pushing boundaries to create a planet and people-positive future.
The campaign focuses on five key themes: Sustainability, Durability, Creativity, Authenticity and Innovation. Come and speak with us at stand 6C10 at Première Vision Paris and explore the future of textiles.
Sustainability
The UK, with its expertise in natural fibres, is leading on global land stewardship programmes, ensuring wellbeing of animals at the source of our fibres and protecting the environments in which they live. Active collaborations are delivering climate-resilient farming systems, delivering sustainable and ethical raw materials with positive impact. Here at Première Vision you can learn more about UK mills and manufacturers.
FIND YOUR SUSTAINABLE UK SOLUTION
Durability
UK mills and manufacturers create high performing textiles that are durable, designed to be repairable, reused and recycled, ensuring they are long lived and long loved. At Première Vision, meet companies such as Halley Stevensons, a world-leading waxed cotton innovator, which specialises in weatherproofed apparel and luggage fabrics. One of its latest innovations is the Everwax range of sustainable fabrics and finishes. This innovative set of fabrics explores the re-purposes of ‘waste’ by-products and continues to push the boundaries for more sustainable products- evermore ensuring great protection from the elements. You can also speak to British Millerain, a fellow waxed cotton specialise which is championing its rECOver initiative at the show. British Millerain has made exciting progress in 2022, with the launch of a 100% natural wax derived from sustainable vegetable sources (rECOver Wax 6).
Creativity
The UK is celebrated for its design-led thinking and our unconventional approach often makes the unthinkable possible. We’re continually looking for novel ways to delight customers but also find new solutions to some of our industry’s biggest challenges. At this edition of Première Vision, the UK’s textile designers including Bella Tela, Mirjam Rouden, Design Union and Now Studio are unveiling some of their latest innovative and inspiring collections for fashion and interiors.
FIND YOUR CREATIVE UK SOLUTION
Authenticity
The UK is home to some of the world’s oldest textile manufacturers, with skills built up over generations. They’re working together with new creatives to find new ways to excite luxury brands and designers with prestigious fabrics, niche production and specialist techniques. Discover the latest range of the flannel specialist Fox Brothers or the first sustainable traceable Oxbridge flannel by John Foster.
FIND YOUR AUTHENTIC UK SOLUTION
Innovation
The UK has developed science-based innovations driving planet-positive processes, engineering natural solutions to man-made problems. Discover the latest updates from UK firms including Ananas Anam, a certified B-Corporation responsible for developing innovative plant-based textiles like Piñatex, and breaking barriers in the world of fashion materials to lead the way in sustainability.
FIND YOUR INNOVATIVE UK SOLUTION
UK Exhibitors
This season, the UK exhibitors at Première Vision are:
Alfred Brown, Amanda Kelly, Ananas Anam, Appaloosa/Westcott, Bella Tela, British Millerain, Canvas LDN, Circleline Design Studio, Cocobloom, Colourmode, Denholme Velvets, Design Union, Fox Brothers, Halley Stevensons, Hand & Lock, Helena Gavshon Design, Henry Bertrand, Jack Jones Design, Jayne Goulding Embroidery, Laurent Garigue, Liberty Fabrics, Linton Tweeds, London College of Fashion, Luxury Fabrics, Mirjam Rouden, Now-Studio London, Paul Vogel Design, Potterton Books, Roundtrack, Sholto Drumlanrig Print, Sourced Vintage Studio, Story Designs, Ulster Weavers, Vintage Labels and Weavabel.
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Think Sustainability. Think Scotland
Find out more about Scotland’s unique craftsmanship, skill and creativity and how Scottish textile designers, manufacturers and innovators can help buyers meet sustainable and ethical requirements.
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The UK: Creators of responsible fashion and textiles