Innovative Apparel Show 2017 becomes more international

• Fashion schools from France, Portugal, Italy and Germany to take part
• “Innovative Apparel Public Award 2017” – the public chooses the best design

Visionary designs from four international fashion schools
Four international colleges for fashion and design will present their visionary outfits made from technical textiles or functional apparel textiles that use modern processing technologies in the form of a fashion show every day of the trade fair. Based on the themes “Textile Effects”, “Creative Engineering” and “Smart Fashion”, the young designers will showcase their ideas and experiments.

The participating schools in 2017 include:
The international fashion school ESMOD from Paris, France
ESAD College of Art and Design from Matosinhos, Portugal
The Accademia Italiana, the fashion, design and photography school from Florence, Italy and

Hochschule Trier, a school specialising in fashion design from Germany.  The stage shows for the “Innovative Apparel Show 2017” will take place twice daily in the foyer of halls 5.1/6.1.

• on 9 May at midday and 3 p.m.,
• on 10 /11 May at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. as well as
• on 12 May at 11 a.m.

Public prize for the best design

A public prize will once again be awarded in 2017 for the outfits that are presented on the catwalk. During the trade fair, the audience will be asked to vote on which of the presented models should win the three “Innovative Apparel Public Awards 2017”. The prizes will be presented following the 11 a.m. event on the last day of the trade fair.