California Apparel News

The Los Angeles International Textile Show starts on Monday at the California Market Center with more than 250 textile resources, including fabric, trim, trend services and technology providers.

Special sections of the show include the European Collections Pavilion and Lenzing Innovation Pavilion on the 13th floor of the building and the Korean Pavilion, sponsored by KOTRA (Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency) and Korean Textile Trade Association, the Fashion Theater in the lobby.

The three-day show will include complimentary trend seminars presented by Design Options, Stylesight, WGSN, and Cotton Inc, business seminars presented by Lenzing, the California Fashion Association, Fashion Business Inc. (FBI), Fox Rothschild LLP, FAB Counsel and Matte Black. The LA Textile seminars will be held in the Penthouse, Suite 19.

FBI will also host additional seminars in its permanent space in CMC suite A792.

Lenzing is co-hosting the opening night reception, which runs from 5 to 7 p.m. in Penthouse Suite 19. Cotton Inc. is sponsoring a coffee bar each morning. And the Trend Forum in the lobby is co-curated by Los Angeles–based color forecasting service Design Options.

Can’t wait to start scouting for new textiles? Check out our textile trend galleries.