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From Fibre to Catwalk

The international network for textile materials, apparel fabrics, trims, accessories and sourcing.

Fashion starts with high-quality materials – and Texpertise events bring them to international markets. With around 35 events in 11 countries, Messe Frankfurt is the world's leading organiser of trade fairs for the apparel and fashion industry.

The Texpertise Apparel Fabrics & Fashion cluster connects the global textile and fashion supply chain. From fibres and yarns to fabrics, trims, accessories and sourcing solutions, leading manufacturers present their latest innovations, while industry professionals discover trends, build international partnerships and unlock new business opportunities.

Logos of all Apparel Fabrics & Fashion fairs

Are you familiar with Texworld and Apparel Sourcing in New York and Paris? Then discover Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – the world’s largest trade fair for apparel fabrics. From February 2027, Value in Milan will bring together a carefully selected community of premium fabric and accessory suppliers, offering a highly curated platform dedicated to strategic networking and business development.

Explore the international brands of the Texpertise network and discover the events that best fit your sourcing, networking and business objectives.

Texpertise trade fairs worldwide

Explore international events within the Texpertise network for the apparel industry. The interactive map allows you to discover trade fairs worldwide by region, market and industry segment, helping you find the events most relevant to your business.

Upcoming trade fairs

Intertextile Shenzhen Apparel Fabrics

Intertextile Shenzhen Apparel Fabrics

From 9 to 11 June 2026, Intertextile Shenzhen Apparel Fabrics brings together international exhibitors and trade visitors in South China’s innovation and fashion hub. The fair presents a focused overview of fabrics, functional materials and textile developments for the apparel industry. Held alongside Yarn Expo, it forms a platform covering the textile value chain.

Allfashion Sourcing Cape Town

African creativity meets global sourcing

From 14 to 16 July 2026 Allfashion Sourcing Cape Town brings together African creativity, design and manufacturing with international sourcing options – creating a dynamic marketplace for the textile and fashion industry. As a key platform within Messe Frankfurt’s Texpertise Network, the event connects African buyers with global suppliers across the entire value chain.

Texworld & Apparel Sourcing Los Angeles

Our biggest textile sourcing event heads to the West Coast

In the heart of Los Angeles, in the California Market Center, the fair duo Texworld & Apparel Sourcing Los Angeles connects international suppliers with the US fashion market. From 21 to 23 July 2026, for the first time, Interfilière by Who’s Next joins the event, bringing together key segments of the textile value chain and creating opportunities for sourcing, networking, and business development.

Texworld in conjunction with Apparel Sourcing NYC

Texworld in conjunction with Apparel Sourcing NYC

Texworld together with Apparel Sourcing NYC is the largest textile and apparel sourcing trade show on the East Coast. Taking place from July 29 to 31, 2026, the show brings together hundreds of international exhibitors and fosters innovation and collaboration – making it the ultimate hub for ethical and sustainable fabric sourcing as well as cutting-edge solutions in the textile and garment industry.

Insights from the Fashion & Textile Industry

Texpertise supports the global textile industry year-round – not only through its events, but also with the latest industry trends, innovations, market insights and expert knowledge.

Texpertise Network

With more than 60 international textile events in 15 countries, Messe Frankfurt is the global market leader for textile trade fairs. Throughout the year, Texpertise provides in-depth information on current industry topics, market developments, and a supplier directory featuring around 11,000 established brands and companies.

Texpertise covers the entire textile value chain – from research and development to yarns, fabrics, apparel and fashion, as well as home and household textiles, technical textiles, and processing and cleaning technologies.

More information: Texpertise Network – unites the whole textile sector

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