The knowledge segments at the upcoming Home Textiles Sourcing Expo will focus on the global home textiles landscape, colour trends for Autumn/Winter 2019-20 and a unique panel on translating fashion trends into home décor. The expo will be held alongside Texworld USA and Apparel Sourcing USA offering a wide variety of seminars and panels. As a marketplace for networking, education and sourcing, it is the only trade event in North America to centre entirely on home textiles and finished soft goods for all home applications.
Seminars at the expo include a session dedicated to sheets, towels, tariffs and trade: what it all means for the global home textiles market in 2018 and beyond. The expo panels feature two sessions. Translating Fashion Trend to Décor with Staying Power will be presented by Jana Platina Phipps. Many couture fashion trends have the chance of looking absurd in home design. However, many of the innovative fabrications, textiles, embellishments and color palettes seen on the runway serve as great indicators and inspiration for what will trickle down to decor in surprising ways. Embellishment expert and design blogger Jana Platina Phipps, known as Trim Queen, will invite participants on a fast-paced visual tour through what's "haute" and which trends can be integrated right into the home market.
A panel titled ‘The New Home Textiles Landscape - What’s Needed to Survive and Thrive Tomorrow’ will discuss burning issues of interest to importers, product developers, marketers, sources, and creatives. A panel of experts will present exclusive research about consumer shopping behaviors, trend forecasts that address changing consumer’s lifestyles, and insight from a retail disruptor about the new landscape.
