Through its various manufacturing shows, and in parallel to its shows displaying specific materials like yarns, fabrics, leathers, patterns, and accessories, Première Vision, the world’s leading organizer of trade shows for the upstream fashion industry, is putting in place a global sourcing strategy serving fashion brands.

Premiere Vision now seeks to cover all the major global supply areas for textiles and apparel. The aim is to offer a selection of the industry’s most qualified manufacturers through three shows, the first of which is Made in France Premiere Vision (held in Paris in April). The show presents the best of the French fashion industry to high-end luxury fashion and accessory brands and designers: specific know-hows, French expertise, proximity sourcing solutions (materials, manufacturing, and fabrication techniques), and production services.

The second show is Premiere Vision Manufacturing (held at Paris Nord-Villepinte in February and September). As part of the Première Vision Paris ensemble, the show, dedicated to fashion manufacturing specialists, presents techniques from specialised fashion manufacturers like ready-to-wear, accessories, and leathers from the Euro-Med Zone and the Indian Ocean, two regions rich in fashion traditions, techniques, and expertise.

 The third show is called The Sourcing Connection Premiere Vision. To complement the proximity offered at the two other manufacturing shows, this new event will address the sourcing needs of high-volume to mid-range European fashion and accessory brands, on a fully global level. At the show, production heads and sourcing professionals from these brands will find manufacturers, sub-contractors, and garment makers and their everyday apparel and fashion collections. The first edition of this new event will be held from September 4 to 6 at the Parc des Expositions de Paris Porte de Versailles.

Just like at all the shows organised by Première Vision, in keeping with its underlying values of quality, creativity, and innovation, exhibitors at The Sourcing Connection Première Vision will be chosen by a special selection committee for fashion manufacturing industries. For its first edition, The Sourcing Connection Première Vision is foreseeing 100 to 120 exhibitors. The offer will comprise flexible companies with quick-response times and high production capabilities numbering among the industry’s highest-quality players. The Sourcing Connection Première Vision thus seeks to bring together real manufacturing treasures from the world’s leading apparel-production regions: Asia/Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Northern Europe.

Focused on the specialties of each company rather than geographic origin, The Sourcing Connection Première Vision will have offers organised by lifestyle and product categories. The exhibitors will be grouped into six distinct districts. These six districts, organized by activity and product destination, will allow for greater readability of the sourcing and expertise on offer, while ensuring optimally efficient visits. The six districts will be arranged around a central space, in a star formation, with each branch leading to one of the universes: Office Hours, as the most formal district, will include city wear, knitwear, blouses, dresses, suits, and shirts; Urbs & Suburbs will be the casual district and have leisure and relaxation items, streetwear, chinos, and free style.

All But Blue will be the denim district and will showcase new washes, new techniques and technologies, and all jeanswear products; Fit Frame in Fashion will be the sports-fashion district, which will have loungewear, homewear, yoga, fashion-sports; and Make it Work will be the services district and will display logistics, webpages, finance, pattern making, social media, virtual tools, and software. Lastly, Dress for the Elements will be the outerwear district, covering jackets and coats, leather jackets, outdoor shells, trekking, and sailing.

Like all the events organized by Premiere Vision, The Sourcing Connection Première Vision aims to provide a genuine contact point for fashion industry professionals to meet and exchange ideas. To initiate discussion and contacts between visitors and exhibitors, and stimulate thinking on fashion manufacturing issues, the show will be sponsoring two seminars on new challenges in international sourcing.