Fashion
Intertextile Shanghai Autumn to feature upgraded zones, trend forums
In today’s rapidly evolving textile and business landscape, staying ahead of competitors often requires access to the latest trends, innovative technologies, and strategic insights. In that regard, from 2 – 4 September 2025, Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Autumn Edition will once again serve as one of the industry’s premier trade platforms. This year, the fair will feature upgraded zones and expanded display areas designed to create a more seamless, more immersive sourcing and networking experience. Fairgoers can look forward to a dynamic fringe programme, including expert-led forums, seminars, and other insightful events, which should prove essential listening for industry players shaping the future of fashion.
Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Autumn Edition (September 2–4, 2025) will feature upgraded zones, expanded displays, and expert-led forums.
Highlights include the Functional Lab for activewear fabrics, Premium Wool Zone, and Innovation & Digital Solutions Zone with HKRITA’s Green Machine.
Fringe events will cover trends, sustainability, AI, digital solutions, and global market insights.
A key highlight of the fair is the Functional Lab, which responds to the growing demand for athletic-inspired apparel. Located in Hall 4.1, this area showcases a comprehensive selection of innovative activewear fabrics, including smart textiles, outdoor materials, and sports textiles. Within the zone, leading exhibitors such as Burlington, Kbtex Warp Knitting Technology, and Unifi Textiles (Suzhou) will present their latest offerings. To further highlight the potential of functional fabrics, Functional Lab’s display area The CUBE will feature an array of advanced fabrics and accessories that merge innovation with functionality, suitable for sportswear, athleisure, and protective apparel.
Meanwhile, esteemed European exhibitors to showcase in Premium Wool Zone include Abraham Moon & Sons, Scop Clarenson, Thomas Mason, and Yunsa. They will showcase their latest collections, catering to the needs of modern designers and discerning consumers. Located within the zone, the former Functional Suiting Display Area will return as Bespoke Performance, further emphasising the synergy of style, functionality, and luxury. This area is set to highlight high-end textiles for suiting, shirting, and bespoke fabrics that blend performance with sophistication, offering an extensive collection of fabric samples and garments consisting of wool, worsted, woollen, cashmere, tweed, and silk.
In addition, the Innovation & Digital Solutions Zone (previously known as Digital Solutions Zone) will spotlight advanced digital solutions, textile technologies, and materials. This specialised area will be enhanced with a series of Technology & Solutions fringe events, offering insights into how digital innovations are transforming design, manufacturing, and customer experience. Notably, The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) will present their Green Machine, a groundbreaking recycling system for mixed materials, demonstrating eco-conscious advancements in textile sustainability. Additionally, Shima Seiki will showcase their latest digital fabric simulation software, while AiDLab will feature their AI-based fashion design and textile inspection technology.
To enhance the fair experience, Intertextile Apparel’s fringe programme provides industry peers with unique insights and a competitive edge within the fast-evolving fashion landscape. This edition’s curated lineup of expert-led seminars, discussions, and exclusive events aims to address the latest trends, sustainability initiatives, technological innovations, and market intelligence. Key events include:
Design & Trends
- Intertextile Directions Trends Autumn / Winter 2026-27: this seminar will discuss the Intertextile Directions Trend Forum’s theme PUSH SENSATION, where NeIlyRodi Agency will bring to life the wildest dreams of humankind: gentle > raw, classic > theatrical, childish > bizarre, and pragmatic > dreamlike, through a creative and inspiring display of on-trend fabrics and accessories. In addition to presenting the seminar, Mr Michael Bonzom, Creative Director of NeIlyRodi Agency, will provide deeper insights through the Trend Forum Tours.
- FW26/27 Women’s Fashion Trend Forecast: Ms Benedicte Peaudecerf, Style Designer and Trend Forecaster at PeclersParis, will present the latest trend publications, and provide inspiration and guidance through a comprehensive forecast for women’s fashion for A/W 2026-27.
Texpertise Econogy
Building on the success of the previous edition, the Econogy Tour will once again spotlight sustainability in Hall 5.1. Guided visits to eco-focused exhibitors, led by an independent consultant, will facilitate in-depth discussions about the latest innovations in green textiles. Additional insightful Econogy Talks include:
- Impact Now, Building Greener and Low-Carbon Sustainable Development Supply Chains: through optimising recycling materials, sustainable chemical management, low-carbon emission reduction designs, and improving ESG performance, SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services will demonstrate how to create a greener, low-carbon economy and a more sustainable textile industry supply chain.
- Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulations (ESPR): with the increasing prominence of global environmental issues, the EU is committed to promoting a green transition and a circular economy strategy. Bureau Veritas will present their services that help companies navigate and comply with the ESPR, including eco-design solutions, life cycle assessments, and environmental product declarations (EPD).
Technology & Solutions
- Enhancing Fashion & Textiles through Human-AI Interaction: Professor Calvin Wong, CEO & Centre Director of AiDLab, will introduce their innovative AI-based technologies: AiDA for fashion design and WiseEye for textile inspection technology. Respectively, these solutions enhance innovation in fashion design and improve quality control for textiles.
- New Era of Digital Fabric: End-to-End DPC Solution: its design software is a key component of Shima Seiki’s end-to-end digital product creation solution. Its true-to-life fabric simulation, seamlessly integrated with physical production, is becoming the new standard for digital product creation.
Market Information & Business Strategies
- Opportunities in ASEAN in a Changing Trade Environment: the ASEAN Federation of Textile Industries (AFTEX) will host a forum featuring industry representatives from across the region to share market insights and analyse emerging trends in textiles. Attendees can engage in dialogue, strengthen partnerships, and deepen their understanding of ASEAN’s evolving textile landscape.
- Overview of the UK Textile Industry and Opportunities for the Future: the UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT), one of the country’s preeminent industry associations, will provide a perceptive analysis and various business insights relating to the UK‘s textile sector.
To streamline the sourcing process, buyers can more easily discover and engage with exhibitors during the fair using a range of digital tools, such as Connect PLUS. This platform enables users to refine their searches, receive AI-driven recommendations, and organise online or face-to-face meetings, via its integrated messaging feature. Additionally, it connects scheduling alerts directly to WeChat, Facebook, or SMS, enhancing the networking experience. Pre-registered visitors will automatically gain access to a Connect PLUS account.
The fair is co-organised by Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd; the Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT; and the China Textile Information Centre. It will take place alongside Yarn Expo Autumn, CHIC and PH Value at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), with the venue playing host to the entire apparel textile value chain.
Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Autumn Edition will be held from 2 to 4 September 2025.
Other upcoming shows:
Yarn Expo Autumn
2 – 4 September 2025, National Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai
Cinte Techtextil China
3 – 5 September 2025, Shanghai New International Expo Center, Shanghai
Vietnam International Trade Fair for Apparel, Textiles and Textile Technologies
26 – 28 February 2026, Ho Chi Minh City
Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition / Yarn Expo Spring / Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Spring Edition
11 – 13 March 2026, National Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai
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Fibre2Fashion News Desk (HU)
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Bloomberg
Published
January 15, 2026
Xreal Inc., a Chinese pioneer in smart glasses, is suing Viture Inc. for patent infringement in the US, arguing its rival has unfairly capitalized on Xreal’s extensive research and investment in the segment.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in eastern Texas, accuses San Francisco-founded Viture of unlawfully incorporating Xreal’s patented inventions into smart glasses such as the Luma Pro, Luma Ultra, and a high-end pair called The Beast.
Both Xreal and Viture manufacture augmented reality, or AR, glasses that plug into devices like smartphones and laptops, offering viewers a large virtual display for watching movies or handling productivity tasks. Technical specifications like display resolution and field of view- the size of the augmented world you can see at any given time- are often very similar between the two brands.
Their US legal battle comes ahead of what is expected to be a pivotal moment for the segment, with Apple Inc. expected to make its category debut as soon as this year, Bloomberg has reported.
Xreal holds over 800 patent and patent applications worldwide, including dozens in the US and Europe, it said in a statement Thursday announcing the lawsuit. “By comparison, Viture owns approximately or fewer than 70 patent and patent applications globally, with none in the United States or Europe,” it added.
“The lawsuit is not merely about enforcing a single patent,” Xreal said in the statement. “It is about stopping a pattern of intellectual property infringement that undermines the integrity of innovation and endangers continued technological development in this industry.”
Xreal holds more global market share than Viture in the AR eyewear category, according to research firm IDC. But both companies lag far behind Meta Platforms Inc., which has come the closest to mainstream success with its Ray-Ban line of smart glasses.
At the CES technology trade show earlier this month, Xreal unveiled a new entry-level pair of glasses and a co-branded set of glasses developed with Taiwan’s Asustek Computer Inc. It also announced that it’s extending a partnership with Alphabet Inc.’s Google.
Xreal said in the statement that these and other collaborators are “owed confidence that their co-developed products will not also be threatened by infringers attempting to benefit from infringement or undermined by unauthorized usage of IP.”
Published
January 15, 2026
Designer Soshi Otsuki won himself a huge ovation at the key gala show of Pitti Uomo on Thursday after presenting a brilliant collection that celebrated classic western tailoring, even as it subverted its codes.
A tour de force of draping, cutting, and silhouette, this fall 2026 collection from his brand Soshiotsuki was definitely a major fashion statement.
In a moment of volume in menswear, Otsuki opened the action with a perfectly judged trio of to-die-for double-breasted suits with peak lapels in crepe and fine wool in various shades of grey- cement, mud, or dove.
He cut his jackets to end well below the hip and his trousers were something else. Made with a half-dozen front pleats, they were elephantine but never outrageous. Otsuki is such a great natural tailor, the exaggeration merely added to the elegance.
Soshi is no slouch when it comes to leather either. From his copper-hued leather rock god suit to his cocoon style leather bomber jacket. And, just when you thought he was playing a little too safe, he sent out some fab jeans, so degraded they almost looked moth-eaten. Tokyo street style meets sartorial Italian.
Playing on couture techniques, the designer also whipped up several bias-cut green corduroy blazers and suits marrying Japanese eccentricity and British aplomb.
The show was the latest Italian/Japanese marriage at this edition of Pitti that began with a Sebiro Sanpo tailoring association Japanese suit march inside the Fortezza da Basso, the giant fortress where the salon is staged. Remarkably, Otsuki has never actually studied suiting formally, but he somehow understands it instinctively.
The soundtrack, culled from composer Joe Hisaishi’s soundtrack to Takeshi Kitano’s 2000 gangster movie Brother, featured a beautifully yearning saxophone solo. It would have felt just right for one of Douglas Sirk’s 1950s melodramas starring Rock Hudson. One almost expected Rock to take the final passage.
Presented inside the beautiful Refetterio Santa Maria della Novella, a looming Gothic refectory at the back of the legendary Renaissance Basilica, this was a bravura display.
Altogether, a bases loaded, home run, smash hit collection. One could say it felt like a star is born moment in menswear, except that Soshi Otsuki was already acclaimed. He is the latest winner of the LVMH Prize.
Talk about backing up winning an award with a great fashion statement.
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Published
January 15, 2026
Luxury skincare brand Genaura has promoted Nicola Young to managing director, moving up from chief marketing officer following the brand’s product launch to market in September.
Young’s promotion is underscored by “an impressive career”, which has included senior positions at Carlton Screen Advertising, marketing director at Jazz FM and Magic 105.4FM, and group director of Marketing at radio conglomerate Global Player.
Most notably, her beauty industry involvement included director of Media UK at Estée Lauder Co.
Young said the launch of Genaura “has the potential to revolutionise the beauty and wellness sector… my experience in this field has helped drive the marketing vision so far, and I look forward to progressing even further”.
She added: “Looking to… the growth of Genaura, I am excited to scale and innovate whilst remaining authentic to the scientific background of the product, planning global recognition of this revolutionary ingredient exclusive to Genaura.”
Available in the UK currently, the business has “aspirations for 2026 and beyond… extending skincare products within the range.”
Genaura claims to be a “world first in skincare”, with its Genaura Levagen + Smart Face serum “boasting a powerhouse formula alongside patented technology… creating an ‘age-proofing’ approach to the skin and supporting the skin’s natural barrier function”.
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