MFS Pleasure

Join Simon Angel and material experts for an inspirational talk about future-proof material solutions that will add value to a sustainable and circular industry.

ZWISCHEN PRAGMATISMUS UND SEHNSUCHT NACH FANTASIE

Compliance is no longer a checklist. It’s becoming a business model stress test.

As regulatory frameworks mandates and traceability tighten across Europe and beyond, suppliers are increasingly exposed to legal, operational and commercial risk. This session explores what upcoming manufacturing policies actually require, where responsibility is shifting along the value chain, and how suppliers can respond without undermining cost competitiveness or production timelines.

This talk shows how a Fraunhofer research approach was transformed into a market-ready technology for brand protection. It introduces the core idea of ORIGINAL-ID: a material-based fingerprint combined with a QR code that enables item-level authentication without chips, NFC, blockchain, or changes to existing production processes. Finally, it explains how brands can use ORIGINAL-ID as a simple, scalable solution to protect products against counterfeiting, verified instantly with a standard smartphone.

This presentation shows how we can transform farming practices that are currently harming soils, ecosystems, and the mental wellbeing of farming communities. Fortunately, there are ways to farm differently, ways that restore the land and create a positive impact.

LOADS Collection and DIRT Charity explore a different path together: one rooted in re-connection. Reconnecting fibre to land, land to people, and people to what they wear on their skin. By farming in tune with nature and the human being, they’re showcasing the first Demeter-certified textile worldwide, and the path of development of new Demeter textile standards. Their approach offers a biodynamic alternative. One that restores soil health, supports farmers’ wellbeing, and transforms textiles into carriers of care, culture, and responsibility.

Urbanes erleben – Natur erforschen – Empathie zeigen – Zukunft gestalten

Join Simon Angel and material experts for an inspirational talk about future-proof material solutions that will add value to a sustainable and circular industry.

Unter dem Namen o/m collective führen Katharina Majorek und Volker Orthmann ein Stilbüro in Düsseldorf. Ihr Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Entwicklung von Trendpublikationen, Farb- und Modekonzepten. Seit 2023 sind sie für die Leitfarben und Trends der MUNICH FABRIC START verantwortlich. In diesem exklusiven Trendvortrag informieren Katharina Majorek und Volker Orthmann über die Farben, Stoffe und Stylings für die Womens- und Menswear der Saison Spring.Summer 27.

Recycling capacity doesn’t scale at the speed of brand promises.
Textile recycling is often presented as a future solution, yet current infrastructure, economics and material complexity tell a more constrained story. This panel addresses what recycling technologies can realistically deliver by 2026, where capacity gaps remain, and how suppliers and brands should recalibrate expectations.

The word is shaken up and in turmoil. The tension is palpable as search for meaning in an era of uncertainty. It’s not all our fault but part of it is. We voted, we decided, we wanted, we desired… But do we actually know what we want?

Designers have always been taught to know their customer and what they want. But is that true anymore? From the post-Covid collections to beige families, there has been a decided lack of design and indecision.

Enough! Companies need to reorganize themselves and find a new level of originality and personality. They need to move beyond status to find relevance. They need to find new ways of communicating and transporting ideas beyond the influencers and pop ups that have dominated the market pre- and immediately post Covid. They need to foster a ‘family’ feeling (remember the  tribes of the 1990s) where they can communicate directly with those who understand them.

If you can’t prove it, you effectively didn’t do it.
As regulation expands across materials, claims and traceability, legal responsibility in textiles is no longer abstract. This educational roundtable clarifies emerging areas of liability for suppliers and brands, and outlines where documentation, data and decision-making will be scrutinised.

If your innovative material only works in a pilot, it isn’t a solution. It’s a prototype.
A critical examination of the gap between innovation narratives and purchasing behaviour, and why so many “successful” technology developments in fashion never make it past the first order.