Avantex Fashion Pitch 2025: Where Sustainable Innovation Takes the Stage at Texworld Paris
Discover how Luxiders Magazine partners with Avantex Paris to support the future of sustainable fashion. Meet the innovators shaping the industry at the Avantex Fashion Pitch 2025. The winner will be announced during next Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris. Designers still have time to apply.
Avantex Fashion Pitch 2025
Texworld Paris returns this September, bringing together 1,300 textile and apparel manufacturers from over 30 countries for its 57th edition. Among the most exciting highlights: the 8th edition of the Avantex Fashion Pitch, a launchpad for groundbreaking startups transforming the fashion industry through technology and sustainability. This year’s jury—composed of leading experts and investors—will evaluate proposals ranging from regenerative agriculture to AI-powered design.
From 15 to 17 September 2025, Halls 2, 3, and 4 of the Paris-Le Bourget Exhibition Centre will host a vibrant mix of textile innovation, sustainable sourcing, and future-forward thinking. As part of this dynamic ecosystem, Avantex Paris continues to expand, drawing together visionaries who are redefining fashion with eco-conscious materials, circular models, and tech-driven design solutions.
Luxiders Magazine is proud to partner with Avantex Paris for this inspiring competition. As part of our commitment to sustainable innovation, we will offer an editorial feature to the winner —a chance to tell their story on a global stage, reaching an audience of conscious creatives, industry professionals, and ethical consumers. The article will be published in our online magazine, amplifying visibility for the winner and helping them scale their impact.
Applications for the Avantex Fashion Pitch are open until 15 July 2025. Startups working at the cutting edge of sustainable fashion are encouraged to apply now and seize this unique opportunity. The announcement of finalists will be on July 22, 2025. The Final will take place in September 2025.
A Future-Focused Trade Fair
Beyond the pitch, Avantex Paris will host over 30 companies focused on sustainable materials and services. Highlights include NIL Textile, presenting a fully bio-based T-shirt made from corn-derived PLA; T-Fashion, an AI trend forecasting tool; and Materra, 2024’s winner, with its scalable “Cotton-as-a-Service” model.
The Agora will also offer daily keynotes, panels, and workshops, including the Bio Fashion Innovation Day (17 September), organised in collaboration with TCBL. Topics include circularity, local production, organic textiles, and future regulations impacting the fashion industry.
Luxiders Magazine will be on-site at Avantex Paris to document key moments, meet tomorrow’s changemakers, and share exclusive insights through our social media channels. We invite our readers and partners to follow along and engage with the people and ideas shaping the future of fashion.
Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris
With nearly 600 manufacturers expected, Texworld Paris will feature suppliers from major textile-producing countries: China, Türkiye, India, South Korea, and Taiwan will form the top five represented nations. The Elite area of the show— dedicated to high-value-added companies selected by the committee for their excellence in quality, competitiveness, responsiveness, and logistics—will welcome new exhibitors, such as Alok Industries from India, known for its premium cotton fabrics for men’s ready-to-wear.
As Europe’s leading trade fair for sourcing finished apparel and fashion accessories, Apparel Sourcing Paris will feature about 600 exhibitors—an impressive increase from the February edition (465 exhibitors). This growth is fueled not only by strong participation from China, India, and Bangladesh, but also by a surge in companies from Hong Kong (with over 20 grouped under one shared pavilion) and Pakistan, which will showcase a “Sustainable Pakistan” pavilion with ten socially responsible businesses.
The Denim sector, which continues to grow, will bring together in Hall 4, between Texworld and Apparel Sourcing Paris, some thirty fabric and finished product companies that are very dynamic on an international level.
“In today’s tense economic climate, this edition reflects the ongoing reshaping of global supply chains,” comments Julien Schmoll, Marketing & Communication Director at Messe Frankfurt France. “Through regular dialogue with industry players in key fashion cities – Barcelona, London, Milan – we’ve confirmed these sourcing trends. “
Focus on Central and Eastern Europe
Near sourcing is one of the key trends of this edition, notably with the growing presence of suppliers from Central and Eastern Europe. Armenia and
Kyrgyzstan will each feature national pavilions near the entrance of Hall 3, with 11 Armenian and 14 Kyrgyz companies showcasing creative offerings –particularly in the Casual & Sportswear segments. Some thirty manufacturers from Serbia, Romania, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Greece, and Italy will also be represented within the Near Sourcing Hub, accessible at the entrance of the same hall.
Each sample presented in this area is linked by QR code to the FourSource B2B digital platform, a partner of Messe Frankfurt France, allowing
visitors to access detailed product information and connect directly with suppliers.
“We’re seeing a resurgence of finished apparel offers from countries like China and India, a shift toward near sourcing, a growing demand for product innovation, and diversification of supply. Our role is to connect buyers with the most relevant sourcing solutions.” – Julien Schmoll, Marketing & Communication Director at Messe Frankfurt France.
