Texworld

On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, my class and I visited the Javitis Center at 655 W 34th St. and 12th Ave. There, we visited Texworld, one of the largest global fabric sourcing trade shows in the world. One of the booths that fascinated me most was a company called “Scoop”. They are based in Portugal. They focus on ethical and sustainable ways of producing and participate in, “act local, think global”.

After, I visited a booth, “Fab Scrap”. They too are an ethical fabric company that specializes in collecting fabric scraps and selling small quantities of various fabrics for decent prices. They also go around to different companies and place bags specifically for the collection of fabric scraps. Both of these companies were very interesting to talk to.

In my opinion, I thought Texworld was smaller in comparison to Premier Vision, in Paris. There was not a lot to see at Texworld and some of the booths did not even try and converse with you. I saw a couple where the sellers were on their phones not paying attention to the buyers. A booth even had both sellers with headphones in. It was an interesting experience, but quite small and a little boring.