South Africa’s Cape Town City is hosting this year’s edition of the fashion, textile trade fair attended by hundreds of fashion enthusiasts.
The Allfashion Sourcing Exhibition, kicked off on Tuesday, Sept. 10 to 12 at the Cape Town International Convention Center (CTICC).
The event serves as a key marketplace for the textile and fashion industry, blending African creativity, design, and manufacturing with global sourcing options.
According to details, the Expo is organized by Messe Frankfurt, the world’s third-largest trade fair company.
International community of manufacturers, designers, retailers, buyers, educational institutions, associations, financiers, and service providers across the textile, apparel, footwear, and fashion sectors.
Thandi Phele, acting deputy director-general of sectors at the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC), highlighted the department’s support for a group of local manufacturers participating in the exhibition.
“This will be a valuable opportunity for the manufacturers to showcase their products to the wider fashion community in South Africa and abroad.”
“We are certain that this collaboration will deliver fantastic results and that the manufacturers will receive quality inquiries from prospective clients and generate trade leads,” said Phele.
“The Allfashion Sourcing is a vehicle that the DTIC is using to achieve the objective of ensuring sustainable job creation and increasing exports of locally manufactured products.”
“The show will afford the DTIC an ideal opportunity to engage with a select audience of textile, clothing, footwear, leather, and fashion-orientated exhibitors and visitors,” she added.
