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Munich Fabric Start

Event Preview / MFS 30

18 June 2026

3 minutes

Where textile craft meets contemporary art, a new generation of designers is finding new ways to use fabric as a medium for ideas, identity and expression.

Designers Area Launching at Munich Fabric Start Unites Art, Craft and Textile Innovation at Anniversary Show

A new Designers Area has expanded the curatorial concept at Munich Fabric Start's 30th anniversary edition, running 14 to 16 July 2026 at the MOC Munich. The show presents five Autumn.Winter 27/28 fabric trends under the leitmotif "TASTE." and consolidates into three halls following the long-term re-letting of Hall 4 by the venue owner.

Staff Writer

Event Preview / Munic Fabric Start

10 June 2026

3 minutes

As artificial intelligence takes on more creative and commercial functions, individual taste and the confidence to express it have become more significant markers of human authorship.

Three Decades of Textile Expertise Celebrated as Munich Fabric Start Shifts Season Opener to July

Three decades of European textile sourcing leadership have been marked with a set of strategic moves: a shift to 14–16 July for the Autumn.Winter 27/28 edition, a new minimalist brand architecture, an anniversary storytelling project, and a season theme centred on individual taste and human identity.

Staff Writer

MFS 2025 / Event Preview

21 August 2025

6 minutes

The venue will present around 1,200 collections from approximately 600 international fabric and accessories manufacturers.

Munich Fabric Start Consolidates Four Trade Shows Under One Roof

Munich Fabric Start’s 2025 edition will transform the global textile calendar by combining four leading trade fairs into a single, integrated event. Bringing together industry leaders, cutting-edge innovations, and sustainable sourcing initiatives, the show will provide unparalleled opportunities for collaboration, product discovery, and market insight across every sector of the fashion and textile supply chain.

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Report

PRESS RELEASE / Event

7 May 2025

2 minutes

The Bluezone will remain a specialized, internationally renowned denim hub. The Denim Trade Show will be seamlessly embedded in the highly frequented areas of Munich Fabric Start.

Bluezone and Keyhouse Move into the Centre of the MOC

Munich, Germany: Strategic realignment: Munich Fabric Start Exhibitions GmbH is strengthening its profile as one of the leading European textile trade shows and will unite all fashion segments under one roof in future. At the upcoming show on 2 and 3 September 2025, the international denim trade show Bluezone and the innovation hub Keyhouse will...

PRESS RELEASE / Event

30 January 2024

3 minutes

This time, the main focus of the supplementary program was on sustainability – be it natural innovative fibers and their disruptive potential for a more sustainable fashion industry, recycling issues and the associated EU regulations that will challenge the industry, or helpful instructions on how various players can prepare for this today.

Closing Report Munich Fabric Start Spring.Summer 2025: Looking to the Future With Cautious Optimism

Munich, Germany: The Spring.Summer 2025 edition of Munich Fabric Start came to an end yesterday afternoon. Under the motto “CLARITY”, designers, buyers, product managers and decisionmakers were able to view the latest products and services for the new season from around 1,000 international suppliers, spread over the eight areas ADDITIONALS, FABRICS...

Event Report / View SS 25/26

2 December 2023

3 minutes

Exhibitors from all over the world will showcase around 1,100 collections for the fashion and apparel industry, spanning an area of approximately 42,500 sq m across eight distinct areas in January 2024.

Premium Event View Showcases 250 Suppliers

Even as the latest technological and sustainable innovations for Spring/Summer 2025 were showcased in Munich earlier this week, the next major industry event — Munich Fabric Start —is scheduled 23 January at the MOC.

Staff Writer

Trade Event / MFS AW 25/26

20 October 2023

2 minutes

Encompassing an area of 42,500 sq m distributed across eight areas, the Munich Fabric Start, Keyhouse and The Source events showcase around 1,100 collections for the fashion and apparel industry from exhibitors worldwide.

Munich Fabric Start Reschedules A/W 25/26 to September 2024, Shortens to 2 Days

The flagship Munich Fabric Start, along with Bluezone, Keyhouse and The Source, will now be held in June and September 2024 and in a shortened format.

Staff Writer

Trade Event / Review A/W 24/25

29 August 2023

2 minutes

The opportunity for reordering or for rapid collection development thus continues as ten weeks from now from 28-29 November 2023 will see preVIEW open its doors to showcase Spring/Summer ‘25.

ReVIEW Autumn/Winter 24/25 Comes with New Location and New Concept

The sourcing fash frat once again gets the opportunity for reordering or for rapid collection development as the reVIEW gets going on 13 September at Munich to showcase collections for Autumn/Winter 24/25

Staff Writer

Event Roundup / MFS AW 24/25

24 July 2023

4 minutes

The eight areas that brought together the fashion and denim industry saw more than 1,100 collections by internationally renowned exhibitors.

Munich Fabric Start A/W 24/25 Sees Over 10,000 Vistors from 56 Countries

Munich Fabric Start came to a close on Thursday last with preps on for the next showcases this September and November, and its next edition in January 2024.

Staff Writer

Event Report / MFS AW 24/25

19 July 2023

3 minutes

Munich Fabric Start wants to create a place where people from all over the world meet—and everyone who wants to actively shape a positive future for the industry knows how important community, communication and joy are in order to develop the therefore necessary energy.

Munich Fabric Start A/W 24/25 Gets Under Way

As the curtains went up yesterday on Munich Fabric Start, the fash frat could walk around 42,500 square metres in eight areas to check out 1,100 collections for Autumn/Winter 24/25, draw inspiration and knowledge from the last of informative talk shows and network too.

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