This fall, the French city hosts the Fashion Tech Day and a two-part exhibition on ethical fashion, where a luminous collar designed by two smart textiles specialists is being displayed.

By Ludmilla Intravaia

Fall season in Roubaix is adorned with fashion tech colors. The museum La Manufacture presents two exhibitions on ethical fashion, until October 27th. The first one, "Parures, objets d’art à porter", showcases the textile know-how of some sixty local and international artists. The second, "Le Revers de mon look" focuses on clothing environmental impact. These two events, created at the initiative of ethical fashion promotion association Universal Love and its founder Isabelle Quéhé, also offers free access conferences (program here) and workshops by reservation.

On this occasion, the smart textiles designer Florence Bost collaborated with stylist Virginie Boy to create "Nitiscence", a luminous collar, unveiled as part of the exhibition Parures, objets d’art à porter. 

In addition, the event Fashion Tech Day, entitled "Usine agile, mode du futur" will take place on September 25th, joinning fashion and technology professionals, around a program of conferences (to discover here). For instance Célia Poncelin, communication manager at Heuritech, artificial intelligence company dedicated to fashion, will participate in a round table on the role of AI in fashion, in terms of forecasting, supply and manufacturing (to learn more about Heuritech, read the interviews of its CEO, Tony Pinville on Le Boudoir Numérique : “Will leopard print pleated skirts be trending any time soon ? AI already knows it !”.

* The exhibitions “Parures, objets d’art à porter” and «Le Revers de mon look" take place until October 27, 2019, at La Manufacture, the museum of memory and textile creation, in Roubaix. Universal Love website is here. La Manufacture website is ​​there.

 * Fashion Tech Day will take place on September 25, 2019, at Roubaix town hall, Pierre de Roubaix room. The website of Fashion Tech Day is here.

* Smart textiles designer Florence Bost’s website is there.

* Continue reading on ethical and innovative fashion on Le Boudoir Numérique with the interview, in two parts, of sociologist from Roubaix Madjouline Sbai, environment specialist : "Makers and fashion (1/2) : fast fashion" and "Makers and fashion (2/2): circular fashion".