Apparel December 2019 | Page 18

CURTAIN RAISER TO THE 70TH NGF RAISING THE BAR As the 70th National Garment Fair (NGF) draws closer, Members of the Apparel Industry await it with equal parts—anticipation and readiness. The 69th National Garment Fair is coming close at hand, and stalwarts of the Apparel Industry wait with readiness. We chronicle the long and short of it all. 2020 is coming close at heels and with it, the much-anticipated 70th National Garment Fair (NGF), organised by The Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI). Scheduled to be held on January 29 and 30, 2020, the Fair will sprawl across 4,00,000 Square Feet and Four Halls, at Bombay Exhibition Centre, NSE Complex, Goregaon (East), Mumbai – 400 063. Touted to be the Largest Spring Summer Apparel Trade Show of the Country, the Fair will receive 16 I APPAREL I December 2019 Participation from approximately 500 Members across nearly 600 Stalls. The systematic and streamlined operations and planning, along with the diversified product ranges on display, have always been the calling cards of NGFs, and it is hoped that the 70th NGF, too, will receive as much fruition as the previous Fairs. In light of the fast-approaching Fair, we look back at the past Two Editions and all that they encompassed: