Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine July' 17 | Page 24

FAIR REVIEW QUOTE Luke Langthorne, Design Manager – Next Sourcing Limited, London “This time we introduced a new theme, ‘Blue is the new Green’, through which we want to share a message with all our buyers and the denim lovers in general. ‘Blue’ means Denim and ‘Green’ means Sustainability, thus ‘Blue is the new Green’…” – Mohammad Jamal Abdun Naser, Director of Shasha Denims Ltd. Nur-E-Yasmin Fatema – Deputy Managing Director of Noman Group “We consider Bangladesh an extremely potential market and have come this time with our vintage authenticity – the authentic high ridges, our heavyweight denims, high- stretch items and luxury fabrics.” – Abdelkader Amouche, Regional Manager of Vicunha Textile Susan Fu, Sales Manager of ISA TrimTec Yoo (extreme left), Country Manager – Foison Textile Co. with team 24 Apparel Online Bangladesh | JULY 2017 | www.apparelresources.com among which were the ‘Tonello Denim Gallery’, ‘Sashiko Stitch’, the ‘Repair Display’ along with the special ‘Information Exchange’ and the absolute novelties of the ‘Virtual Reality Booths’, enabling one to take a virtual trip of a fabric mill, denim factory as well as laundry. Amongst several seminars organized during the course of the two eventful days, ‘From ideas to technologies: Discovering a new age for garment finishing’ by Alice Tonello, R&D Manager at Tonello Garment Finishing and Piero Turk, a world renowned denim designer, is worth mentioning, which explored the new trends in finishing through cultural, economic, ecological and technical aspects. The ‘Seminar on Total Quality Assurance: Holistic Approach for Business Excellence’ by Intertek Bangladesh was also a major attraction of the event, which highlighted the company’s assurance, testing, inspection and certification services to the textile and apparel industry of Bangladesh, presented by Dr. Karthik ND, Country Managing Director of Intertek Bangladesh. ORGANIZER’S PERSPECTIVE “Bangladesh Denim Expo is an international platform showcasing the wealth of opportunities available in Bangladesh covering all aspects of the denim supply chain with exhibitors displaying fabrics, garments, threads, machineries, finishing equipment and accessories – a true top to toe representation of the denim industry,” observed the beaming CEO of Bangladesh Denim Expo, Mostafiz Uddin, commenting on the success of the 6th edition of the denim extravaganza. “And doing it with an international perspective, especially concerning the inevitable sustainable transition, we all must face, learn to promote and defuse sustainability as much as we can,” Mostafiz added. The next edition of Bangladesh Denim Expo will be held on November 8th & 9th this year with its promise to overshadow the success and grandeur of the previous editions, keeping true to its tradition of setting new benchmarks in showcasing the latest innovations in denim.