Turkish Fashion Fabric Exhibition: Grand Hyatt Features Turkish Fashion
September 8, 2004 | Levent OZLER
Dark rich fall colors invited you to tables with fruit and gold coins. Colorful pieces of fabric ornamented the dining tables. Fabric squares were placed inside golden picture frames rendering the fabric a work of art. This Turkish- inspired display was what your eyes saw upon entering The New York Turkish Fashion Fabric Exhibition.
Fourty-nine major Turkish textile and fabric manufacturers exhibited the latest trends in textiles.
The event took place at the Empire Ballroom at the Grand Hyatt New York (Park Avenue at Grand Central) featured on July 20-21. The event was organized by the Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters' Associations that presented the latest trends in fabric for fall and winter 2005-2006.
The Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters' Associations (ITKIB) is the leading textile industry association in Turkey, bringing together 28,000 manufacturers of textiles, apparel, carpets, leather, leather wear and ready to wear garments.
ITKIB, the organizer of the TFFE, attributes the growth to a yearlong aggressive marketing and public relations campaign in the U.S. in order to bring Turkish fabrics and branded ready-to-wear to buyer's attention. ITKIB is the source of key U.S. and European labels. The previous exhibitions have drawn 1,100 buyers from U.S. and international companies including Donna Karan,
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