Over 1,500 buyers attend Denimsandjeans India

More than 1,500 visitors attended Denimsandjeans India, the international denim supply chain show that concluded recently. The first edition of the denim tradeshow witnessed participation of a large number of premium denim companies from various countries including India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, Italy and Ethiopia among others.

"The buyers' turnout at the exhibition as well as during seminars was phenomenal, we are very happy to see the responses. We thank everyone for supporting us and I hope all the stakeholders will be surely get benefited by such events in a long run," said Sandeep Agarwal, founder and CEO of Denimsandjeans.com.

This show brought together all segments of Indian denim industry including denim brands, retailers, traders, second tier brands, garment manufacturers and exporters, buying houses and international buyers, on one platform.

On the first day of the show, Stefano Aldighieri, former creative director of 7 for all Mankind, talked about the secrets of making a denim brand successful while Jordi Juani from Jeanologia gave details about evolution of jeans finishing from hand to technology and how this has changed the jeans world.

Dr Dilek Erik from Turkey shared her ideas on why rigid denim is coming back but stretch is still being used on the second day of the international show. Furthermore, Vasco Pizarro, the director at the largest European Laundry spoke about denim wash trends from top European brands for AW18 season. Also, experts from various countries shared their views on latest trends, technologies, sustainability, latest innovation and developments.

All the major retailers and brands visited the show including H&M, Marks & Spencer, VF Corporation, Landmark Group, Li Fung, GAP Inc, Zara, Tesco, Pepe Jeans, Killer Jeans, Spykar, Target, Benetton, V-Mart, Shopper Stop, Reliance Trends, Myntra, Hypercity Retail, ITC Limited, Levis, Marks and Spencer, C&A, Being Human, Blackberry, Jabong, Pantaloons, Tata Cliq, Westside, Asmara, Ostin, Mufti, PVH, Aditya Birla Fashion, Arvind Brands and Raymonds Apparels