The second edition of the Look Forward FashionTech Festival, which ended on July 2, had the objective to overcome the 10,000 attendees of the last edition. Various workshops and lectures, within a much larger program, have aroused the interest of experts and the general public. Thus the interactivity of these garments reinforces a global interest, how we express ourselves.
The event was organized by showroomprivré in co-production with the Gaîté Lyrique and with the support of the Paris City Council and the French Institute of Fashion (IFM), offering a chance to meet between the greater public, professionals, creators, start-ups and artists:
• THE LOOK FORWARD FASHIONTECH AWARDS A jury of experts awarded prizes to initiatives that have revolutionised the ways of designing, distributing or producing fashion, whether they have come from big companies or designers and start-ups.
• THE LOOK FORWARD FASHIONTECH EXHIBITION An exploratory and prospective journey of pieces, prototypes and installations to better understand Fashiontech that Parisians were able to attend during the pop-up exhibition which were open to more than 1,500 guests.
• TALKS AND ROUND TABLES with international experts were organised during the entirety of the event.
• START-UPS were honoured in the evenings with the pitch nights at the Gaîté Lyrique bar where investors, brands, fashion geeks and the public will all be able to mix.
•COLLABORATIVE FABLABS AND A SHOP DEDICATED TO INNOVATION Workshops enabled everyone to create their own connected pieces. The chance for the Gaîté Lyrique to once again unveil its shop.
With creative innovations from the international FashionTech scene, the exhibition were a true reflection of the future of society as we know it. An experimental journey invited its visitors to discover avant-garde and ground-breaking works which will inspire questions about our world, its threats and its hopes.
Four themes mark this immersion into the heart of the fascinating world of creation and connected imagination:
INTIMACY & TEXTILE BODY & PERFORMANCE IMPACT OF IMMATERIAL SUSTAINABLE ENGAGEMENT
Not only innovative fabric and clothing but also accessories, beauty concepts and jewellery. More than 20 creations were put on display to show how the FashionTech movement enriches or unravels solutions for big trends and problems in society.
