Apparel Sourcing Paris (Spring Edition)Apparel Sourcing Paris

Apparel Sourcing Paris (ASP) is France's most professional apparel sourcing exhibition. Founded in 1984, it is open exclusively to trade professionals. Its primary audience includes corporate executives, product directors, purchasing directors, and designers.

As a key fashion trade hub in Europe, it consistently leads apparel trends from the runway to the market. Since 2007, Chinese apparel companies have participated collectively at ASP in Paris, offering Chinese exhibitors a new experience of an exhibition model that seamlessly integrates upstream and downstream segments of the industry chain, from garments to fabrics.

This edition featured nearly 1,200 exhibitors from 26 countries and regions worldwide, with over 800 being Chinese apparel, accessories, and fabric suppliers. Chinese textile and apparel enterprises showcased newly developed fabrics and garments, highlighting their advancements in technological innovation, low-carbon sustainability, smart manufacturing, brand building, and flexible supply chains, underscoring their confidence in and commitment to the European market.

The opening ceremony and ribbon-cutting were attended by Xu Yingxin, Vice President of the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC); Wang Deyang, Deputy Director of the Trade Development Bureau, Ministry of Commerce; Chang Qing, Vice President of the Textile Industry Sub-Council of CCPIT; Li Wenguo, Deputy Chief Representative of CCPIT's Representative Office in France; Detlef Braun and Olaf Schmidt from Messe Frankfurt Group; the President of Messe Frankfurt France; and Wen Ting, General Manager of Messe Frankfurt Hong Kong. Xu Yingxin and Detlef Braun delivered opening remarks, followed by a joint tour of the exhibition floor where guests engaged with domestic and international exhibitors.

Since its inception, the exhibition has served as a premier industry gathering for professionals to explore trade opportunities, exchange insights, and collaboratively chart development pathways. Apparel Sourcing Paris (ASP) has played a positive role in stabilizing the textile and apparel supply chains across China, Europe, and globally.