- The move was initiated by Fashion Council Germany with the support of Messe Frankfurt and its global Texpertise Network.
- The Alliance aims to be a strong common voice advocating for and accelerating the transition of European fashion towards a more sustainable, innovative and inclusive creative future.
A transnational alliance of European fashion councils and institutions has been launched by 25 European fashion organisations. The aim of the European Fashion Alliance (EFA) is to "empower a prosperous, sustainable and inclusive European fashion ecosystem."
THE FRANKFURT AGREEMENT: During a two-day summit in Frankfurt at the end of March 2022, Fashion Council Germany brought together the most leading European fashion organisations to form a coalition of change, with the support of Messe Frankfurt and its global Texpertise Network.
- The Alliance aims to be a strong common voice advocating for and accelerating the transition of European fashion towards a more sustainable, innovative and inclusive creative future.
- The European fashion organisations decided to join this new industry coalition and the intention to develop collectively an active and reactive strategy for the industry’s need to change in the next months.
- The Alliance has been created to strengthen and enlarge a new network of councils and institutions to develop a common understanding of practical objectives of how the fashion industry and its multiple actors, support organisations and indirectly SMEs and large companies and professionals, can collectively help to transform the industry and protect the planet and all its inhabitants better.
- The European fashion organisations aim collectively to reinforce European fashion on a sustainable, inclusive, innovative and promotional level and to accelerate the translation of these objectives into realistic actions and policy recommendations.
- The new Alliance also aims not only to share, educate and research market knowledge, contacts and best practices but also to advocate at European level with different economic, political and social stakeholders for a prosperous future.
THE LAUNCH: The first summit in March was supported by Messe Frankfurt. Messe Frankfurt’s Texpertise Network, a combination of a global network and expertise in the international textile business held in high regard worldwide, currently comprises 60 international events for the entire textile sector.
- On 21 June, the European Fashion Alliance used this international platform to present its vision & mission during a panel talk.
MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN FASHION ALLIANCE:
- Asociación Creadores De Moda de España (Spain), https://creadores.org/
- Austrian Fashion Association (Austria), https://www.austrianfashionassociation.at
- Baltic Fashion Federation (Latvia), https://bffederation.com
- Bulgarian Fashion Association (Bulgaria), https://www.bgfa.eu/
- Camera Nazionale Della Moda Italiana (Italy), https://www.cameramoda.it/
- Copenhagen Fashion Week (Denmark), https://copenhagenfashionweek.com/
- Council for Irish Fashion Designers (Ireland), https://irishfashiondesigners.com/
- Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonia)https://dima.artun.ee/
- Fashion Council Germany (Germany); https://www.fashion-council-germany.org/
- Fédération de la Haute Couture de la Mode (France), https://fhcm.paris/fr/
- Fédération Français du Prêt-à-Porter Féminin (France), https://pretaporter.com/
- Flanders DC (Belgium), https://www.flandersdc.be/en
- Icelandic Fashion Council (Iceland) , www.fatahonnunarfelag.is
- Global Fashion Agenda, https://globalfashionagenda.org
- Gran Canaria Moda Cálida (Spain), https://www.grancanariamodacalida.com/
- MODA-FAD (Spain), https://www.fad.cat/moda-fad/en
- Mode Suisse (Switzerland), https://www.modesuisse.com/
- Modalisboa (Portugal), https://www.modalisboa.pt
- Norwegian Fashion Hub (Norway), https://www.norwegianfashionhub.com
- Slovak Fashion Council, (Slovakia), https://slovakfashioncouncil.sk/
- Swedish Fashion Council (Sweden), https://www.swedishfashioncouncil.se
- Finnish Textile & Fashion (Finland), https://www.stjm.fi/
- Taskforce Fashion (Netherlands), https://taskforcefashion.nl/
- The Prince’s Foundation (UK), https://princes-foundation.org/
- Wallonie Bruxelles Design Mode (Belgium), https://www.wbdm.be