Amid economic restraint, rising costs, and societal change, INNATEX asserts itself as a stable platform for sustainable fashion. Alexander Hitzel, Project Manager of the international trade fair in Frankfurt am Main, discusses challenges and opportunities in this interview. Mr. Hitzel, what is the mood in the sustainable fashion industry? The...
Jun 23, 2025
The mood in the INNATEX community is on the rise – this was the conclusion as INNATEX closed at the Messecenter Hofheim Rhein-Main in Wallau, near Frankfurt, on 22 January 2024. Considering the economic situation in the sector, which remains tense, the 53rd edition of the international trade fair for sustainable textiles has been seen as a...
Jan 25, 2024
52nd INNATEX highlights urgent need for sustainability in fashion The time for Green Fashion is now – with this call to action INNATEX, which takes place from 29 to 31 July 2023 at the Exhibition Centre in Hofheim-Wallau, enters the summer season. The 52nd International Trade Fair for Sustainable Fashion close to Frankfurt am Main is using the...
May 17, 2023
The time for Green Fashion is now – with this call to action INNATEX, which takes place from 29 to 31 July 2023 at the Exhibition Centre in Hofheim-Wallau, enters the summer season. The 52nd International Trade Fair for Sustainable Fashion close to Frankfurt am Main is using the short slogan ‘NOW’ to express the urgent need for a sustainable...
On the evening of Monday 23 January 2023, the 51st INNATEX closed its doors with a gratifying result: over the three days of the event, 1523 trade visitors attended the exhibition centre in Hofheim-Wallau, Germany. This is a sign of how things are normalising – good news, too, for the many young labels that were exhibiting at the fair, who found...
Jan 27, 2023
Frankfurt am Main, 5 December 2022 From 21 to 23 January 2023, INNATEX will be taking place for the 51st time in accordance with its usual daily schedule. So far, well over 200 brands have registered from Saturday to Monday in Hofheim-Wallau, near Frankfurt am Main, getting back towards pre-COVID levels. Its motto, ‘One Goal, Endless Styles’,...
Dec 7, 2022
Germany’s Innatex Trade Fair has been postponed by one month, moving it from January to February 2022, following the latest forecasts from virus experts and the unpredictability of the new omicron variant. The event’s coordinators are currently consulting the exhibitors on a new date in mid- or late February, and are expected to reach a...
Jan 4, 2022
The next edition of Innatex, trade fair for sustainable fashion, will take place from 18th to 20th January 2020 in Hofheim-Wallau near Frankfurt am Main, Germany. According to the new motto "Strong Base, Wide Horizon", the fair went through a strategic revision in order to promote development and progress and to "place even more emphasis on the...
Nov 25, 2019