FABRICS & TRIMS SHOW – DELHI (concurrent with Gartex Texprocess India)

Overview

FABRICS & TRIMS SHOW – DELHI is a focused sourcing zone embedded within Gartex Texprocess India, spotlighting apparel fabrics, garment trims, accessories and related supply-chain solutions for India’s fashion and textile manufacturing industry. Co-located with other segment shows, it connects mills, converters, importers, brands, exporters and job-workers under one roof at Bharat Mandapam (Pragati Maidan), New Delhi.

Running alongside the main machinery and technology exhibition, the Fabrics & Trims Show gives buyers a curated marketplace for new-season collections, functional textiles, sustainable materials, labels, tapes, buttons, zippers and embellishments, enabling end‑to‑end garment development from concept to finished product.

What to Expect

Visitors to the Fabrics & Trims Show – Delhi can expect a dedicated sourcing environment embedded within Gartex Texprocess India, tailored to the needs of garment, fashion and home textile buyers. The concurrent show brings together mills, converters, importers, stockists and specialised suppliers of apparel fabrics, knits and wovens, denim, shirtings, suitings, linings and functional textiles. Alongside fabrics, exhibitors showcase a broad spectrum of trims and accessories including labels, tapes, buttons, zippers, hooks, draws, elastics, laces, braids, patches, interlinings and decorative embellishments, allowing buyers to complete their garment collections in one visit. Because Fabrics & Trims sits within a larger machinery and technology exhibition, attendees can walk seamlessly from fabric and trims booths to neighbouring areas featuring garment machinery, digital textile printing, automation solutions and finishing technologies. This layout encourages integrated decision‑making: designers and sourcing managers can evaluate how new fabric bases behave with specific machinery, or how trims and embellishments align with modern production lines and sustainability targets. The Delhi 2026 edition at Bharat Mandapam (Pragati Maidan) is positioned as a major calendar event, building on record footfall reported in the 2025 New Delhi Gartex Texprocess India edition. Buyers can expect curated product launches, new‑season collections and innovation showcases from Indian and international suppliers, alongside knowledge sessions and networking opportunities hosted across the co‑located shows. The show typically emphasises sustainable and value‑added textiles, with many exhibitors promoting eco‑friendly fibres, recycled materials, resource‑efficient dyeing and finishing, and trims designed to meet global compliance norms. For sourcing teams working on tight timelines, Fabrics & Trims functions as a one‑stop marketplace, offering immediate comparisons of price, quality, lead time and innovation across multiple vendors. Across three days, the environment is strongly B2B: discussions around minimum order quantities, sampling, private label opportunities and export readiness are common. The co-location with Denim Show and other segments further broadens options for buyers developing jeanswear, athleisure, uniforms and specialty garments, who can source both base fabrics and complementary trims under one roof.

Who Should Attend

The Fabrics & Trims Show – Delhi is designed for professionals across the textile and apparel value chain who are involved in sourcing, product development and manufacturing. Key attendee groups include garment manufacturers producing fashion, denim, knitwear, workwear, uniforms and home textiles who need reliable fabric and trims suppliers to support bulk production and sampling. Sourcing teams and buying houses representing domestic and international brands will find the show useful for identifying new vendors, consolidating supply bases, negotiating pricing and lead times, and benchmarking quality across multiple mills and accessory suppliers. Fashion and textile brands and retailers—from mass‑market labels to boutique designers—can use the platform to preview upcoming fabric trends, colour stories, surface textures and embellishment techniques, aligning their ranges with emerging consumer preferences. The event is equally relevant for exporters, converters, traders and stockists who manage inventory and distribution of fabrics and trims within India and overseas markets. Designers and product development teams benefit from direct access to technical specialists at supplier booths, gaining deeper understanding of fabric performance, finishing options, care profiles and compatibility with various manufacturing processes. Ancillary stakeholders such as textile technologists, quality managers, merchandisers, and production planners can attend to stay updated on material innovations and to assess how new fabrics and trims will impact productivity, compliance and sustainability metrics. Given its trade focus, the show is not aimed at end consumers; rather, it serves professionals who make sourcing and specification decisions for apparel and textile products at scale.

Why It Matters

FABRICS & TRIMS Show – Delhi matters because it creates a specialised, yet integrated, marketplace for the materials that ultimately define the look, feel and performance of garments and textile products. By running concurrently with Gartex Texprocess India, it bridges the often‑separate worlds of material sourcing and manufacturing technology, allowing decision‑makers to align fabric and trims choices with machinery, automation and sustainability strategies in real time. For India’s textile and apparel sector—one of the country’s largest employers and export earners—access to a concentrated pool of quality fabric and trims suppliers is critical to remaining competitive. The show supports this by aggregating domestic and international vendors, enabling rapid comparison of innovation, compliance credentials and commercial terms, which is especially important as buyers respond to global shifts towards eco‑friendly and traceable supply chains. The event also has regional significance for North India’s manufacturing clusters around Delhi-NCR, where a diverse mix of export houses, factories and design studios operate. Face‑to‑face meetings at Fabrics & Trims accelerate the formation of new supply relationships, reduce communication friction, and shorten sampling and development cycles, all of which translate into faster speed‑to‑market for fashion and textile products. From an innovation standpoint, the show encourages suppliers to bring forward new materials—such as performance finishes, recycled or organic fibres, and trims engineered for durability and regulatory compliance—knowing they will meet a concentrated audience of professional buyers and influencers. This constant feedback loop between suppliers and industry stakeholders helps steer investment towards the types of products the market genuinely needs. Because Fabrics & Trims is part of a larger multi‑segment platform that includes Digitex Show, Denim Show and India Laundry Show, its impact extends beyond fabric and accessories. The combined ecosystem supports the evolution of India’s garment and textile industry towards higher value addition, better resource efficiency and global standards of quality. For trade visitors, participating in the Delhi 2026 edition is therefore not only about immediate sourcing, but also about staying visible and informed within a rapidly modernising industry landscape.