China News Service, Dalian, September 3 (Reporter Yang Yi) The 2023 Dalian Fashion Week, co-sponsored by the China Fashion Association, the China Fashion Designers Association and the Dalian Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, was held in Dalian, Liaoning Province on Wednesday to show The strength of Dalian's fashion industry and the strong development trend of China's textile and apparel industry.

The theme of this season's fashion week is "catch the wave 」. Fashion week adopts the form of combining online and offline, using digital technology to carry out a series of activities such as fashion release, summit forum, business linkage, fashion selection and so on.

Sun Ruizhe, president of the China Textile Industry Federation, said in his opening speech that textile and clothing is the forerunner of China's industrialization process, an important embodiment of China's modern civilization, and the core carrier of the global fashion industry. Dalian Fashion Week is an important window to show Dalian's industrial strength, fashion charm and future potential. It is also an important platform for integrating resources, connecting supply and demand, and linking business. This fashion week integrates knowledge and practice, carrying benefits and beauty, which will effectively boost development confidence and consumer confidence, and effectively promote industrial upgrading and consumption upgrading.

Ding Guangjun, deputy director of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, said that Dalian's textile industry has a long history, and its advanced production technology and high processing level enjoy a good reputation at home and abroad. Entering a new stage of development, Dalian textile digitalization, intelligent transformation and business format and mode innovation are in the forefront of the province. The market recognition and influence of cultural creativity and independent brands are constantly improving. The textile and garment industry has opened a new round of in-depth development and change.

During this season's fashion week, more than 100 well-known enterprises, brands, designers and colleges at home and abroad were invited to release their latest creative works, bringing very distinctive fashion ideas and new ideas. During the period, there will also be the opening ceremony of Dalian Fashion week in 2023, the closing ceremony and award ceremony of Dalian Fashion week in 2023, the Dalian Development Forum of China's Garment Industry, the 31st "Dalian Cup" International Youth Fashion Design Competition and other activities, and 50 fashion releases will be held.

It is worth mentioning that this season, Dalian Fashion Week for the first time in Pulandian District set up a sub-venue. On the evening of September 2, 2023, Dalian Fashion Week Pulan Store Fashion Night series was launched. At the event, POP design, Pulandian fashion industry innovation service complex was set up to promote Pulandian fashion industry, Pulandian clothing and textile association was set up, the coordinated development of Pulandian fashion industry supply chain was signed, Pulandian fashion industry teaching practice base was launched, Pulandian fashion night international fashion show and other activities were held successively.

According to Yu Yongzhong, executive deputy head of the People's Government of Pulandian District, Dalian City, the fashion industry innovation service complex project of the popular club Jieplandian covers an area of more than 7300 square meters. It is a third-party public service platform with strong industry attributes jointly created by the Pudian District Committee, the District Government and Shanghai Shejie Technology Group for local enterprises and outstanding designers across the country. The platform is the first textile and garment industry service platform in the three northeastern provinces that integrates fashion trend information, original design, sample garment printing, e-commerce cross-border, fashion publishing, industry exchanges, and surface accessories selection.

It is reported that this year is the 12th anniversary of Dalian fashion week. After years of development, Dalian Fashion Week has become a channel and window for Dalian and even Liaoning to display textile and apparel designers, products and brands.