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The Future of Insulation

Best of Focus Topic

The future of workwear

Natural Power - Hemp & Linen

Focus on Footwear

Innovative, performance-driven, and increasingly sustainable – the latest footwear developments in the PERFORMANCE DAYS marketplace “The Loop” show how ecological responsibility and technical functionality can go hand in hand.

Best of High Visibility

Discover how high-visibility materials are reshaping fashion, sports, and workwear – without compromising on design or sustainability. Explore the smartest ways to be seen – with reflective prints, energy-storing trims, and recycled 3-layer softshells.

Best of Running & Biking

Today’s runners and riders expect more: lightweight, breathable, and sustainable gear made to move. This Material Story highlights fabrics that deliver high performance with a clear focus on responsibility.

Best of Jury Likes

Each season, our PERFORMANCE DAYS TREND FORUM expert jury evaluates hundreds of innovative material submissions. In the new Material Story “Best of Jury Likes”, we highlight a curated selection of fabrics that impressed the expert panel with outstanding technical performance, functionality, and innovation.

Best of Accessories

This season, accessories take center stage — adding personality, elegance, and impact to every look. Discover our curated “Best of Accessories” selection, featuring timeless icons, trend highlights, and versatile must-haves.

Best of Innovation

PERFORMANCE DAYS no longer sees its role solely as a sourcing fair for technical, sustainable fabrics, it aims to obtain important information about innovations and new projects. Our latest material innovations showcase how natural resources and cutting-edge technology merge to redefine the textile industry.

Best of Focus Topic

Certifications are essential for assessing product safety, quality, and sustainability. They ensure products meet strict standards, enhancing consumer trust. This is where PERFORMANCE DAYS spring Focus Topic “Certifications: Which Ones Matter?” comes in.

Bodywear Insights

From swimwear to shapewear, loungewear to active on-skin performance pieces—modern bodywear is undergoing a material revolution. Innovations in fabric technology are redefining the way we experience fit, function, and feel. It’s not just shapewear that is shaking up the market—there is a clear trend towards blending active sportswear with wellbeing underwear.

All about wool

Warm in winter, cool in summer, and 100% natural as well as fully biodegradable – wool combines many positive properties like no other fiber. At PERFORMANCE DAYS, wool has always played a significant role, as this extraordinarily comfortable fiber has unique characteristics: it can absorb water vapor internally while repelling water on its surface

Best of winter fabrics

Winter is the ultimate season for outdoor enthusiasts, with its snow-covered landscapes and invigorating chill creating the perfect backdrop for winter sports. With the right fabrics and materials, you can fully embrace this magical time of year!

Best of autumn fabrics

When temperatures gradually drop in autumn, the first priority is to focus on the right clothing. Outdoor exercise during this season helps strengthen the immune system before winter arrives, when it will undoubtedly be challenged by dry indoor heating, reduced sunlight, and potential vitamin or nutrient deficiencies.

Let's talk 3D

Following the increasing demand for digital sourcing solutions, PERFORMANCE DAYS has launched a special project: We select the best fabrics, scan them, test them for their material qualities and create 3D files and provide the U3MA and SBSAR files (compatible with most 3D software) - ready to download and import into a 3D program. As technology partner of the 3D ready initiative, Vizoo already proofs how digital fabrics enhance the fabric selling process. Renate Eder, Chief Commercial Officer at Vizoo, looks in the following interview to the future of digitalization.

Best of Accessories

Accessories play a crucial role in both footwear and apparel, serving as much more than mere functional add-ons. They are key to highlighting personal styles, making fashion statements, and completing the overall look of an outfit. Whether it's striking shoelaces on sneakers, zippers on trousers or jackets, labels or patches, transfers, tapes, trims, additionals, applications, visibility add-ons or others, accessories offer endless possibilities to express individuality and adapt outfits to various occasions and moods.

Innovation in Footwear

PERFORMANCE DAYS footwear expert Nina Conrad with an essay about innovation in footwear. What matters the most when it comes to new technologies and developments in the footwear category? What does a shoe really need and how can true innovation improve both the environmental and social aspects of production? The Footwear Area will bring those innovations to PERFORMANCE DAYS at October show...  

Deep Dive Bodywear

All eyes on bodywear! The new platform The Bodywear Collective in close cooperation with London Contour Experts group dives deep into high-performance functional textiles for the bodywear sector, focusing on underwear, swimwear, shapewear, wellness in motion and performance sportswear.

New York Exclusive

Renowned for its dynamic fashion scene, New York is an ideal stage for the latest advancements in sustainable and high-performance textiles. Inspired by the New York Exclusive fabrics at the Functional Fabric Fair in New York, here are our Must-Haves of outstanding fabrics which specifically focused on a New York fashion-focused audience.

Waterproofness in Footwear

Our footwear must meet many demands, combining traditional craftsmanship with high-tech materials for comfort, style, and waterproofing. Modern shoe designs use specialized membranes and seamless constructions to keep our feet dry and protected.

The Impact and Future of Color

Color and fabrics—two fundamental elements that shape the world of textiles. Combining color and fabric requires both artistic creativity and technical knowledge to create impressive and inspiring textiles.

Exhibitor List October 2025