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Article: BIG IDEAS AT PARIS FAIR.(Salon International de la Lingerie and Interfiliere textile fair )(Brief Article)
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- WWD
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- February 7, 2000
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Paris -- The four-day, fall-winter 2000/2001 edition of the Salon International de la Lingerie and Interfiliere textile fair here, which closed Jan. 31, drew a record turnout of international retailers, manufacturers and mill executives.
The main draw was an overwhelming number of directional ideas and concepts that many compared to a culinary coup de force.
While there was no official American pavilion of U.S. exhibitors, several big corporations including The Warnaco Group, VF Corp., Sara Lee Corp. and Maidenform Worldwide made a major effort to demonstrate to the international world of lingerie that size does count, in terms of sprawling exhibition ...