The 96th edition of Pitti Immagine Filati, which took place in Florence, from January 28 to 30, 2025, concluded with widespread satisfaction and optimism among all industry professionals attending the Fortezza da Basso. Over the three-day event, attendance reached 2,850 buyers, including 1,050 international attendees from more than 50 countries. The fair unveiled Spring-Summer 2026 yarn collections, designed and produced by leading Italian and international spinners, alongside innovations from key knitwear companies, with 116 exhibitors in total. Including media representatives, agents, and suppliers, the total visitor count stood at approximately 3,400.
"Once again, Pitti Filati has reaffirmed its role as the industry’s benchmark event. It is the only platform that offers all levels of the supply chain the highest standards of research and creativity in the world of yarns. At the Fortezza, within the new collections and company innovations, we witnessed the exceptional adaptability that the spinning sector is deploying to meet market demands and support its evolution. These three intense days of the business revealed a widespread sense of confidence, with industry professionals anticipating a trend reversal in fashion by Spring-Summer 2026, early signs of which were already visible in this presentation cycle," commented Raffaello Napoleone, ceo of Pitti Immagine.
On the international front, the event saw growing attendance from the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia, Portugal, and Belgium, while numbers showed a slight decline from Switzerland, Turkey, and China. France maintained its position as the leading country in international attendance, followed by the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Japan, China, Russia, Portugal, and Belgium.
"These three days were filled with energy and creative exchange for all industry professionals. It was an essential and irreplaceable opportunity for dialogue, a mutual push towards research and creativity across all phases of knitwear production. This sentiment was echoed in the feedback we gathered from buyers, including the design team of the most prestigious Italian and international fashion brands, as well as from exhibitors at the Fortezza," said Agostino Poletto, general director of Pitti Immagine. "A major contribution in this direction came from ‘Spazio Ricerca – Body of Light,’ curated by Angelo Figus, Carrie Hollands, and Manuela Sandroni, once again an unmissable destination for insights into future trends. Additional pivotal contributions came from the ‘CustomEasy’ and ‘KnitClub’ areas, which provided an in-depth exploration of customization and knitting techniques. Likewise, the ‘Vintage Selection’, the fair within the fair dedicated to vintage fashion, proved to be an endless source of inspiration for design teams attending Filati."
The final day of Pitti Filati also hosted a new session of the CFMI Academy, a program dedicated to industrial culture and sustainability in fashion, aimed at Fashion Design students. This initiative is organized by Centro di Firenze per la Moda Italiana, Pitti Immagine, and UniCredit, in collaboration with Piattaforma Sistema Formativo Moda and Polimoda as educational partners.
This session marked the launch of the first workshop under the new CFMI Academy call for projects, which has evolved from a training initiative into a full-fledged Fashion Incubator. During the event, five selected entrepreneurial projects participated in a series of intensive mentoring sessions.
Pitti Immagine Filati 97
July 01 - 03, 2025
Fortezza da Basso - Firenze
