Filo 65 Highlights Sustainability and Native Wools Through Collaborative Textile Supply Chains
The 65th edition of Filo is placing collaboration across the textile supply chain at the heart of its agenda, emphasizing that industry-wide dialogue is essential to overcoming key challenges, particularly sustainability. Central to this effort is the Sustainability Area, curated in partnership with C.L.A.S.S., the eco-hub founded by Giusy Bettoni. Located within the Networking Area of the exhibition, the space brings together sustainable and innovative textile proposals.
The Filo65 Sustainability Area focuses on two core themes: the valorization of Native Wools and the continued evolution of the InsideOut values discourse initiated last season.
Native Wools: Tradition Meets Contemporary Innovation
Native wools reflect the identity of local regions, representing centuries of interaction between landscapes, pastoral communities, and traditional practices. Curated by C.L.A.S.S. with the support of Patrizia Maggia, President of Agenzia Lane d’Italia, the Sustainability Area immerses visitors in this rich heritage while demonstrating how traditional knowledge can inspire new applications in modern textiles.
Selected case studies will showcase how the Native Wools supply chain produces niche, high-quality materials that deliver significant value across fashion, furniture, and interior design sectors. Participating companies include Fibre Gentili, Piacenza 1733, Lanificio Paoletti – MTF, Mariantonia Urru, along with projects led by Agenzia Lane d’Italia, Marlaine (funded by the Interreg Italy-France Maritime Programme with the National Research Council), and the Institute for BioEconomy.
The area also emphasizes the measurable, yet often invisible, values of the modern wardrobe—covering Ethics, Social Initiatives, Transparency and Traceability, Environment, Health, Circular Economy, Design, Ingredients, Production, Dyeing, and Finishing. Through the InsideOut project, C.L.A.S.S. aims to make these values visible and communicate them effectively, engaging the supply chain, industry, and designers, and ultimately educating end consumers.
Dialogue and Engagement
The Native Wools theme is designed to foster meaningful conversations among professionals, designers, and visitors, illustrating how promoting native wools can strengthen local, sustainable, and competitive textile supply chains.
These discussions continue in the ‘Dialoghi di Confronto’ sessions at Filo65:
- “Native Wools: From local sheep farming to territories, customised supply chains and knowledge for contemporary textile industry” – Wednesday, 11 February, 2:30 p.m.
- “InsideOut – Visible and invisible values in the new generation wardrobe. A new language to communicate them, from supply chain to consumers” – Wednesday, 11 February, 3:30 p.m.
Both panels will highlight the critical role of supply chain collaboration in developing products capable of meeting the demands of an increasingly complex market.
The 65th edition of Filo will take place on 11–12 February 2026 at Fiera Milano Rho, Hall 5.