MarediModa Cannes will run October 27 to 29, WWD reports, fixing the autumn calendar slot for one of the few trade shows dedicated to fabrics for swimwear, beachwear and lingerie.

For sourcing teams, the date confirmation is the practical news. The fair gives mills, knitters and trim suppliers serving the swim and intimals (lingerie and nightwear) categories a single venue to preview collections — which matters for buyers building spring/summer fabric programmes and needing lead-time certainty before year-end ordering closes.

What does the date change for sourcing desks?

An Oct. 27-29 window places the show comfortably ahead of the typical November-December order cycle for spring/summer beachwear fabrics. Buyers who treat MarediModa as a first-look stage can still hold the fair against competing commitments in the same period and lock mill appointments now.

The Cannes setting also keeps the show anchored to the Mediterranean supply base — the European stretchers (elastane-blend fabric specialists) and knitters that dominate the swimwear fabric tier — rather than the finished-garment sourcing hubs of Asia.

What we know — and what we don't

Confirmed, per WWD's report: the dates, October 27-29, and the venue city, Cannes.

Not yet reported: the exhibitor list, hall count or expected visitor numbers. Treat any figures circulating about scale as unconfirmed until the organiser publishes its own figures.

The sourcing decision it forces

If your fabric pipeline for swim, beachwear or intimals needs refreshing for spring/summer, book mill meetings at Cannes before the calendar fills — the October window is the last practical point to secure autumn sampling slots.