The Futura Fashion Fair looks to promote Irish fashion when the level of imported clothes is growing.
The Futura Fashion Fair has become the showcase for the Irish clothing industry. 7,000 buyers are expected to make orders worth up to £20 million at the event. The level of imported clothes are a huge threat to Irish business with More than £1 million a day spent on imported clothing the previous year.
Terry Leyden, Minister of State for Trade and Marketing, is very worried about this and is looking to tackle it. The Irish clothing industry thinks the government has taken the wrong approach in the past. Brian Beggan, Chairman of the Irish Fashion Group says the government has written it off as a failing industry.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 17 September 1989. The reporter is Cathy Halloran.
