Netherlands Fashion Associations

Last updated: August 1, 2026

Dutch fashion associations represent an industry known more for streetwear and sustainability than haute couture. Amsterdam’s own fashion week reflects this identity directly, and these associations support the designers and manufacturers behind it.

Dutch Fashion Trade in 2025-2026

Dutch clothing manufacturing generates roughly €606.6 million in 2026, a fraction of the industries behind Paris or Milan. Rather than compete on couture, the Netherlands has built its fashion identity around streetwear and sustainability instead, with brands like Daily Paper and Patta growing into genuine international names.

The wider market reflects this same shift. Dutch fashion e-commerce, concentrated in Amsterdam, was valued at $10.6 billion in 2022, while the Dutch sustainable (“green”) fashion market reached $1.37 billion in 2024.

Directory: In Alphabetical Order

Dutch Circular Textile Valley (DCTV)
Launched in 2019, DCTV brings together brands, retailers, manufacturers, and knowledge institutes to build a more circular Dutch textile chain. The coalition is run jointly by MODINT, Fashion for Good, Circle Economy, ABN AMRO, MVO Nederland, and Het Groene Brein, and organizes its work across five regional hubs: Amsterdam, Twente, Arnhem, Brabant, and Rotterdam.
dutchcirculartextile.org

Dutch Fashion Foundation
The Dutch Fashion Foundation (DFF) strengthens the social, economic and cultural role of Dutch fashion on a national and international level. Based in Amsterdam, DFF manages a network of the most talented Dutch fashion designers and is a key figure in the creative network of photographers, graphic designers and fashion artists.
dutchfashionfoundation.com

Fashion for Good
Founded in Amsterdam, Fashion for Good unites brands, manufacturers, and investors to build a more sustainable and regenerative fashion industry. It runs the Good Fashion Fund, financing disruptive textile technologies, and has led projects on circular design, decarbonization, and textile recycling infrastructure across Europe and Asia.
fashionforgood.com

MODINT
MODINT is the trade association for fashion, interior design, carpets and textiles, an association with a clear mission. The MODINT membership totals over 800 companies, active in the production of and trade in clothing, fashion accessories and (interior) textiles. They generate a joint annual turnover of EUR 9 billion in the Netherlands and EUR 2.5 billion on export markets.
modint.nl

Netherlands Association of Clothing & Textile Agents (NVKT)
Founded in 1949, NVKT is the only Dutch organization dedicated to commercial agents, importers, and distributors in the clothing and textile industry. It provides legal advice, standard agency contracts, and regular networking events for members operating nationally and internationally.
nvkt.nl

Textile Recycling Association (VHT)
Founded in 1949, VHT represents the Dutch textile recycling industry, covering collection, sorting, processing, and trading of used textiles. It represents 90-95% of Dutch textile processing companies, making it the primary contact point for government and industry on textile circularity.
textielrecycling.nl

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