TEXTILE TRENDS
Key Lime
Bright shades of lime green are key to pair with blue for preppy plaids or orange for ethnic-inspired checked designs. The shade brightens botanical prints, sophisticated lace and subtle stripes.
Stripes & Thermals
Designers play with surface texture and depth for striped patterns from rugby to nautical to regatta and textured, thermal, waffle and honeycomb knits.
Silver & Gold
Metallic shades of silver and gold add drama to lace, sophistication to jacquards and tweeds, and an edge to meshes.
Full Bloom
Floral prints in full bloom go bright and luxe with sequins, sophisticated and subtle with textured patterns, or classic in black and white.
NEWS
Intertextile Offerings Include Expanded Denim Hall and Sustainability Zone
When the giant Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics 2014 trade show opens on Oct. 20 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Shanghai, visitors will find a newly expanded Beyond Denim hall, featuring exhibitors from six countries and regions.
Designer Evolves Brand from Prints to Printed Fabric to Finished Garments
Josi Severson’s original prints feature mid-century graphics in a sunny palette. The Minneapolis-based designer has designed fabrics for companies such as Crate & Barrel, Thibaut, Joseph Abboud, Richloom Fabrics and Blu Dot.
Relaunched Mill Has American Heritage and Italian Know-How
A 19th-century textile mill in northern Connecticut is currently humming with the activity of 40 looms making woolen and worsted fabrics for the American luxury market.
Findings & Trimmings
Textile Trends: Findings and Trimmings.
Lenzing Begins Tencel Production at New Facility with “Jumbo” Line
Lenzing, the Austrian maker of Tencel fibers, is on track to meet its planned production target of 30,000 tons of Tencel fiber at its new production facility at the Lenzing headquarters in Austria.
McCord Joins Buhler Sales Team
PJ McCord, former global sales manager for Coats PLC, has joined the team at Buhler Quality Yarns in Jefferson, Ga., as sales executive.
Along Came a Spider Sweater
Researchers at Japan's National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences and Shinshu University created silk fibers from silkworms that had been engineered with spider genes.
North Face Sets 100 Percent Certified Down Goal
By 2017, The North Face plans to have all its down 100 percent certified and responsibly sourced using the Responsible Down Standard, a third-party standard.
Intertextile Shanghai Offerings to Include Premium Fabrics from Europe and Asia, and Swim/Lingerie
During its Oct. 20–23 run at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics will host more than 3,500 exhibitors from more than 30 countries. Offerings include a lingerie and swimwear area with more than 80 lace, embroidery and swimwear and lingerie fabrics suppliers.
Sourcing & Fabric Textile Trends: Gray Day
Designers find inspiration in sophisticated shades of gray for double-face knits, geometric prints, traditional menswear designs and ethnic designs.
Sourcing & Fabric Textile Trends: Bouquet
Designers find inspiration in flower prints from ditsey florals to more traditional floral sprays.
Sourcing & Fabric Textile Trends: Glam & Tan
Who says tan can’t be glam? Look for added texture, a touch of shine and crisp geometric patterns.
