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Textile Shows Draw Quality-Minded Attendees for SS2025

By Dorothy Crouch, Contributing Writer | March 8, 2024

Downtown Los Angeles’ textile-event roster is expanding from the more-than-30-year veteran LA Textile at the California Market Center to additional productions—The Textile Show at the Cooper Design Space, The Fabric Show Los Angeles at The New Mart and A Fabric Affair.

TEXTILE TRENDS

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Think Pink Smartlink

The new shade of pink takes its inspiration from digital worlds. It’s a subtle hue referred to as “transcendent,” bridging genders and realities as opposed to bright ’80s pinks that shocked us into submission. That doesn’t mean it can’t find its way into traditional motifs, however, so look for it in florals and other classic patterns but with a hi-tech touch.

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Green Thumb

If pink signifies the floral outpouring of springtime, then green symbolizes the earth from which it all comes. And while pink and green may be the quintessential preppy combination, like the ethereal pinks, these greens belong to the garden, but the garden of the digital imagination as much as Mother Earth.

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Eternal Flame

Hitting on three of the four elements—airy sunsets, flowers of the earth, and shimmering waters—now it’s time for the fourth: fire. This trend’s reds and oranges stand for energy and health, particularly the self-care needed for the times, which require dynamic nimbleness. This group will have you ready for anything.

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The Life Aquatic

Sunsets light up the air and sky, and flowers bloom on the earth, but aqua comes from the sea, as its very name suggests. This color category serves as a bridge between the oceanic and the synthetic digital underworld where artists create imaginary worlds. Think of it as pastel meets pixels.

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Mellow Yellow

This category—named after another classic rock song—represents optimism, warmth and the splendors of nature, specifically the sunflower. In the context of the present moment, this group of floral yellows, as opposed to acidic or metallic, speaks loud and clear to our burgeoning eco-consciousness and that sustainability ultimately means nature’s beauty and bounty.

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Purple Haze

Purple has always been a regal color, but there’s another side to this rich color category. Violet has the highest vibration in the color spectrum, dispersed by light, and as a result has always been considered a spiritual shade. This trend combines sunset shades of blue and violet with dynamic patterns drawn from our high-tech times.

NEWS

Colocated Shows Highlight Advancements and Trends in Textile Design and Manufacturing

Colocated Shows Highlight Advancements and Trends in Textile Design and Manufacturing

Technology and textiles convened in Atlanta May 10–12 for the Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas shows, which drew over 350 exhibitors...

Artistic Milliners Partners With Levi’s to Bring More Organic Cotton to the Supply Chain

Artistic Milliners Partners With Levi’s to Bring More Organic Cotton to the Supply Chain

Levi Strauss & Co. recently announced a new partnership with Artistic Milliners, founded in 1949 and one of the world’s leading producers of denim.

The Color, Pattern and Texture of Things to Come

The Color, Pattern and Texture of Things to Come

Before any garment is given shape—long or short, baggy or slim—it begins as a piece of fabric with color, pattern and texture.

The Color, Pattern and Texture of Fabrics to Come

The Color, Pattern and Texture of Fabrics to Come

Inside, you’ll find a fount of textile inspiration to draw on, an eclectic mix of color and pattern capable of expressing every mood and moment for the complex age we live in.

Lycra Publishes Goals to Be Reached by 2030

Lycra Publishes Goals to Be Reached by 2030

Lycra has taken a giant leap into the stratosphere of environmentalism with the recent unveiling of its first-ever Planet Agenda Report, which outlines the company’s strategies to become a more sustainable organization by the year 2030.

Pulp Friction: To craft a more circular supply chain, Renewcell grinds old apparel into new

Pulp Friction: To craft a more circular supply chain, Renewcell grinds old apparel into new

What is the future of fashion? No, not the next style but the actual process of making and selling it. Increasingly it’s looking like a new paradigm based less on the fast and disposable and more on the durable and recyclable.

Fashion Returns With Fresh Treatments in Color and Textiles

Fashion Returns With Fresh Treatments in Color and Textiles

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LYCRA and Browzwear Enter Partnership to Save Time, Reduce Waste

LYCRA and Browzwear Enter Partnership to Save Time, Reduce Waste

When it comes to wearing clothes, one of the highest virtues is simplicity. When it comes to making them, it’s efficiency. And now The LYCRA Company, the global textile giant, plans to make that a lot easier for designers thanks to a new partnership with Browzwear, a pioneer of 3D software for the apparel industry.

Industry Focus: Textiles, Fiber & Yarn - Textile Experts Weigh In on Sustainability and Circularity, Transparency and Accountability

Industry Focus: Textiles, Fiber & Yarn - Textile Experts Weigh In on Sustainability and Circularity, Transparency and Accountability

At the foundation of every garment is a choice regarding fabrication. This commitment to a certain textile that relies on specific fibers helps to tell the story of a collection.

3M Develops New Yarn to Enhance Outdoor-Wear Properties

3M Develops New Yarn to Enhance Outdoor-Wear Properties

Adding to its evolving mix of textile solutions, 3M has introduced 3M-Specified Water Repellent Greige Yarn, which joins its other fabric-based innovations including 3M Thinsulate Insulation and Scotchgard Protector.

Solstiss Returns to L.A. With a New Showroom

Solstiss Returns to L.A. With a New Showroom

Fashion goes round and round in cycles, which is not so different from the way Earth orbits the sun. Solstiss may sound like the twice-annual event that occurs at the height of summer and depth of winter, but this kind of solstice is perennial.

Supima and TextileGenesis Form Strategic Partnership for Cotton Traceability Standards

Supima and TextileGenesis Form Strategic Partnership for Cotton Traceability Standards

If you’re going to be part of a fashion scandal, it’s much better if you’re, say, the designer of a risqué dress worn on the red carpet since a little notoriety can be a boon to business. The kind you don’t want is the kind that befell red-logoed retailer Target six years ago when it turned out a bunch of fashions from so-called Egyptian cotton it was selling that were not, in fact, from the land of the pyramids.

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