TEXTILES
CMC Hosts LA Textile Show as Creatives Seek Sustainable Domestic Options
By Dorothy Crouch, Contributing Writer | December 1, 2025
Designers and fashion creatives traveled to downtown Los Angeles Oct. 7–9 for the LA Textile Show at the California Market Center.
TEXTILE TRENDS
Electric Avenue
Fuchsia can be a polarizing color if only because no one can ever remember how to spell it. But these electric fuchsias beckon to be tried by all due to their ability to inject electric energy into whatever you’re wearing. It’s all but guaranteed to shock your mood back to the positive spectrum should it dip.
Frozen in Amber
Amber has the ability to fossilize ancient life forms (remember “Jurassic Park”?), and in the coming seasons you’ll see it crystallize fashion as well. These warm honey shades speak of positivity and remind us that amber has been used for millennia in oils, perfumes and incense to raise our spirits.
Celestial Aura
Blue is the color of heaven, whether on a sunlit day or in the dark indigo of night. As a result, it’s always a soothing color capable of conveying stability, as in a navy blazer, or more-dynamic feelings. These blues are as happy as a perennial summer sky but are often adorned with modern motifs.
NEWS
Emerging as a Stronger Fiber, Yarn and Fabric Business in 2025
California Apparel News asked leaders in fiber, yarn and fabric: What have been your greatest supply-chain challenges over the last few years and how are you navigating through them, or have you solved these issues and how have you overcome them?
From Craft to Tech: The New Territories of Sophistication
Accompanying the gradual decompartmentalization of formal and sportswear, the evolution of textile trends is helping to define a new form of sophistication.
Swedish Investment Firm Altor Acquires Renewcell
Cotton-recycling pioneer Renewcell has announced that its remaining assets have been acquired by Altor, an investment firm based in Sweden, and will now be known as Circulose.
The Textile Show Makes Its Nashville Debut
The Textile Show Nashville wrapped up its inaugural event, where it showcased a curated selection of exhibitors.
Textile Shows Draw Quality-Minded Attendees for SS2025
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.
Classic Elements Lead Trends to Support Sustainable Manufacturing
California Apparel News asked leaders in fiber, yarn and fabrics: What trend in textiles do you feel will define this year as consumers seek change in many areas of their lives, including fashion and apparel?
Hi-Tech Meets Perennial Classics Somewhere in Middle Earth
In ancient times, those who could see the future were personified as female diviners called “fates” who ceaselessly wove the great tapestry of reality as it slowly came into being, able to see the past...
Inspired by the Elements, This Year’s Trends Get Down to Earth
The dazzling colors of the holidays are over, along with the celebrations and season of joy, and now the long winter properly commences. But thanks to the California sunshine...
Functional Fabric Fair Concludes Most Successful Fall Edition
Functional Fabric Fair, powered by Performance Days, the premier trade-exclusive sourcing event in the U.S. successfully concluded its fall edition Nov. 1–2 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland.
FW2425 Textile Trends: Raw Sophistication
The Fall/Winter 24/25 textile trends celebrate the idea of quiet luxury, with a minimalist yet luxurious approach, a chic and slow sobriety reviving the idea of craftsmanship through technological innovation while aiming for...
Fiber, Yarn and Fabric: Identifying Underrated Textile Resources
California Apparel News asked experts in fiber, yarn and fabric: What region of the world should be afforded more attention for its contributions to fiber, yarn or fabric, and why do you feel the experts and artists in this particular area deserve a brighter spotlight?
The Natural Selection Collection Boasts Three-Way Partnership
For 35 years Laguna Fabrics has been a Los Angeles–based, family-owned knitting mill known for quality, trend awareness and fast turnaround...
Renewcell Launches Circulose Supplier Network
Like an intricate tapestry, the circular economy is expanding and strengthening its global web presence in part thanks to Renewcell.
