Off The Scale – UNISEX, DISTORTED PROPORTIONS, ZOOM IN & OUT – Casual Wear

Off The Scale - UNISEX, DISTORTED PROPORTIONS, ZOOM IN & OUT - Casual Wear

SOURCE Athleisure gets oversized, and sports brands take to the catwalk, as collaborations continue to influence the future of activewear. Tim Coppens’ work for Under Armour took a 1990s flavor and brought it to bang up-to-date, and Lacoste reviewed classic sports and casual styles to make them street-ready through playing with scale. COLOUR A military-inspired […]

100% Linen Denims for Summer – Sustainable Fabric Trends

100% Linen Denims for Summer - Sustainable Fabric Trends

SUMMER BREEZE • LINEN/COTTON BLENDS • 100% LINEN • AIRY ASPECTS • SACKCLOTH WEAVES • MESH-LOOK STRUCTURES • LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMBRAYS • SHADED FADING • DUSTY-LOOKING SURFACES • DRY HANDLES • BREATHABILITY & SUMMER COMFORT HEAVY DUTY • COMPACT 3D STRUCTURES • DENIM BONDED TO POLAR FLEECE • EXAGGERATED HEAVY WEIGHTS • RIGID & STURDY • […]

Latest 3D Textures on Denims Now Trending

Latest 3D Textures on Denims Now Trending

• TEXTURAL & TACTILE SURFACES • HOPSACK, OXFORD & DOBBY WEAVES • HAIRY ASPECTS • TACTILE RAISED “TWILL” LINES • CORDUROY TEXTURES • FLOATING STITCH JACQUARDS

MIlky Blue Denims – The Eastern Influence

MIlky Blue Denims - The Eastern Influence

MILKY BLUES • A FADED PALETTE OF LIGHT INDIGO HUES • NATURAL-WEAR FADING • 1980S OPEN-END LOOKS & PROMINENT TWILL LINES • SUPPLE, TACTILE SURFACES EASTERN INFLUENCES • IMPORTANT BOTH IN FABRIC & STYLING • TRADITIONAL WEAVES • KIMONO SHAPES • TRADITIONAL WORKER JACKETS • BELTED & WRAP-OVER DETAILS • LOOSE, LIGHTWEIGHT LAYERING • ASIAN […]

Shibori Tie-Dyes on Denim – Impeccable Crafted Detailing

Shibori Tie-Dyes on Denim - Impeccable Crafted Detailing

ARTISAN • IMPECCABLE ATTENTION TO CRAFTED DETAILING • INTRICATE REPAIR STITCH WORK • HAND CROSS-STITCHING • REIMAGINED PAST FABRICS • PANELLING INTEREST • A MIX OF TRADITIONAL & NEW, PRACTICAL & ARTISTIC CRAFTED • BATIK DYES • EXTREME SHIBORI TIE-DYES • MOTTLED SURFACES • LASER COLOUR REMOVAL • VISIBLE UNPICKED STITCH MARKS • ALL-OVER & […]

White Out & White Stripes on Denims is What you Need

White Out & White Stripes on Denims is What you Need

WHITE-OUT • WHITE & OFF-WHITE DENIM • INDIGO SLUBS & DETAILS PEEKING THROUGH • COLOURED NEP INTEREST • CREAM WEFTS & ECRU WARPS • ECRU WARPS & INDIGO WEFTS WHITE STRIPES • DOTTED WABASH STRIPES • STRIPED TRADITIONAL JAPANESE DOBBY STRUCTURES • DEGRADÉ FADED WIDE PINSTRIPES • SLAP-DASH, LASERED-AWAY WIDE STRIPES • PLAYFUL MIX OF […]

Denim Fabric News – Calik, Denim, Prym Italia & Candiani

Denim Fabric News - Calik, Denim, Prym Italia & Candiani

CALIK Calik Denim presented ‘Confluences – when blue meets blue’ as the underlying 2018 message. Product-wise, the Renovated collection of authentic, open-end looking qualities that are reimagined using today’s technologies to improve performance and handle, appeared in two, distinct new colors: Holiday Blue and Dream Blue. Both the Curve and Circular Elastech collections focus on innovation in […]

Denim Fabrics Update Best of Garmon, Kassim, Arvind & Tavex

Denim Fabrics Update Best of Garmon, Kassim, Arvind & Tavex

GARMON At Kingpins, Amsterdam, Garmon launched nimbus-z – part of a range of chemical auxiliaries and dyes specifically developed to be nebulized in closed systems such as washing machines. By working with Tonello Garment Finishing Technologies and the world leading enzyme producer, Novozymes, only negligible levels of airborne enzymes were detected when using nimbus-z – […]

Zoom on Pockets & Collars for Denims

Zoom on Pockets & Collars for Denims

ZOOM HIM Seamed collars, bound pockets (including contrast leather and matching denim) and zipped hems are just some of the details we noted for men. Unpicked patches leave shadowy marks and contrast binding (inside) and dogeaten cuffs show that nothing is left to chance. Discrete branding comes in the form of attractive metalwork and simple […]

Blue and Green Denim Hues

Blue and Green Denim Hues

GREEN TINGE Who said, blue and green should never be seen? It makes the perfect combination! Washed out hues (bordering beige) look fab next to light-colored denim, whereas khaki and olive complement mid to darker shade denim. The look doesn’t always have to feel military, it can be more desert skater or vintage entrepreneur. A […]