Technology

Remarkable advancements in textile technology have altered or diminished the authority of traditional construction techniques. Thermoplastic fibers used heat instead of labor-intensive hand-pleating techniques to create pleats, gathers, and tucks, and thus encouraged a radical expansion of the vocabulary of form and the design of the garment as a whole.

Some designers explored new approaches to traditional methods of construction, reinterpreting time-honored techniques such as lace making. By featuring synthetic ornamentation, by combining incongruous materials, such as velvet and plastic, or by integrating traditional materials and practices with innovative ideas, designers assaulted conventional notions of luxury and elegance. The dictates of what was “suitable” or “appropriate” were sabotaged.

New textiles for fashion and interiors include three-dimensional structures designed by computer with sculpted surfaces that replace the traditional techniques of embroidery and beading. Topographical surfaces are achieved with such processes as chemical blistering, spatters and laminates of metallic particles, heat molding and treating, and various complex novelty weaves. With rapidly evolving technology, the potential for textile development will continue to change the look and perception of fashion.

donderdag 22 mei 2008

New materials

Nieuwe stoffentrends 2008-2009




Season Highlight 1
PERFECTION
Male attitude
Suiting extrafine
Shadow stripes
Invisible checks
Glenchecks
Military rigour
Regimental stripes
Flannel
Diagonals
Double crêpes
Graphic tweeds





Season Highlight 2
ARCHITECTURAL
Compact weaves
Doubles
Ultra clean
Minimal
Heavy twills
Double jersey
Jersey Milano
Punto Roma
Graphic patterns
Noncolour mood
Graphic contrast (Black & intense colour)





Season Highlight 3
FUTURISTIC
Ultrafunction
Technic Outdoor
Technosuits (WO/PA)
Hightech Bistretch
Bondings
Shape memory
Nylon & Nylonblends
Mesh & technical structure
Metallic coatings (Oxide-Silver, Copper, Bronze)
Ultrabrilliance
Lacquer
Future graphics
Laser Motifs
Kaleidoscopic





Season Highlight 4
BRILLIANCE
Chintz, glossy finish
Satins
Deep taffetas
Jersey fluid
Duchesse
Lamé
Lurex weaves
Metallic Prints
Sequin embroidery
Transparency, lace
Plissé
Jacquards
Changeants
Moirés
Panne de velours
Dévorés





Season Highlight 5
NATURAL
Organic cotton
Organic denim
100% Natural blends
Animal, vegetal, WO/LI, CO/WO
Leather finish
Natural surface
Relaxed finish
Natural structures
Fused pattern
Animal prints
Soft coloured
Casual velvet
Corduroy






Season Highlight 6
COSYNESS
Brushed cotton
Luxury finish (Cashmere touch)
Soft felted
Cosy velvet
Chenille
Funny furs
Bouclette
Soft tweed






Season Highlight 7
VOLUME
Matelassé weaves
Sandwich technics
3D-Knit
Coarse knits
Fabric-like knits
Hairy surface
Fancy Natté






Season Highlight 8
ARTISTIC
Ornamental patterns
Graphic & floral
Pictural designs
Pattern abstraction
Action painting designs
Bright plains
Colour vibration (fancy weaves)
Tartans




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