Fabric Yarn Trend Analysis | PITTI FILATI 2017/18 Fall Winter

Leading Speech: The 79th PittiFilati Exhibition is in full swing and will present its own fashion show for the first time. This autumn/winter 2017/18 show brought the old castle of Fortezzada Basso with a vintage atmosphere. The number of participants in the FeeltheYarn Global Knit Design Competition reached a record high.

The 79th Pitti Filati Exhibition was in full swing and was presented with its own fashion show for the first time. This autumn/winter 2017/18 show brought the vintage castle of Fortezza da Basso with a retro atmosphere. The number of participants in the Feel the Yarn Global Knit Design Competition reached a record high.

The number of foreign buyers and Italian buyers rose by 4%. The number of buyers from France, China, and Russia increased particularly. Exhibitors are most concerned with innovation and creativity. Raffaello Napoleone, President of Pitti Immagine, also noted this point and said in his speech: “Although the current international economic situation is unprecedentedly complicated, the Italian yarn industry is still the absolute leader in the world.”

The T-Taiwan show in Sansovino 6 is the highlight of this show, held in the very exotic Peguera Theatre, sponsored by Centro di Firenze per la Moda Italiana and MISE. The cheerful T stage show showcases men's and women's knitwear and knitwear for spring/summer 2017. In a relaxed atmosphere, the show showcases a casual Baha design using old water washing and Tannin yarns.

Trend list

1. Touch and Soft: Plush and furry appearance is the key. The luxurious terry yarns are light and delicate in color, and the exaggerated mix of feathers and fur makes it shine.

2. pattern and texture: fine needles to create a mature sports appearance, delicate texture suitable for cashmere and merino wool, luxurious elegance.

3. Traditional retro: Vibrant bright and messy paint effects add new meaning to tweed, hair particles, and segment dyeing.

4. Seasonal style: translucent cotton, alpaca, mohair are made with fine needles, delicate and delicate.

There are also wool yarns this season, with more emphasis on innovation and versatility. Alpacas and mohairs are finer, softer, and more versatile. Technical yarns, such as cashmere and merino wool, have been modified to be used in sports and leisure products.

Trend Forum

Spazio Ricerca, founded by Angelo Figus and Nicola Miller Spazio Ricerca, explores 24-hour knitting. This trend examines the different applications of clothes in a 24-hour cycle. Nowadays yarns have a variety of uses, further blurring the line between casual wear, formal wear, functional wear and sportswear. Premium yarns are used extensively because of its technology and athletic qualities. Technological innovation makes it both easy to handle and extremely wearable.

The autumn/winter 2017/18 series revisited modern life and realized that people are paying more attention to health and wellness, whether they are going to work or leisure. Clothing styles and colors are developed around meditation, waking up, jogging, walking dogs and other life themes. Daily activities 24 hours a day are reflected in a wide variety of patterns, prints, colors and yarns.

Tactile circle yarn

As an important fabric, loop yarn becomes lighter and more elegant. In addition to natural white and gray, color and color mixing are also used. The looped yarn feels soft and luxurious, using double-colored jacquard and texture knit. Cashmere, knit, sea wool, and ultra-fine alpaca are blended with acrylic and polyamide to produce high-quality yarns for a beautiful look.

Fresh fur

Wild furs and plushs are still important in winter and are colored to match the trend of the autumn/winter 2017/18 forecast: Earthly scrolls. Natural colors still exist, but the most vibrant colors are bright. Luxurious cashmere, mohair and cotton fabrics, blended with polyamide, acrylic and metallic yarns to create a vibrant mix of colors, gold foils and patches, each with a fresh look.

Fluffy three-dimensional

The comfortable texture continues to improve in autumn/winter 2017/18, with a lighter, breathable texture in both rough stitch and hand-appearance. Wool, alpaca, and haimo blending to create a smooth appearance, plush knit, and bulky and breathable Zenn tweed all add to the highlights of traditional hand-knitting. Basket weaving, twisting, weaving into the structure, through-hole structure for the fisherman's two-color knitting and Icelandic knitting add a sense of luxury and handmade texture.

Soft brushed

The velvet is more exaggerated and uses natural colors to improve the bright colors of the finest needles of the previous season. Brushed, brushed, needle-padded plush looks have a vague pattern effect, adding new ideas to traditional Fair Isle tweeds and jacquard patterns. The brushed yarns made from lambs wool, superfine merino wool, and man-made blended fabrics add soft, luxurious texture to the middle gauge and coarse gauge yarns.

Elegant movement

The dense knit motion pattern and micro-geometric pattern make advanced tech yarn more mature. Suitable for the menswear market and the luxury sportswear market, fine wool, merino wool, silk, and man-made blend fabrics use 12-18gg jacquard to create a delicate, elastic embossed look. Viscose fibers and nylon blends are used to create a strong three-dimensional waffle pattern and embossed textures, giving a modern knit.

Velvet touch

The sensational sensation of chenille and velvet and the autumn/winter 2017/18 trend forecast: The theme of evolution is consistent. Yarn patterns vary, some smooth, some fancy; plush craft, loop yarn, cut chenille yarn made of jacquard as a decoration. Tactile contrast Create a full-body velvet look and a movement pattern on acrylic, polyamide, cotton, and cashmere blends.

Soft tissue

With the increasing demand for the versatility and seasonality of fabrics in the apparel industry, yarns such as alpaca, sea-hair, cashmere, and wool have become more refined, and they have also been improved compared to cotton in autumn/winter 2017/18. . Feather-like lightweight gauze made of sophisticated mesh fabrics meets the aesthetic appeal of today's sweet lingerie and caters to the popular translucency trend.

Motion image

Eye-catching sports styling is still an important trend at Pitti Filati. From the last season's bright technical yarns evolved into softer premium yarns such as cashmere, silk, and wool blends that reflect the performance of natural fibers. Rib, three-dimensional jacquard, diamond pattern, checkered pattern and other designs have appeared at the exhibition. They are suitable for elegant men's wear and neutral styles. They are made of mature gray, lilac purple and green, made with 14-12gg fine needles.

Flash effect

Shiny metallic yarns glow with faint light, and bright gold, blue, pink, and black have a retro evening feel. Metallic polyester fibers are blended with viscose fibers to create a special pile effect; they can also be used to embellish jacquard and mesh fabrics, adding a retro touch, and coincide with the 2017/18 fall/winter trend forecast: Evolutionary themes.

Garden Tweed

Traditional tweeds and idyllic shapes emerged in a large number. Brilliant hues and stripes have added new meaning to them, giving them brilliant colors, which are in line with the 2017/18 fall/winter trend forecast: Earthly scroll theme. The eye-catching binding yarns wrap coarse wool and create a pattern effect; the colorful segment dyes the stripes on the middle and thick needles. Rough Shetland wool is treated with clips; eye-catching hair color is used for wool, alpaca, and man-made blends.

Metal color texture

The texture of the tapestry appearance, tweed, jacquard, and wool yarns were updated in autumn/winter 2017/18, using bright metallic colors, and the trend forecast: the theme of the Earthly scroll is consistent. Woolly woollen yarns, such as alpaca, are embellished with shimmering patches that cater to the trend of casually knitwear. Chinnat tweed and shimmering metallic yarns made from cotton and synthetic fabrics are blended with merino wool, fur, and chenille yarns to create a subtle contrast of matt luster.

Three-dimensional touch

At Pitti Filati, the elastic, corrugated, three-dimensional appearance is very popular, and coincides with the trend forecast: the theme of design. Jacquard with bubble effect is made of luxurious cashmere and wool, supplemented by artificial stretch yarns to create irregular geometric patterns. Double-block colors and shiny metallic colors create distinctive contrasting effects, giving an exaggerated tactile appearance.

Painting effect

The vaguely embossed print gives the oil-like texture of the dyed yarn, consistent with the trend forecast: design theme. Glossy pastels are used for printing naps, clip-on yarns, and irregular watercolor appearance. In order to make the touch more rich, the terry yarns continue to improve, with a mid-needle pitch wool and acrylic blend to create a tactile segmented gradient and enamel colored appearance.