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Design
Trends at Pitti Filati 65
concept               Colour is the star Creative freedom, a sense of ethics and esthetics, respect for the environment Echoes of the past, looking towards the future Romanticism and urban glam Sophisticated elegance and everyday comfort  Extra volumes and extra gauges Sculptural and thick, rustic and refined Technological materials and experimental components to change the feel of yarns and wovens Hybrid, unisex Carded and combed
12th July 2009
Knitting Industry
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Florence
concept
Colour is the star
Creative freedom, a sense of ethics and esthetics, respect for the environment
Echoes of the past, looking towards the future
Romanticism and urban glam
Sophisticated elegance and everyday comfort
Extra volumes and extra gauges
Sculptural and thick, rustic and refined
Technological materials and experimental components to change the feel of yarns and wovens
Hybrid, unisex
Carded and combed yarns
Modern and layered knits
Compact knits that are malleable, flowing and impalpable
CardedUltraFine: innovative technology creates light, fine gauge yarns to satisfy multiple needs
Teflon treated, stain-resistant and water-repellent
fibres
Animal, vegetable and man-made fibres
Classic, innovative and performing yarns
Winter cotton, linen and jersey
Pure, extra-fine wool, merinos, with off-gauge and supergeelong processing
Recycled wool and soy-wool
Mohair furs
Astrakhan effect, Persian and mink furs
Low-pilling acrylic
Core-spun and iridescent yarns
Crafted alpaca, baby alpaca, alpaca-linen, suri-alpaca, alpaca-wool, alpaca-cashmere
Chenille, angora and mohair
Cashmere, wool/cashmere, cotton/cashmere, viscose/cashmere, silk/cashmere
Ultra-fine silk/wool, ultra-fine, cotton/wool
Knits and PVC for a coppery look
Pure or silk and viscose blended Lambswool
Viscose: 100% pure vegetable fiber, stretchy and blended with wool and cotton
Machine washable and “eco-mood” yarns
touch & look
Soft and velvety hand
Fragile and impalpable hand
Soft and feathery hand
Embracing and caressing hand
Round
Warm
Resilient but smooth
Striped and wavy
Dégradé and multicolor
Luxurious and aged, felted
Ultra-lightweight, fine and puffed
Clean, vigorous and plastic
Compact and full-bodied
Polished, satiny, round, silky
Sophisticated and chic
Fluffy
Flowing and transparent
Fluffy, voluminous and airy
The silken look of flowing drapery
Rustic, natural, delicate, fine
Three-dimensional
Denim looks
printed
Dégradé and multicolor prints
More or less complex stripes
Coppery, rusty
Sable in the yarn
Glass fiber trimmings bound by fine nylon yarns, Swarovski crystals
Big bouclés, important candlewicks and bulky, warm cordonnets
gauges
Fine and very fine
Cashmere, counts Nm 2/44000, 2/28000, 2/35-36000, 2/45000
Wool, gauges 1/15-16000, 2/34000
Thick and ultra-light
colours
Deep and intense colours, neutral and misty shades
Delicate but warm colours, stale, mildewed, old and dusty
Minimal mélanges, false solids, luminous flashes and streaked mouliné
Optical, glassy and icy white
Ivory, dark and light shaded gray, flesh pink, honey and orange
Ruby red, blackberry, Russian leather
Sand, earth tones and brown
Copper, rust
Natural light and dark greens, green/yellow and green/blue, wood and bark green
Acid yellow, gentle yellow, apricot and ocher
Light and transparent, bright and ink blues
Purple, powdery pink, cyclamen and denim blue
Pure, intense black, sleek and bright
identity
The yarn, the raw material and the roots become the essence of future fashions since they constitute the basic matter of clothing and accessories for a clientele which is increasingly concerned about quality and fashion trends, about both the natural and ecological content, as these are yarns that are not just for wearing but, once turned into knits, must also be processed and held onto for a long time.
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