Fall winter 2011-12 previews from the parisian fashion fair Expofil

After a very long break, i decidet to restart wrinting in English. I know my articles are not good as an American mother tongue but I want to try to tell you what I know about fashion fairs as better as I can.

Today I want to star with Expofil Fall Winter 2011-12.

This fair is the first of the season, and it is a small part of the parisian fashion fair Première Vision. It presents more than 15 monts in advance, what tendances will be right for the next seasons.

Autumn winter 2011-12 traces its source to Expofil, under the theme «CLOSE PROTECTION».

Yarn, the material lying at the heart of textile construction, makes it more than ever possible to create warm envelopes,reassuring, seductive and comfortable capsules. More or less close to the body, thermal or climatic, fibres will be allied

and yarns transformed to cover without restricting, to protect without enclosing, to preserve and safeguard man and the environment.

skin, membrane, film

yarns to create mimicry fabrics, animal or mutant second skins. Protection worn next to the skin, isothermal

and caressing, for an intimate complicity between body and fabric.

. fineness and extreme lightness (microfibre, noble wool, cotton, silk, viscose and polynosic)

. ergonomic (pure elasticity, corespun, coreyarn and throwing)

. well-being (antibacterial, bacteriostatic and encapsulation)

. beneficial (organic cottons, recycled silks, wools and synthetics)

. thermal (hollow fibres or microfibres, polyesters or polyacrylics, wools, silks)

envelope, coat

yarns to create warm, voluminous, reassuring and ironic knits and wovens. Emerised, brushed, velvety, felted,

plush fabrics, combed or torn-out hairy fabrics, eccentric or well-behaved coats of fur. Easy-care envelopes that are

intelligent, lightweight and performant.

. soft (cashmere, alpaca, qiviuk, red deer, pure wools or blended with acrylic and polyamide fibres)

. mossy (in visible blends, natural and synthetic, animal and vegetal, stretch covering, bouclette, gimp yarns, crêpes)

. hairy (mohairs, chenilles, flocked cottons and viscose blends, polyamide and polyester)

. voluminous (roving yarns, thick counts, multi-end cables in wool and in stretch blends)

. fluid (high twists, and wool, silk, cupro or bamboo blends)

. easy living (mercerised wools, easy-care cottons, polyester or polypropylene blends)

carapace, armour

yarns to create shield-like clothing or isolating carapaces. Fabrics with firm and supple handles where the weight of the

material lends nobility. Persistent reflections, sustained lustre, protective bodyworking. Intense plains or graphic, contrasted

and precise effects, for a cleaner season.

. compacts (dense and round, twists, wool cotton or polyamide cabled yarns, organic and recycled)

. gleaming (the natural shine of silk and viscose, the reflected shine of polyesters and polyamides, pure or blended)

. smooth (ultra-matt or ultra-shiny, neat and clean, synthetic or natural)

. graphic (thrown, jaspé, tweedies, contrasting cables, prints)

. performant (high-resistance, recycleds combined with animal or vegetal fibres)

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Tags: collection planning, colours, fall winter 2011-12, materials, new trends