Minimal & Maximal

Minimalist style with high technology in the details. Fabrics with clean weaves valorized by a casual interpretation.
Comfortable sensations: knits in merino wool and wool blend, washed cotton, faded denims and cotton-wool blends, compact and smooth-looking. Synthetic fabrics with right-angle weaves and a coated finish for rainwear.  Techno-poly innovations including corn, bamboo and recycled materials.

Cream, cool gray, taupe, slate and asphalt will be contrasted with powerful red.

 

Casual & Classic

Casual apparel and sportswear are requalified and distinguished by details and trim as important design elements.
Highly classical fabrics, stripes, tweeds, Shetlands, checks, plaids are invoked and updated with fashionable prints and patterns. Classical and casual mix. Even men will dress anywhere from very classical to very fancy.

Important colors, warm sunny shades to mix with neutrals: yellow encrusted with orange and purple, copper and teal blue. New tartan harmonies in wool and fabrics for shirts.

 

Ethnic & Techno

The continuous progress of society, the explosion and use of Internet and social media allow the younger generations to dress in the same multicolor codes, mixing exotic and ethnic and using techno fabrics.
Handwoven fabrics will be accompanied by technically intelligent materials and inspired applications, evoking an ethno-techno blend. Gypsy references and folk-nomad designs. Stained, felted, coated fabrics, jacquards with floral designs.

The theme is characterized by a lively color card: red, green, yellow with secondary accents like orange and purple.

 

Parade & Theater

Fashion and the theater will merge into fancy designs. Military style and theatrical style. Shoulder straps, tassels, decorative buttons and military embroidered patches will mix army details with the theatrical wardrobe. Rich contemporary interpretation of the Russian Ballet.
Rich fabrics in blends of wool and silk. Velvet, taffeta and satin. Harlequin prints.

Velvets in sumptuous red, midnight blue and gilded moon with sky blue and dusty purple.

 

 

“Gli ibridi”: le Tendenze Moda Autunno/Inverno 2012/13 elaborate da Li Edelkoort per Pratotrade

L’era degli ibridi condizionerà anche il nostro guardaroba invernale 2012-13;
ritornano i tessuti tradizionali ma rivisti e riproposti con l’uso della tecnologia

 

 

Ecology & Luxury

Ecology and luxury will be one and the same thing. The sense of comfort and well-being will be interpreted by felted fabrics, jersey, quilting, wooly fabrics and fibers similar to fur. Luxurious wools also in blends with silk and synthetics.
Technological textiles, even neutrals but no plain colors.

Harmonies of colors, light and neutral, ivory white, delicate grays and beiges. With a touch of canary yellow, sky blue, mauve, mint and silver.

 

Day & Night

The borderline between eveningwear and daywear is more and more attenuated. Darkness and daylight. A casual approach to formal apparel, citywear that flirts with the codes of formality. Highly feminine fabrics but derived from menswear.
Herringbone patterns, glen plaids, tweeds, hound’s-tooth checks, shiny quilted fabrics, turtlenecks, scarves, accessories. Graphic designs.

Colors: black and white;  gray and navy as contemporary alternatives.

 

Tribal & Future

Tribalism modernizes for the future. Youth to the forefront.
Urban and rural references converge to inspire a gripping fashion with patchwork, darns, fraying, irregular pleats that interfere with aspects still balanced by precise patterns and functional details. Washed handles, treated with talcum, dusty aspects applied to twills, corduroy, flannel, moleskin, canvas and nylon. Soiled, worn denim.

Brown camouflage and dull, dirty greens in contrast against aggressive carbon green and blue.

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