The ongoing trend of seasonless apparel does not exclude denim. From August 30 to 31, global mills exhibited a combination of core products along with a huge quantity of brand new washes and blends for S/S 18 at Bluezone, the denim section of Munich Fabric Start.
It was of mix show’s at the ‘keyhouse’ with a full house of fiber, technology and chemical companies that came together to offer the denim market seasonless solutions to do better business. YKK product designer Ina Kaiser said that winter is not cold and summer is not hot. There’s no more light colors for spring, dark colors for winter mentality. Apparel collections don’t drastically change from season to season. At Munich Fabric Start, the trims company showcased it’s A/W 17-18 range.
Kaiser explained that the call for seasonless or transitional, looks is getting into trims as well. In women’s apparels, accessories are light and pastel (mint, pink, lavender) with a hint of luminosity through opalescent and iridescent finishes. The theme is pretty for spring or dreamy for winter. Badges are at the forefront of men’s trims, with many manufacturers focusing on scouting and camping motifs—a concept that ties together nicely with autumnal color ways and summer brights.
With patchwork and DIY details expected to remain popular in denim, YKK is a collection of items inspired by retro haberdashery. For women, rivets are made to resemble 4-hole buttons. Patches of embossed leather are sewn onto the tops of frontier pockets, and funnel-shaped buttons and flat buttons are brushed with warm vintage yellow and green.
Shiny copper rivets, zippers and buttons add a jewelry-like effect to women’s. Tiny rivets and miniature bees are used for decorative items. Letters of the alphabet are reworked as rivets. The monogram theme is carried into belt loop ornaments that can be sewed.
