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VINTAGED
Another of the P.V. trends was “erosion” featuring a
stretch mesh devoré effect with a chunky wool design
which was probably a floral but hard to make out, it’s
appeal was in it’s gothic/destroyed look -
JACKYTEX (I).
In this ‘aged’ area I saw what I can only describe as
fabric from the old wedding dress of Miss Havisham the
Charles Dickens character.
MODATEX (I) showed a lace that I quite liked with
applied shreds of a delicate printed fabric which hung in
tatters, and ZIBETTI (I) featured a tiered lace which
looked as though it had tea stains.
An innovative fabric produced by MARIOBOSELLI
JERSEY (I) was a stretch lace in a yellowed state with
distressed rags of printed jersey randomly stitched with a
wavy stitch. In the same vein RATTI FASHION showed a
pretty chiffon with a washed rose print.
Aged effects were achieved by strange but effective
methods. CADENA
(E) produced an amazing jersey with a short pile which had
been printed with a shiny black foil and looked like
peeling, aged leather!
MARIOBOSELLI JERSEY (I) had a black mesh with a
ragged shiny patches held with an all-over wavy
running-stitch. Diagonal
beige corduroy was printed with an ‘old-skin’ print in
indigo blue at INTEXA (F).
MOCK
RIBS
I was particularly interested in all the tactile ribbed
effects and this was a theme that ran through many types
of fabrics and stems from the popularity of corduroy at
the moment.
As an alternative to corduroy I found flocked stripes that
from a distance really created the same effect as cord
although I doubt the durability – flocked cord effect by
BIE BARZAGHI (I). Grey
flannel got the treatment at the hands of CUCCIRELLI (I)
who applied a black flock in undulating lines for an
optical effect. Another
flock flannel, this time with a “hand-drawn” stripe in
burgundy on grey was from SELECTA COMO (I).
COLOUR-EFFECT
CORD
Many fabrics used colour to create texture or clever
colour effects such as the ribbed velvet printed into a
space-dye effect by PINTO (I).
Another colour-effect was a great changeant fine
needle-cord in pink ground with black cording by SAIC
VELCOREX (F). I saw a really nice printed-check-cord with a colour effect
that can best be described as the effect you get if you
have left felt-tip pens in your pockets with the tops left
off! – SELECTA
COMO (I). I
was impressed with a variable cord with a beautiful big
rose print at PONTOGLIO (I).
Yet another cord that ‘took my fancy’ was a
dirty-look green/blue shadow effect print by UCO
SPORTSWEAR (B) and a shirt-weight cordroy from TROUILLET
(F) got the dirty treatment with a marbled print effect.
EFFECTS
Some extremely effective designs were on show, one
amazing example was the distressed giant paisley print in
burnt autumnal colours on a leather-look by PRINTED (I).
Flocking is back in popularity with some great
versions - a great ‘wallpaper’ style flock by MIROGLIO
TESSILE (I). |
