![]() A new garment-dyed piquè pattern stood out for its resemblance to cotton polos. The collection struck a balance between the sportswear, activewear and fashion sides of the company’s business.Īs it further experimented with its Sensitive Fabrics, Eurojersey showcased the application on activewear-leaning Burberry leggings and Moncler Grenoble’s après-ski range for men and women. Innovation stood at the core of Como, Italy-based Serates, too, in the use of fibers derived from coffee grains adding thermoregulatory features and graphene to enhance thermal conductivity, as well as photosensitive fabrics and outerwear-intended ripstop fabrics with water-repellent coatings. At Reda Active, a similar attitude informed the new range of performance merino wools paired with technical fibers and suited for casualwear. ![]() ![]() Courtesy of Piacenza 1733Įlsewhere, performance-leaning tailoring fabrics were still high in demand as less fashion-oriented customers will be unlikely to trade their easy-care, wrinkle-free suits.Īt Tollegno 1900, the signature 3DWool range came in a superstretch iteration with 25 percent of elasticity and a 98 percent recovery quality, flanked by the luxury line of ultrafine wools available in RWS versions, too. To be sure, the spring collections reflected that renewed appetite for those materials.Īt Reda, which has traditionally worked its know-how in updating tailoring for the always-on-the-go men’s pack with performance and stretch features, blends of 15.7-micron merino wools and luxurious yarns including silk and cashmere, or linen defined the concept of laid-back elegance that ruled at the fair.įabrics from Piacenza 1733 spring 2024 collection. While working a palette of solids, digital printing was out in force for pinstriped fabrics as lightweight and swishy as silk.Īccording to creative director Francesco Barberis Canonico, as menswear silhouettes get roomier, firm fabrics are also gaining steam. Courtesy of Vitale Barberis CanonicoĪt Vitale Barberis Canonico, a resort vibe echoed in the peony pink and peacock blue suiting fabrics blending 21-micron and mohair wools, seersucker textiles done in wool or as blends of silk, linen and wool with the addition of Lycra. “It’s been a complex year, marked by several hiccups in energy supply but the market acknowledged all the investments made in the past….It was not necessarily the best year performance-wise, but for sure the one when we did our very best,” said Ercole Botto Paola, CEO of Reda, whose revenues amounted to 106 million euros last year.Īs streetwear slowly fades from the runways, giving space to modern interpretations of formalwear, suiting textile-makers rejoiced, channeling their creativity into breezy blends of wools, linens and even silk, reflecting the light and deconstructed trend offered by designer brands.Ĭolorful seersucker fabrics from Vitale Barberis Canonico’s spring 2024 collection. Whereas the latter could see a decline in internal consumption in the next months, the former country’s economic growth has had brands and retailers overstock textiles, leaving a question mark on how dynamic second half sales in the region will be. Pondering the year ahead, Stefano Albini, chief executive officer of Albini Group, said 2023 “could be a bit less brilliant because of inflation denting consumer confidence, but luxury players are all very positive and registered significant sales increases in 2022.”Įurojersey’s managing director Andrea Crespi was more cautious about prospects, pointing to the two-pronged downsides of inflation in the U.S. Exports stood at 4.58 billion euros last year, up almost 32 percent, with key destination countries including China, Hong Kong, France, Germany and the U.S. In 2022, the Italian textile sector generated revenues of 8.1 billion euros, up 32.4 percent versus a year earlier, and a 7.1 percent gain compared to 2019. Fluctuations in costs are less of a worry for brands and suppliers with a premium positioning and the recent stabilization is giving further hope that margins will be left intact. This is particularly true for the high end of the market, which continues to be the target for the majority of the 394 exhibitors at Milano Unica. “I think the real divide is between suppliers who can really become partners to brands in the next four to five years,” he said. “There is no space in the market for banal products with so many forces contributing to shaping fashion today, research and innovation are paramount,” said Fabio Grazioli, brand manager of Tessuti di Sondrio, which posted sales of 47 million euros in 2022. Energy and Enthusiasm Reign at Chicago Collective Men's Show
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